Band Council

• GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
• TERM EXPIRES: 11/27/2025
• CHIEF: NANCYJANE SAKCHEKAPO
• NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:9
• LEO MARVIN SAKCHEKAPO
• NANCYJANE SAKCHEKAPO
• NAOMI EDWINA CHIKANE
• PAUL JOHNUP
• TYSON LEE MATAWAPIT
• JOANNA DAPHNE TABITHA QUEQUISH
• WAYNE TROY HEPSTES KAKEKAYASH
• SALOME MATAWAPIT
• CARLENA JENEVA JADE PETAWANICK

Contact Information

• BAND WEBSITE: http://www.firstnation.ca/north-caribou-weagamowround-lake
• PHONE NUMBER: (807) 469-5191
• FAX NUMBER: (807) 469-1315
• ADDRESS: PO Box 154, 30 Band Office Road, WEAGAMOW LAKE, ON
• EMAILS:
• Chief LEO MARVIN SAKCHEKAPO:
• Chief NANCYJANE SAKCHEKAPO:
• Councillor NAOMI EDWINA CHIKANE:
• Councillor PAUL JOHNUP:
• Councillor TYSON LEE MATAWAPIT:
• Councillor JOANNA DAPHNE TABITHA QUEQUISH:
• Councillor WAYNE TROY HEPSTES KAKEKAYASH:
• Councillor SALOME MATAWAPIT:
• Head Councillor CARLENA JENEVA JADE PETAWANICK:
• 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 - North Caribou Lake20122013.pdf
• 2011 - North Caribou Lake20112012.pdf
• 2010 - North Caribou Lake20102011.pdf
• 2009 - North Caribou Lake20092010.pdf
• 2008 - North Caribou Lake20082009.pdf
• 2007 - North Caribou Lake20072008.pdf
• 2006 - North Caribou Lake20062007.pdf
• 2005 - North Caribou Lake20052006.pdf
• 2004 - North Caribou Lake20042005.pdf
• 2003 - North Caribou Lake20032004.pdf
• 2002 - North Caribou Lake20022003.pdf
• 2001 - North Caribou Lake20012002.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

Band Submissions

Consultation Reports

Band Owned Corporations

Downloadable Court Decisions

• Sakchekapo-Gabrie v. North Caribou Lake First Nation

Active Court Cases

Media Reports

• Construction Complete on Largest Indigenous-led Energy Project in Ontario’s History
• Northern Ontario First Nations Weather Update for January 2 2025
• Construction complete on Ontario’s largest Indigenous-led energy project
• The Fight to Save Lake Superior’s Last Caribou
• Inquest into North Caribou Lake woman's death brings answers, hope for change, councillor says
• Watay Power transmission project completed
• Pilot project leads to new agreement on restorative justice in northern Ontario
• Winter roads are in a state of emergency: NAN
• Inaction on sewage leak angers North Caribou Lake First Nation in Northern Ontario
• Residents report rashes, stomach pains amid water crisis on northern Ontario reserve
• This 1,800-km transmission line brings clean, reliable power to 24 remote First Nations — who also own most of it
• Two First Nations Pledge to Save Lake Superior Caribou
• North Caribou Lake First Nation asks Ottawa for help as sewage spill threatens water supply
• Wataynikaneyap Power Energizes Remote First Nation Communities
• Remote First Nation celebrates construction of all-season bridge
• Indigenous suicides getting worse, not better
• Northern Ontario First Nation to have year-round road access thanks to new bridge
• Top 15 Spots to Camp in Colorado
• Caribou hunting quotas make scapegoats out of northern First Nations: study
• How this Indigenous community enjoyed a rare caribou feast
• Ottawa vows to fix lagoon spewing sewage into North Caribou Lake First Nation
• Meet the man who drew nearly 30 hours of caribou hearings
• Wataynikaneyap Power Brings Light to Remote Indigenous Communities
• Celebrating the ‘line that brings light’
• Northern Ontario First Nation seizes booze, kicks bootleggers out
• New Year’s Weather Forecast for Northern Ontario First Nation Communities
• Recovery plan for Southern Lakes caribou hailed a 'success story' 31 years later
• OPP Lay Drug Trafficking Charges in North Caribou Lake
• Ontario Partnering with First Nation Community to Protect Caribou in the North
• Across the North, Indigenous communities are redefining conservation
• Electricity finally comes to Kingfisher Lake First Nation
• Wataynikaneyap connects Kingfisher Lake First Nation to the grid
• Memorial walk for Tammy Keeash, Josiah Begg hears calls for unity, keeping everyone safe
• How the Lil Bands hockey tournament brings First Nations communities together at the rink
• Labour ministry investigates death at Musselwhite Mine
• 'Significant' progress made in Indigenous teens' deaths investigations but more work to do, says coroner
• First Nations hurt by nursing shortage
• 'I always think of him' says friend of First Nations student who died
• Deaths at Indigenous health clinics not being investigated, documents show
• Death, disappearance of First Nations teens reignite concern about police practices in Thunder Bay
• Tradition versus technology: Northerners debate use of drones in caribou hunting
• Tłı̨chǫ hunter seeking apology after wildlife charges dropped but harvested caribou given away
• What would it take for Thunder Bay to admit it’s in crisis?
• New ROM exhibit looks at centuries of Anishinaabe history
• ABPA responds to the Liberal Government’s Announcement of a National Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program
• After living away from home for years, DFC's grads talk about how they did it and life after high school
• North Star Air and First Nation Community Partners Celebrate $5 Million Milestone
• Powering the North: $1.6 billion project connects remote communities to grid
• N.W.T.'s boreal caribou population is generally going up, but key harvest info missing
• Canadian Rangers from Four First Nations Train Together
• Long way home: For Indigenous youth, an epic road trip brings them back to their roots
• The Indigenous-led plan to protect a vast swath of northern Ontario
• APTN News A Year in Photos
• Winter Road Update – Most Winter Roads are now closed to Full Load Transport Deliveries
• First Nations man survived assault in Thunder Bay river, says woman who called police
• Sahtú gathers in Colville Lake to develop new plan for caribou harvest
• At DFC in Thunder Bay, art club is more than just an after school program
• Teenage memories of water crisis inspire First Nation company
• Ontario won't say where high needs youth were moved after Thunder Bay, Ont. group homes shut down
• Cargo North signs revenue sharing deal with First Nations
• Construction complete on Ontario’s largest Indigenous-led energy project
• Carbon and caribou: why the Dene Tha’ are forging a plan to protect a northern Alberta lake
• Mining activities, not hunting, responsible for northern caribou declines
• Why Thunder Bay residents are hoping surveillance could keep them safer
• Remote First Nation gets year-round road access
• Contamination forces Ontario First Nation to close school, fly in bottled water
• 'I like living': Young Indigenous artists heal pain through painting
• First Nations teen found dead was living in group home in Thunder Bay, Ont., chief says
• Northern Ontario Indigenous Communities Weather Outlook: December 20 – 23, 2024
• North Caribou Lake First Nation celebrates being energized by Wataynikaneyap Power
• Northern Ontario First Nations Weather Outlook: December 26, 2024 – January 1, 2025
• Newmont Musselwhite: A pretty exciting place to work
• Walls crumble, mould infects First Nation school
• Clean Water bill ‘just the first step,’ NAN grand chief says
• Nothing criminal about Tammy Keeash's 'tragic' death, say police in Thunder Bay, Ont.
• Newmont Musselwhite celebrates 25 years of mining
• Newmont’s Musselwhite mine celebrates 25 years of commercial production
• How Lil Bands grew from a 'ragtag' start to become a major First Nations hockey tournament
• Cold temperatures improving winter roads to northern First Nations
• New ROM exhibit celebrates Anishinaabeg art, culture
• January 17, 2022 – Northern Ontario Winter Roads Report
• Ontario’s largest Indigenous-led energy project complete
• Lawyer says N.W.T. Court of Appeal decision on Colville Lake caribou plans follows trend
• Pilot project leads to new agreement on restorative justice in northern Ontario
• North Caribou Lake First Nation signs friendship agreement
• Goal scored for Cat Lake First Nation
• Anishinaabeg
• 'Deadly serious': 2 caribou herds shrink by half in latest count
• Ontario announces completion of Watay Power Transmission Project
• Deaths, bad outcomes elude scrutiny at Canada's indigenous clinics
• Where Are All the Caribou?
• Ontario First Nation still under boil-water advisory after fixing main water line
• 25 Years of Commercial Production at Newmont Musselwhite Mine
• North Caribou Lake growing fresh produce
• Climate change threatens northern Ontario's winter road system — so what can be done about it?
• Apr 2012: A decidedly mixed blessing: mining jobs near a remote First Nations reserve
• Cat Lake and Slate Falls First Nations community based land use plan
• Northern Ontario Grid Connection Project
• Robert Wood: The Indian Act is a lifeline for First Nations people
• Musselwhite Mine - Ontario
• Strengthening relations with North Caribou Lake First Nation through youth development (19 photos)
• Friendship agreement with Thunder Bay police, city, a 'positive step' says North Caribou Lake chief
• Memorial prayer walk about healing, not confrontation
• Protocols needed for care of intoxicated patients after Ontario woman's death: inquest
• FedNor investing over $8.2 million in Indigenous-led projects across Northern Ontario
• First Nations seek healing by reconnecting to the land
• North Star Air adds Dash 8 Combi Aircraft to Growing Fleet
• Three charged with arson in Sioux Lookout apartment fire, 17 units damaged
• Inside the Indigenous-led power line deal that put 17 First Nations on the grid
• Manitoba's Sayisi Dene: Forced relocation, racism, survival
• Drug Trafficking Investigation Leads to Arrest in North Caribou Lake First Nation
• North Caribou Lake FN celebrates grid connection
• Ontario celebrates completion of construction on the largest Indigenous-led energy project in province’s history
• Northern Reach Network Delivers 52,000 lbs of Pet Food to Support Indigenous Communities in Northern Ontario
• Margaret Kenequanash – Leading Ontario’s largest Indigenous-led grid connection project
• Power brings equity among 24 First Nation communities
• Review – All our relations: Indigenous trauma in the shadow of colonialism
• Kingfisher Lake First Nation connected to the grid by Wataynikaneyap Power
• Health system neglects northern patients by design: Doctor
• Milestone revenue marks inequitable impact for First Nations communities

Academic Research

• North Caribou Lake Archaeology: Northwestern Ontario
• Collection and analysis of traditional ecological knowledge about a population of Arctic tundra caribou
• An environmental justice analysis of caribou recovery planning, protection of an Indigenous culture, and coal mining development in northeast British Columbia …
• Indigenous‐led conservation: Pathways to recovery for the nearly extirpated Klinse‐Za mountain caribou
• Effects of mining on reindeer/caribou populations and indigenous livelihoods: community-based monitoring by Sami reindeer herders in Sweden and First Nations in …
• The Past Facing Forward, History and Caribou Management in Northern Canada
• Paleoindian economic organization in the lower Great Lakes region: Evaluating the role of caribou as a critical resource
• Caribou people
• " You can never replace the caribou": Inuit Experiences of Ecological Grief from Caribou Declines
• Caribou crossings and cultural meanings: placing traditional knowledge and archaeology in context in an Inuit landscape
• “Caribou was the reason, and everything else happened after”: Effects of caribou declines on Inuit in Labrador, Canada
• Identifying indigenous knowledge components for Whudzih (Caribou) recovery planning
• Identifying indigenous knowledge components for Whudzih (Caribou) recovery planning
• When the caribou do not come: Indigenous knowledge and adaptive management in the Western Arctic
• When the caribou do not come: Indigenous knowledge and adaptive management in the Western Arctic
• North Caribou Lake Archaeology: Northwestern Ontario
• When the caribou do not come: Indigenous knowledge and adaptive management in the Western Arctic
• When the caribou do not come: Indigenous knowledge and adaptive management in the Western Arctic
• When the caribou do not come: Indigenous knowledge and adaptive management in the Western Arctic
• Climate, caribou and human needs linked by analysis of Indigenous and scientific knowledge
• When the caribou do not come: Indigenous knowledge and adaptive management in the Western Arctic
• When the caribou do not come: Indigenous knowledge and adaptive management in the Western Arctic
• When the caribou do not come: Indigenous knowledge and adaptive management in the Western Arctic
• When the caribou do not come: Indigenous knowledge and adaptive management in the Western Arctic
• When the caribou do not come: Indigenous knowledge and adaptive management in the Western Arctic