Birch Narrows Dene Nation
Birch Narrows Dene Nation is a Dene First Nation band government in the boreal forest region of northern Saskatchewan, Canada.
People | Dene |
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Treaty | Treaty 10 |
Headquarters | Turnor Lake |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Land[1] | |
Main reserve | Turnor Lake 194 |
Other reserve(s) | |
Land area | 29.024 km2 |
Population (2019)[2] | |
On reserve | 439 |
Off reserve | 394 |
Total population | 833 |
Government[3] | |
Chief | Jonathon Slyvestre |
Tribal Council[4] | |
Meadow Lake Tribal Council | |
Website | |
facebook.com/Birch-Narrows-Dene-Nation |
Demographics
As of June 2012 Birch Narrows Dene Nation had 409 members living on reserve and 299 members living at locations off reserve.[5] It is affiliated with the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC).[6]
Territory
Birch Narrows Dene Nation has territory at three sites.
- Turnor Lake 193 B with 296.70 hectares 56.4726°N 108.6869°W adjoins the village of Turnor Lake, Saskatchewan.[7]
- Churchill Lake 193 A with 159.80 hectares [7] contains the historic site of Clear Lake 56.1408°N 108.2072°W [8] at the junction of Churchill Lake and Frobisher Lake.
- Turnor Lake 194 with 2445.90 hectares 55.9353°N 108.8450°W [7] is on Peter Pond Lake east of Dillon.
gollark: Not VERY transmissible.
gollark: Prions scare me. We're very lucky they aren't that transmissible.
gollark: I guess.
gollark: Prions are kind of the same sort of thing as viros - self-replicating-using-other-things... things.
gollark: Hmm, apparently he defines virii as living but not prions.
See also
- Denesuline language
- Denesuline
References
- "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- "AANDC (Birch Narrows First Nation)". Archived from the original on 2013-07-07. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
- "Meadow Lake Tribal Council". Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
- "AANDC Reserves/Settlements/Villages". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
- "ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SASKATCHEWAN (list of forts in Northern Saskatchewan)". Retrieved 2012-10-12.
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