Lac Sŭl | Lac Seul First Nation
Community Profile
- The Lac Seul First Nation is an Ojibwe community with a rich cultural heritage situated in the boreal forest region of northwestern Ontario, maintaining traditional practices and connections to the land.
- Last Updated 2025-05-07 11:23:10 UTC
- Name: Lac Seul (ISC Code: 205)
- Former Names: Osnaburgh Band, Lac Seul Band
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Boreal Forest Region
- Indigenous Language: Ojibwe
- Number of Registered Members: 3866
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 11/13/2026
- CHIEF: EUGENE CLIFFORD BULL
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:14
- EUGENE (CLIFFORD) BULL
- EUGENE CLIFFORD BULL
- STANLEY MARK LITTLEDEER
- ERNEST DEREK MICHAEL MAUD
- RAYMOND ANGECONEB
- SAMANTHA ERIN KEJICK
- GERALD WAYNE KEJICK
- CLAYTON JEFFREY LITTLEDEER
- ROGER WADE BULL
- ERNEST (DEREK) MICHAEL MAUD
- MARCEL JEFFREY PHIL POTAN
- DESHAWN LULABELLE MARY LITTLEDEER
- DONNA CHRISTINE NINGEWANCE
- ELVIS MORRIS TROUT
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.ifna.ca/lac_seul.html
- PHONE NUMBER: (807) 582-3503
- FAX NUMBER: (807) 582-3449
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 100, HUDSON, ON
- EMAILS:
- Chief EUGENE (CLIFFORD) BULL:
- Chief EUGENE CLIFFORD BULL:
- Councillor STANLEY MARK LITTLEDEER:
- Councillor ERNEST DEREK MICHAEL MAUD:
- Councillor RAYMOND ANGECONEB:
- Councillor SAMANTHA ERIN KEJICK:
- Councillor GERALD WAYNE KEJICK:
- Councillor CLAYTON JEFFREY LITTLEDEER:
- Councillor ROGER WADE BULL:
- Councillor ERNEST (DEREK) MICHAEL MAUD:
- Councillor MARCEL JEFFREY PHIL POTAN:
- Councillor DESHAWN LULABELLE MARY LITTLEDEER:
- Councillor DONNA CHRISTINE NINGEWANCE:
- Councillor ELVIS MORRIS TROUT:
- General Band Office:
- Media Contact:
- Referrals Contact:
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
- 2023 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2021 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2020 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2012 - Lac Seul20122013.pdf
- 2011 - Lac Seul20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Lac Seul20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Lac Seul20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Lac Seul20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Lac Seul20072008.pdf
- 2005 - Lac Seul20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Lac Seul20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Lac Seul20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Lac Seul20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Lac Seul20012002.pdf
Band Council Remuneration
- 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
Laws, Bylaws, and Codes
Intergovernmental Agreements
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 6316
LAC SEUL 28
27966.0 Hectares
56 KM NE/NE DRYDEN
[49.7800938, -92.8369592]
- Traditional Ojibwe homeland in northwestern Ontario
- Encompasses Lac Seul Lake and surrounding boreal forest regions
- Historically important hunting, fishing, and gathering territory
- Borders include significant waterways and forest ecosystems
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
- Lac Seul First Nation v. Canada
- Lac Seul First Nation v. Canada
- Lac Seul Airways, Ltd. v Canadian Fly-In Fishing (Red Lake) Limited
- Canadian Fly-In Fishing (Red Lake) Ltd. v. Lac Seul Airways, Ltd.
- Lac Seul First Nation v. Canada (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development)
- Lac Seul v. Shibogama First Nations Council
- Lac Seul v. Shibogama First Nations Council
- Powell Equipment Co. Ltd. et al. v. Lac Seul Land & Lumber Co. Ltd.; Farlinger, Third Party
- Powell Equipment Co. Ltd. et al. v. Lac Seul Land &Lumber Co. Ltd.; Farlinger Third Party
- Roger Southwind, for himself, and on behalf of the members of the Lac Seul Band of Indians, et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, et al.
- Lac Seul First Nation v. 1000355814 Ontario Inc et al
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Dr. Karen Lawford, Student
- First Nations and mining firm ink agreement
- On the Tracks to Translating Indigenous Knowledge
- Indigenous-led impact assessment initiative for Springpole
- FIRST MINING SIGNS PROCESS AGREEMENT WITH CAT LAKE FIRST NATION AND LAC SEUL FIRST NATION SUPPORTING ANISHINAABE-LED IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- Lac Seul First Nation set to finally receive compensation for flooding of reserve land
- Northwest First Nation not sold on open-pit mining project
- Shelter in place ends after northwestern Ont. police apprehend 'armed and dangerous' suspect
- Lac Seul First Nation to receive $234M in compensation for historical flood claim
- Shelter-in-place order lifted in Lac Seul First Nation in northwestern Ontario after person apprehended
- Lac Seul First Nation and Canada finalize settlement claim
- Lac Seul First Nation and Canada finalize settlement claim
- Opposition grows against federal cuts for searches of unmarked graves
- First Nations reach a milestone in fire prevention
- Indigenous authors with ties to northwestern Ontario share their latest works
- Ontario names former Lac Seul chief as 'special adviser' on Indigenous affairs
- First Nations teen goalie sets her sights on Stanley Cup
- Lac Seul First Nation and Canada settle flooding claim
- $234M settlement is 'bittersweet,' Lac Seul chief says
- FedNor supporting 18 Indigenous-led projects in the North with $6.9M
- New gold mine closer to reality, CEO says
- Residential school survivor, advocate Garnet Angeconeb has died
- Rick Garrick Debwewin Citation recipient for excellence in journalism
- Lac Seul First Nation going to Supreme Court of Canada in hydro dam flooding compensation case
- First Nation’s court victory sets precedent for equitable compensation
- Lac Seul First Nation flooding compensation case heads to Supreme Court of Canada
- New All-Season Road For Lac Seul First Nation
- Supreme Court sides with Lac Seul First Nation over flooding compensation
- Canada and Ontario Support the Lac Seul First Nation Residential School Research Initiative – Bringing our Children Home
- 'Bring our Children Home' gathering scheduled for Wednesday in Lac Seul First Nation
- Lac Seul Hydroelectric Power Plant, Ear Falls, Ontario
- The Polygon Gallery announces large-scale commissioned sculpture by Lac Seul First Nation (Anishinaabe) artist Rebecca Belmore
- Youth film projects to explore history of northwestern Ontario First Nation
- Research Matters: Lac Seul youth get tools to tell their own stories
- First Nations Drilling JV preps to train Indigenous drillers in northern Ontario
- Lac Seul First Nation will receive $8.7 million to research residential school burial sites
- Team Ontario pursues gold at North American Indigenous Games
- Traditional teachings, knowledge at the forefront of Elders’ Conference in Lac Seul
- Lac Seul First Nation flooding case goes to Supreme Court of Canada
- Equitable Compensation in Indigenous Rights Cases Must Be Consistent with the Crown’s Fiduciary Duty
- Volunteers pool resources as search for 2 missing people in Thunder Bay continues
- Canada’s unequal health system may make remote Indigenous communities more vulnerable to the coronavirus
- Lac Seul First Nation in northwestern Ontario looking to expand local sawmill
- Anishinaabe artist says Indigenous shoppers can feel protected as thunderbird signs get posted
- Residential school survivor wants Catholic Church to pay millions originally promised
- First Nations students create hit in music program
- Lac Seul becomes a regional conference hub
- Forging new bonds with First Nations
- Shana Southwind taps into the power of Indigenous youth for the clean energy transition
- Homes in four Ontario First Nations have dangerous levels of carbon dioxide, mould
- Survivors need mental health support as searches of former residential school sites continue, leaders say
- Volunteers continue search for missing 65-year-old man in Thunder Bay
- Former Lac Seul chief named special advisor to Ford government
- Lac Seul case goes before the Supreme Court
- Artist from Lac Seul First Nation making waves with new video collaboration
- After 4 years in solitary confinement, Adam Capay moves to new cell
- Lac Seul stakes its development claim
- Lac Seul man arrested after barricading himself in home
- Artistic community mourns loss of Ahmoo Angeconeb, 62, of Lac Seul First Nation
- Lac Seul First Nation officially launches Fire and Emergency Services Department
- Treaty 3 agreement with nuclear waste management group criticized by some leaders, elders
- Anishinaabe elder calls for cultural safety training of temporary hospital staff in Ontario's north
- Graduate Scholars Panel on Indigenous Research Methodologies
- Sioux Lookout, Lac Seul residents commemorate Orange Shirt Day, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Six Northwestern Ontario First Nations funded for multi-purpose centres
- Police killed northern Ontario First Nation man, inquest jury concludes
- Cabinet ministers set to discuss sexual abuse on reserves, says Bellegarde
- Medical patients flock to this northern community, but there aren't enough places to stay
- Solving the legacy of indigenous sexual abuse: think globally, act nationally
- Recent Developments in Aboriginal Law
- Tom Chisel revives Midewiwin ceremony, once widespread among Ojibwe
- 2-spirit youth calls out 'stares' for wearing ribbon skirt at AFN assembly
- Med school tackles rural doctor shortage with crash course in community culture
- Mining the Northwest: First Nations training program to fill mining ranks
- First Nations, governments sign memorandum of understanding for Bringing Our Children Home initiative
- Opinion: A high school in Northern Ontario reveals the long shadow of residential schools
- Author hopes informal lesson book will help turn Indigenous language speakers into language teachers
- Partnership will digitize, preserve over 7,000 statements from residential school survivors
- How finding her father helped Patty Krawec understand her Indigenous identity
- Rewards, tip line issued for First Nations man missing in Thunder Bay for nearly a year
- How the legal system failed residential school survivors, according to a major new report
- Adam Capay's lonely path to solitary confinement
- Teach for Canada recruits 31 teachers for 7 northern Ontario First Nations
- Supreme Court of Canada Clarifies Equitable Compensation for Breach of Crown’s Fiduciary Duty to Indigenous Nations
- Abundant blueberry season allows for reflection on tradition, importance of staple foods in northern Ontario
- Police constables receive their badges
- 10 First Nations with more than 10 years of bad water
- Challenging oppressive maternity health care in Canada
- We the northwest: How First Nations kids are finding their way on the basketball court
- Melody McKiver: Wrist by Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler depicts 'the homelands that I wish more would see'
- The new hope for Star Wars? An Ojibwe family in Winnipeg
- Supreme Court sides with Lac Seul First Nation over flooding compensation
- Historic decision appears to free Adam Capay
- Adventist Youth Serve Indigenous Communities in Northern Ontario
- Court rules First Nations' prior consent is not required for land transfer
- Inquest announced into 2012 death of First Nations man in custody in Thunder Bay, Ont.
- Mike Auksi, Fifth-Year Doctoral Candidate in KPE, Featured in Innovation.ca Article
- Lac Seul Doctor Leading Human Trafficking Study
- Canada’s military deployed to Lac Seul First Nation amid growing COVID-19 outbreak
- Lac Seul First Nation land-based educators adapt to pandemic, virtual teaching
- Missing Lac Seul First Nation man found deceased near Whitefish Bay
- Sioux Lookout, Lac Seul First Nation commemorate Indigenous Peoples Month
- First Nation sawmill operation eyes expansion
- Province appoints Clifford Bull as Indigenous advisor
- Residential school horrors mustn't be forgotten, says survivor
- Indigenous youth leader calls on federal government to act on youth suicides
- Spurred by coronavirus complications, Indigenous communities take steps to embrace Pride
- Newly appointed Order of Canada member works tirelessly to preserve Indigenous languages
- Lakehead University - One-of-a-kind gathering brought together Indigenous people from different countries for tourism discussion
- Northern Ontario First Nations sign Ogoki forest management deal
- Indigenous Architecture in Canada
- New First Nations partnership to help with high food costs in northern Ontario
- Daniel Bottle of Lac Seul is the top Junior Canadian Ranger
- Truth and Reconciliation: 5 unreconciled issues in northern Ontario
- FIRST MINING SIGNS PROCESS AGREEMENT WITH CAT LAKE FIRST NATION AND LAC SEUL FIRST NATION SUPPORTING ANISHINAABE-LED IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- Increased demand for Indigenous-led architecture means challenging the norms of a colonial industry
- Norval Morrisseau, who created Woodland art style, featured in Google doodle
- More Local Say in Forest Management
- NDP MPPs demand action as COVID seeps into First Nations communities
- Supreme Court sides with Lac Seul First Nation over flooding compensation
- OPG, Lac Seul are northwestern Ontario's power couple
- AurCrest Gold, Lac Seul First Nation and Bluesource Sign Adoption Agreement to Proceed with a GHG Emission Sequestration Project and Monetize Carbon Offsets in the Boreal Forest
- Indigenous History Month 2023
- Red Lake gold discoverer inks exploration agreement with First Nations
- AurCrest Gold and Lac Seul First Nation sign agreement to develop GHG emission sequestration projects and monetize carbon offsets in the Boreal Forest
- Canadian Rangers Playing Vital Role in Lac Seul First Nation
- Former First Nation chief named as Indigenous adviser to Ontario government
- Northwestern Ontario First Nations energy project funding
- Lac Seul First Nation kids donate to isolated students
- High levels of carbon monoxide, mould found in homes on Ontario reserves: study
- Can wood float for value-added forestry?
- Lac Seul artist brought heart breaking Beothuk story to Thunder Bay Gallery
- ORC certifies more than one million hectares of Northern Ontario forest
- Red Lake mine developer sharing the wealth with First Nations
- Two-spirit celebrations align with the balance of Spring Equinox
- Duty to consult does not include right to veto land transfer, Ontario court rules
- Supreme Court rules $30M is insufficient for flooded First Nation
- AurCrest Gold and Lac Seul First Nation to Jointly Investigate Carbon Sequestration Opportunities
- OPG and Lac Seul Celebrate 10 Years of Historic Partnership
- First Nations Canadian artist Rebecca Belmore, Sally Smart's dance-inspired studio and Yuki Kihara's Paradise Camp
- Business Agreement Reached: Sioux Lookout, KI, and Lac Seul FN
- SCC Rules that Crown’s Fiduciary Duty is Central in Assessing Compensation for Flooded Indigenous Re
- Lac Seul First Nation wins appeal to have damage award reconsidered in historic flooding case
- Q&A with Lac Seul First Nation Chief Clifford Bull, candidate in northern riding
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Reimagining the Child Welfare System
- IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
- SOLAR AND WIND RESOURCES EVALUATION
- Still not reconciled yet!: reparation indigenism and the attempt to settle the historical debt with the Marãiwatsédé Xavante in Brazil and the Anishinaabeg of lac seul in …
- Adapting to change, perceptions and knowledges in the involvement of Aboriginal peoples in forest management: a case study with Lac Seul First Nation
- Ojibway plant taxonomy at Lac Seul First Nation, Ontario, Canada
- 11 Indigenous and Municipal Relationships: The Art of Collaboration
- It's about time: Investigations into the interior of Canada's boreal forest, Lac Seul
- The economic feasibility of replacing diesel with renewable energy resources in remote First Nation communities in Northern Ontario
- An autoethnographic account of experiences with a community-based participatory research project in Canada
- Aboriginal Peoples
- IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
- An Autoethnographic Account of Experiences with a Community-Based Participatory Research Project in Canada Uma Descrição Autoetnográfica de …
- An autoethnographic account of experiences with a community-based participatory research project in Canada
- revendications globales chez les pekuakamiulnuatsh (innus de mashteuiatsh au Lac-saint-Jean) et gestion des ressources halieutiques
- Uma Descrição Autoetnográfica de Experiências com um Projeto de Pesquisa Participativa Baseada na Comunidade no Canadá
- Aboriginal Peoples
- Adapting to change, perceptions and knowledges in the involvement of Aboriginal peoples in forest management: a case study with Lac Seul First Nation
- From Manomin to 'Wild'Rice and Back Again: Understanding the Transformations of a Native Ontario Grain and Indigenous Cultural Resurgence
- Lac. Les représentations du rapport à l'identité dans les textes théâtraux autochtones au Québec, écrits ou traduits en français, depuis les années 1980
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