The Serpent River First Nation (), a signatory to the Robinson Huron Treaty of 1850, is an
Anishinaabe
The Anishinaabe (alternatively spelled Anishinabe, Anicinape, Nishnaabe, Neshnabé, Anishinaabeg, Anishinabek, Aanishnaabe) are a group of culturally related Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples in the Great Lakes region of C ...
First Nation in the
Canadian province
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Canada, Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North Amer ...
of
Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...
, located midway between
Sault Ste. Marie Sault Ste. Marie may refer to:
People
* Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, a Native American tribe in Michigan
Places
* Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
** Sault Ste. Marie (federal electoral district), a Canadian federal electora ...
and
Sudbury Sudbury may refer to:
Places Australia
* Sudbury Reef, Queensland
Canada
* Greater Sudbury, Ontario
** Sudbury (federal electoral district)
** Sudbury (provincial electoral district)
** Sudbury Airport
** Sudbury Basin, a meteorite impact cra ...
along the
North Channel of
Lake Huron
Lake Huron ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is shared on the north and east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south and west by the U.S. state of Michigan. The name of the lake is derived from early French ex ...
.
The First Nation's provisional territory extends from this waters of the North Channel of Lake Huron, Serpent River Basin; north beyond the city of
Elliot Lake
Elliot Lake is a city in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It is north of Lake Huron, midway between the cities of Greater Sudbury, Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Sault Ste. Marie in the Northern Ontario region. Once dubbed the "uranium ca ...
. The Serpent River nation has a provisional land base of 5250 square kilometers. It occupies the Serpent River 7
reserve.
The First Nation was impacted significantly by
uranium mining at Elliot Lake, including through contamination of the
Serpent River
The Serpent River is a tributary of the Mégiscane River, flowing into the townships of Trévet, Vasson and Noiseux, in the territory of Senneterre, in La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality (RCM), in the administrative region of Abitib ...
.
Notable members
*
Bonnie Devine, conceptual artist, curator, filmmaker, and author
["Bonnie Devine."]
''Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art''. (retrieved 30 Nov 2010)
*
Jesse Wente, film critic, radio personality, curator
References
Further reading
* Lianne C. Leddy. ''
Serpent River Resurgence: Confronting Uranium Mining at Elliot Lake''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2022.
External links
Serpent River First Nation, official website
First Nation profileSerpent River CBC Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Serpent River First Nation
Ojibwe governments
First Nations governments in Ontario
Anishinaabe reserves in Ontario
Communities in Algoma District
Populated places on Lake Huron in Canada