Getting To Know The Community of Cat Lake Ontario
Getting To Know The Community of Cat Lake Ontario
The photos were mostly from the Lutheran Church’s LAMP mission to Cat Lake on 2013. Thank you LAMP!
Cat Lake First Nation is an Ojibwa community approximately 180 kilometres northwest of Sioux Lookout. Wasaya Airways run daily on regular schedules. Winter/ice roads also connects from Pickle Lake, Ontario, via Northern Ontario Resource Trail during the winter months, which takes an average 4 to 5 hours of travel. As of November, 2007, their total registered population was 612 people, of which their on-reserve population was 497. Cat Lake is policed by the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, an Aboriginal based service.
The First Nation calls itself Bizhiw-zaaga’iganiwininiwag meaning “Men of Wild-cat Lake” or as Bizhiw-zaaga’iganiing Nitam Anishinaabeg meaning “The First Nation at Wild-catLake,” where wild-cat refers to the Canada lynx. Community of CatLake was originally established as a Hudson’s Bay Company trading post in 1788, and later belonged to the Osnaburgh Band of Ojibway. The CatLake reserve is within the boundaries of the territory described by the James Bay Treaty of 1905 — Treaty 9. The reserve was formally established on June 22, 1970.
Governance
The Electoral Council Leadership of the Cat Lake First Nation is under the Election process for 2009-11 term, Where a new Senior Executive Cat Lake First Nations Council whereby are now provided as of June 2011 are as follows; Chief – Matthew Keewaykapow – Deputy Chief – Dora Leadbeater – Head Councillor – Allen Sr Ombash Councillor – Harlen Wesley Councillor – Rueben Shakakeesic
The council is a member of the Windigo First Nations Council, a non-political regional chiefs’ council. In turn, the Windigo First Nations Council is a member of the larger Nishnawbe Aski Nation, a Tribal Political Organisation which represents many of the First Nations in northwestern Ontario.
Articles about Cat Lake
The opening of the new School in Cat Lake 2013
Link to Pictures of Cat Lake
Pictures of Lutheran Bible School at Cat Lake Flying to Cat Lake in the summer
Winter 2014 in Cat Lake Summer in Cat Lake 2013-2014 Pictures of Cat Lake Spring 2017
Cat Lake baseball culture 2017
Videos about Cat Lake
Video of kids singing in a class room Flying to Cat Lake at 1600 mph (5 min)
Video of LAMP vacation Bible School at Cat Lake 2011
Video about the Cat Lake Community
Thriller video of with Cat Lake kids
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