Zhiibaagehns Ziibi | Serpent River First Nation

Serpent River First Nation is an Ojibwe community situated in the Algoma District of Ontario, with a rich history of traditional land use and connection to the surrounding natural environment.

POPULATION

1,739

Rank #217 nationally

GEOGRAPHY

108.8 KM²

Rank #120 nationally

BAND COUNCIL TERM

10/30/2025

Term Expiration

Conflict Score

Community Profile

Overview

Last Updated 2025-07-09 07:57:20 UTC

Name

Serpent River (ISC Code: 201)

Former Names

Serpent River Indian Band

Band Style

First Nation

Cultural Area

Great Lakes Region

Indigenous Language

Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe)

Number of Registered Members

1739

Band Website

http://www.serpentriverfirstnation.ca/main.html

Phone Number

(705) 844-2418

Fax Number

(705) 844-2757

Address

PO BOX 14, 195 VILLAGE ROAD, CUTLER, ON

General Email

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Band Council

Governance Type

Not Applicable

Chief

WILMA LEE JOHNSTON

Term Expires

10/30/2025

Number of Council Members

WILMA LEE JOHNSTON

Chief

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JOHN ALVIN TRUDEAU

Councillor

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KERRI EARLENE COMMANDA

Councillor

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RICHARD STEVEN MEASWASIGE

Councillor

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MICHELLE CHRISTY ANN OWL

Councillor

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SHIRLEY AHWANAQUOT

Councillor

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Administrative Contacts

Financial Overview

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Band Financial Statements

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Band Council Remuneration

2024 - Report Not Available

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2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

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Band Owned Corporations

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Laws, Bylaws, and Codes

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Intergovernmental Agreements

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Active Court Cases

No active court cases at this time.

Downloadable Court Records

Kozeyah v. Serpent River First Nation

McLeod v Serpent River First Nation

Serpent River Power Corporation v. Ontario (Director of Employment Standards)

Location Map

Reserves

ISC Code: 6185
SERPENT RIVER 7
10879.0 Hectares
18 KM E/E OF/DE BLIND RIVER
[46.1847168, -82.9539729]

News Coverage Summary

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Media Reports

Sacred Indigenous rock art sites under threat

First Indigenous-led Service Ontario holds its grand opening

Serpent River First Nation hosts 36th Annual Health Fair

Ontario on Track to Build 30,000 New Long-Term Care Beds

GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Climate change, landback and another prison death

Award-winning artist speaks on legacy and land at Moose Family Lodge

Photos: Mamaweswen, the North Shore Tribal Council Stop the Cuts rally

‘Protecting the land is most important’: Chief Day

Scheer booed by First Nations chiefs for not saying how he differs from Harper

Indigenous artists unite to create Edmonton, Ottawa murals focused on water protection

Vandals wiping out Indigenous pictographs, researcher says

Lourdes participates in National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (8 photos)

Northern Ontario First Nations take federal and Ontario governments to court over $4 annual treaty payments

‘It’s time for truth, the entire truth’

WA landowner fined for breaching Aboriginal heritage laws by building bridge

Opinion: History will repeat itself if First Nations remain underfunded in the fight against COVID-19

As COVID-19 curve flattens, Indigenous leaders call on federal government for more support

Indigenous students at ELSS mark Red Dress Day

A Force of Love

Man fined for ‘disrupting Rainbow Serpent’

Opinion: Being Indigenous goes well beyond blood

Serpent River First Nation still feeling effects of acid plant, a simmering mistrust

Andrew and Nicola Forrest lose bid to build irrigation project that traditional owners fear could kill sacred serpent

First Nations, municipalities join forces to run provincial park

First Nations, city join forces to run Mississagi Provincial Park

First Nations mother risks fine, jail with social media campaign to get kids back

Serpent River First Nation exploring new tourism opportunities

First Indigenous ServiceOntario celebrating grand opening

‘Indigenous Ingenuity, Timeless Inventions’ exhibition travels through Northern Ontario

Indigenous activist Autumn Peltier features in stunning short documentary film 'The Water Walker'

Clean water for First Nations critical during the COVID-19 pandemic: Activists

Serpent River First Nation exploring new tourism opportunities

Government of Canada invests $108,000 in Indigenous economic development

Grant aims to build tourism, business in Serpent River First Nation - Sault Ste. Marie News

Serpent River establishing environmental review panel

First Nation rolls into transportation sector

North Shore Tribal Council to purchase former Ontario Works building in Sault

Serpent River suspends participation at Vancouver gathering over ‘ego’ and lack of leadership at AFN

Serpent River First Nation to vote on distribution of treaty settlement

Ottawa may be neglecting its best bet for ending drinking-water advisories: training operators

Serpent River First Nation artist’s work featured in national billboard campaign

FedNor supports tourism, new business in Serpent River First Nation

Federal funding aims to help tourism in Serpent River

New Hospice Suite now open in Serpent River First Nation

First Nations partner with Elliot Lake hospital to create 32 LTC beds

Community comes together for Turtle Prayer and Feast Ceremony Gathering in Serpent River First Nation

Transfer of former MNR site to Serpent River returns to council tonight

Serpent River watershed protected; activists presented Eugene Rogers Environmental Award

Nisoonag Partnership to direct search at Spanish Residential School sites

Grandmother travels to UN forum on Indigenous issues

Serpent River Chief appointed to Huron Superior Catholic District School Board

New partnership signal economic development employment opportunities for eight Lake Huron Region First Nations

Serpent River First Nation artist’s work featured in national billboard campaign

Serpent River Chief addresses former residential school in Spanish area

New long-term-care homes coming to Massey, Serpent River

Jays Care supports Indigenous youth through baseball

Indigenous business Treeteas Brewing Co. sells line of cedar teas

Local turtle defenders win 2024 Eugene Rogers Environmental Award

First Nations partner with Elliot Lake hospital to create 32 LTC beds

Mississauga and Serpent River First Nations plan Wednesday protest in support of Indigenous fishing rights

What 'land back' means: Serpent River First Nation chief

Serpent River EDC expands retail tourism reach

'Can't wait for kids to receive this service': Call to improve mental health support for Indigenous children

One Work: Carolina Caycedo’s “Serpent River Book”

Northern Ont. city gives land back to nearby First Nation in spirit of reconciliation

Ontario turtle defenders win 2024 Eugene Rogers Environmental Award

7 northeastern Ont. First Nations celebrate the opening of a mobile ServiceOntario trailer

Serpent River First Nation artist advances music career

Four uranium spills you may not have heard about

Rainbow Serpent story told in new documentary

Elliot Lake Secondary student among new Algoma District School Board student trustees

Rekmans first Indigenous woman on the ballot in riding history

THC slushies, pirate radio and the cannabis-driven boom in a Mohawk community

Close to 100 sacred pictographs in Ontario park vandalized with spray paint

North Shore Tribal Council to purchase former Ontario Works building in Sault

Introduction to the Medicine Wheel reminds us that ‘all things are related’

Benbowopka Treatment Centre holds a ground-breaking ceremony for the new facility

Elliot Lake raises Serpent River First Nation flag

Assembly of First Nations adopts resolution to add two-spirit council to governance structure

Panel puts decisions in hands of First Nation

Northern Indigenous group to deliver disability support for its members

Unique tea blends steeped in memories for Indigenous businessman - Sault Ste. Marie News

Process beginning for search of possible human remains at Spanish residential schools

Serpent River First Nation hosts traditional pow wow

The path of the serpent

Revenue source: Serpent River First Nation buys Agawa Crafts, Canadian Carver

The Sunday Magazine for July 31, 2022

Indigenous crime fiction is rare, but in Madukka the River Serpent systemic violence and connection to Country are explored

'Reconciliation is dead and it was never really alive': Jesse Wente

Rethinking social services one greenhouse at a time

Northern artist part of national campaign to educate on legacy of residential schools

Unsafe to drink: Water treatments fail on Canadian reserves, Globe review finds

Chief Isadore Day on First Nations drinking water

Frustration, confusion for Ontario First Nations as Ontario issues cannabis permits

Jesse Wente publishing book about Indigenous resistance in fall 2021

New hospice open in Serpent River First Nation

First Indigenous-led Service Ontario holds its grand opening

How Indigenous girls are building confidence through hockey

Book review: Madukka the River Serpent

School uses real tipis to teach Indigenous culture and more

Sacred Indigenous rock art sites under threat

Former NHL player gives motivational talk in Serpent River First Nation

Area students take part in Indigenous culture event (4 photos)

New ServiceOntario centre opens in Serpent River

North Shore area First Nations celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day

Meet the two-spirit chief of Serpent River First Nation

Serpent River First Nation powwow well attended

At least 18 First Nations in northeastern Ontario close borders to keep outsiders and COVID-19 away

First Nations partner with Elliot Lake hospital to create 32 LTC beds

Serpent River Chief gives heartfelt speech on reconciliation day

Book examining uranium mining on First Nations land wins Canada's top history prize

Elliot Lake, Ont., to return small piece of land to neighbouring Serpent River First Nation

Serpent River, Mississauga First Nations stand in solidarity for Mi'Kmaq lobster fishing rights

Serpent River First Nation remains resilient in fight for toxic injustice

Ontario First Nations to host ceremony before searching residential school site

More than half of First Nations communities in Canada are affected by industrial pollution

What 'land back' means: Serpent River First Nation chief

Future centre paves the way for community hubs using Indigenous design principles

First Indigenous-run Service Ontario opens in Serpent River First Nation

Ontario Announces New First Nations Partnership to Operate Mississagi Provincial Park

First Nations, city join forces to run provincial park

Award-winning book by Laurier researcher documents destructive legacy of uranium mining in her First Nation

Autumn Peltier

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024: ‘We have not come as far as many would have hoped,' Indigenous issues advocates, experts warn Canadians

Serpent River First Nation opens first Indigenous-run Service Ontario location

Honoring Indigenous Heritage in Chicago

GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Climate change, landback and another prison death

Local Indigenous history presented in Elliot Lake

Serpent River First Nation to vote on distribution of treaty settlement

Academic Research

Serpent River Resurgence: Confronting Uranium Mining at Elliot Lake by Leanne Leddy

Mining, Environmental Injustice, and Anishinaabe Activism in Serpent River Resurgence

Settler Colonialism, Environmental Racism, and Indigenous History in Lianne Leddy's Serpent River Resurgence

Serpent River resurgence: confronting uranium mining at Elliot Lake

Performing serpent mound: A trans-Indigenous meditation

Birth of the Rainbow Serpent in Arnhem Land rock art and oral history

Poisoning the Serpent: The Effects of the Uranium Industry on the Serpent River First Nation, 1953–1988

Serpent River Resurgence: Confronting Uranium Mining at Elliot Lake. Lianne C. Leddy

Nawendaagnag (All My Relations): Listening Carefully to Histories of Serpent, Tree, and Water Relations in Serpent River Resurgence

COLD WAR COLONIALISM: THE SERPENT RIVER FIRST NATION AND URANIUM

Serpent River resurgence: confronting uranium mining at Elliot Lake

Rainbow Serpent Anthropology, or Rainbow Spirit Theology, or Swamp Serpent Sacrality and

Serpent River resurgence: confronting uranium mining at Elliot Lake

Rainbow Serpent Anthropology, or Rainbow Spirit Theology, or Swamp Serpent Sacrality and

The Decolonization of Justice: The Environmental Impact of Uranium Mining in Serpent River First Nation and Indigenous Methods of Advancing Environmental …

Serpent River resurgence: confronting uranium mining at Elliot Lake

Rainbow Serpent Anthropology, or Rainbow Spirit Theology, or Swamp Serpent Sacrality and

Serpent River resurgence: confronting uranium mining at Elliot Lake

Rainbow Serpent Anthropology, or Rainbow Spirit Theology, or Swamp Serpent Sacrality and

Serpent River resurgence: confronting uranium mining at Elliot Lake

Rainbow Serpent Anthropology, or Rainbow Spirit Theology, or Swamp Serpent Sacrality and

Serpent River resurgence: confronting uranium mining at Elliot Lake

Rainbow Serpent Anthropology, or Rainbow Spirit Theology, or Swamp Serpent Sacrality and

Serpent River resurgence: confronting uranium mining at Elliot Lake

Rainbow Serpent Anthropology, or Rainbow Spirit Theology, or Swamp Serpent Sacrality and

Serpent River resurgence: confronting uranium mining at Elliot Lake

Rainbow Serpent Anthropology, or Rainbow Spirit Theology, or Swamp Serpent Sacrality and

Serpent River resurgence: confronting uranium mining at Elliot Lake

Rainbow Serpent Anthropology, or Rainbow Spirit Theology, or Swamp Serpent Sacrality and

Serpent River resurgence: confronting uranium mining at Elliot Lake

Rainbow Serpent Anthropology, or Rainbow Spirit Theology, or Swamp Serpent Sacrality and

Serpent River resurgence: confronting uranium mining at Elliot Lake

Rainbow Serpent Anthropology, or Rainbow Spirit Theology, or Swamp Serpent Sacrality and

Serpent River resurgence: confronting uranium mining at Elliot Lake

Rainbow Serpent Anthropology, or Rainbow Spirit Theology, or Swamp Serpent Sacrality and

Serpent River resurgence: confronting uranium mining at Elliot Lake

Rainbow Serpent Anthropology, or Rainbow Spirit Theology, or Swamp Serpent Sacrality and

Serpent River resurgence: confronting uranium mining at Elliot Lake

Rainbow Serpent Anthropology, or Rainbow Spirit Theology, or Swamp Serpent Sacrality and

Serpent River resurgence: confronting uranium mining at Elliot Lake

Rainbow Serpent Anthropology, or Rainbow Spirit Theology, or Swamp Serpent Sacrality and

Serpent River resurgence: confronting uranium mining at Elliot Lake

Rainbow Serpent Anthropology, or Rainbow Spirit Theology, or Swamp Serpent Sacrality and

Serpent River resurgence: confronting uranium mining at Elliot Lake

Rainbow Serpent Anthropology, or Rainbow Spirit Theology, or Swamp Serpent Sacrality and

Band Publications

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Third Party Reports

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