Serpent River First Nation

Serpent River 7
Serpent River 7
First Nations reserve
	Serpent River First Nations Reserve No. 7
	Serpent River 7
	Coordinates: 46°11′N 82°33′W / 46.183°N 82.550°W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Algoma
First Nation	Serpent River
Area
• Land	79.03 km2 (30.51 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	373
• Density	4.7/km2 (12/sq mi)
Website	serpentriverfn.ca

Serpent River First Nation
Band No. 201
*Genabaajing Anishinaabek*
People	Ojibwe
Treaty	Robinson Huron
Headquarters	195 Village Road, Cutler
Province	Ontario
Land
Main reserve	Serpent River 7
Land area	108.79 km2
Population (2024)
On reserve	375
On other land	27
Off reserve	1219
Total population	1621
Government
Chief	Wilma Johnston
Council	Shirley Ahwanaquot; Kerri Commanda; Richard Measwasige; Michelle Owl; John Trudeau
Tribal Council
	Anishinabek Nation; Mamaweswen, The North Shore Tribal Council
Website
	https://serpentriverfn.com/

The Serpent River First Nation (Ojibwe: Genabaajing Anishinaabek),^[3] a signatory to the Robinson Huron Treaty of 1850, is an Anishinaabe First Nation in the Canadian province of Ontario, located midway between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury along the North Channel of Lake Huron.

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.^[4] The Serpent River nation has a provisional land base of 5250 square kilometers.^[5] 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.^[6]

Notable members

Bonnie Devine, conceptual artist, curator, filmmaker, and author^[7]
Jesse Wente, film critic, radio personality, curator

References

^ "Serpent River First Nation - First Nation Detail". Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Serpent River 7 census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
^ Serpant River First Nation, Our History, "Serpent River First Nation has a long history starting with the migration from the East Coast in 900AD, to who we are today as Genabaajing in the 21st Century." https://serpentriverfn.com/meetup/our-history/
^ "HOME UNION OF ONTARIO INDIANS - Anishinabek Nation".
^ "SRFN - Main". Archived from the original on 2010-03-13. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
^ Smith, Kelly Anne (2022-04-11). "Serpent River First Nation remains resilient in fight for toxic injustice". Anishinabek News. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
^ "Bonnie Devine." Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art. (retrieved 30 Nov 2010)