Lac Sŭl | Lac Seul First Nation

The Lac Seul First Nation is an Ojibwe community with a rich cultural heritage situated in the boreal forest region of northwestern Ontario, maintaining traditional practices and connections to the land.

POPULATION

3,886

Rank #61 nationally

GEOGRAPHY

279.7 KM²

Rank #30 nationally

BAND COUNCIL TERM

11/13/2026

Term Expiration

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Community Profile

Overview

Last Updated 2025-08-03 02:39:39 UTC

Name

Lac Seul (ISC Code: 205)

Former Names

Osnaburgh Band, Lac Seul Band

Band Style

First Nation

Cultural Area

Boreal Forest Region

Indigenous Language

Ojibwe

Number of Registered Members

3886

Band Website

https://lacseulfn.org/

Phone Number

(807) 582-3503

Fax Number

(807) 582-3449

Address

PO BOX 100, HUDSON, ON

General Email

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Band Council

Governance Type

Not Applicable

Chief

EUGENE (CLIFFORD) BULL

Term Expires

11/13/2026

Number of Council Members

EUGENE (CLIFFORD) BULL

Chief

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STANLEY MARK LITTLEDEER

Councillor

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SAMANTHA ERIN KEJICK

Councillor

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CLAYTON JEFFREY LITTLEDEER

Councillor

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ERNEST (DEREK) MICHAEL MAUD

Councillor

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MARCEL JEFFREY PHIL POTAN

Councillor

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DESHAWN LULABELLE MARY LITTLEDEER

Councillor

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ELVIS MORRIS TROUT

Councillor

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DONNA CHRISTINE NINGEWANCE

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

2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

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2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

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

Lac Seul First Nation v. Canada

Lac Seul Airways, Ltd. v Canadian Fly-In Fishing (Red Lake) Limited

Canadian Fly-In Fishing (Red Lake) Ltd. v. Lac Seul Airways, Ltd.

Lac Seul First Nation v. Canada (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development)

Lac Seul v. Shibogama First Nations Council

Powell Equipment Co. Ltd. et al. v. Lac Seul Land & Lumber Co. Ltd.; Farlinger, Third Party

Powell Equipment Co. Ltd. et al. v. Lac Seul Land &Lumber Co. Ltd.; Farlinger Third Party

Roger Southwind, for himself, and on behalf of the members of the Lac Seul Band of Indians, et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, et al.

Lac Seul First Nation v. 1000355814 Ontario Inc et al

Location Map

Reserves

ISC Code: 6316
LAC SEUL 28
27966.0 Hectares
56 KM NE/NE DRYDEN
[49.7800938, -92.8369592]

News Coverage Summary

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Media Reports

First Mining Gold Signs Process Agreement with First Nations, Advancing Anishinaabe-Led Impact Assessment at Springpole

Supreme Court rules $30M is insufficient for flooded First Nation

Rheaume to sing out at Downie tribute concert

Indigenous gold explorer looks to power up First Nation communities

In Canada's aboriginal suicide crisis, lesson on protective power of culture

Settlement Reached Between Lac Seul First Nation and Canadian Government

Grassy Narrows First Nation asserts sovereignty to pass Anishinaabe law on alcohol use

Book review: Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

'Why has it taken 134 years?': First Nations in Manitoba, Ontario move closer to flood compensation

National Indigenous Peoples Day celebrated in Sioux Lookout

First Nation Wants Compensation Over Dam

Junior A hockey action in northern First Nation fuels dreams of owning a franchise

'I saw myself in a different way': Camp Molly stops in Lac Seul First Nation

Lac Seul Receives Funding To Start Locating Unmarked Graves

Lac Seul Obish wins Northern Bands tournament

Supreme Court Provides Guidance on First Nation Flooding Compensation

Initiative led by residential school survivors to uncover the truth

Supreme Court of Canada Hears Argument in Historic Flooding Case

Lac Seul First Nation celebrates the end of 17-year boil water advisory

Anishinaabe artist Rebecca Belmore wins the Audain Prize, one of Canada’s top art awards

Lac Seul artist brought heart breaking Beothuk story to Thunder Bay Gallery

Red Dress Day Walk held in Lac Seul First Nation

Attawapiskat Enterprises CEO appointed to national Indigenous board

Ontario Announces Forest Biomass Program Funding Recipients

Researcher to examine human trafficking in northwestern Ontario

Police ID victim in Lac Seul First Nation death

Lac Seul First Nation's 17-year boil water advisory ends (2 Photos)

First Mining Gold Secures $22.3M Funding, Advances Major Gold Project Milestones in 2024

SCC Rules that Crown’s Fiduciary Duty is Central in Assessing Compensation for Flooded Indigenous Re

Can wood float for value-added forestry?

High levels of carbon monoxide, mould found in homes on Ontario reserves: study

Lac Seul First Nation kids donate to isolated students

Northwestern Ontario First Nations energy project funding

Q&A with Lac Seul First Nation Chief Clifford Bull, candidate in northern riding

Lac Seul First Nation wins appeal to have damage award reconsidered in historic flooding case

Business Agreement Reached: Sioux Lookout, KI, and Lac Seul FN

First Nations Canadian artist Rebecca Belmore, Sally Smart's dance-inspired studio and Yuki Kihara's Paradise Camp

OPG and Lac Seul Celebrate 10 Years of Historic Partnership

AurCrest Gold and Lac Seul First Nation to Jointly Investigate Carbon Sequestration Opportunities

Supreme Court rules $30M is insufficient for flooded First Nation

Duty to consult does not include right to veto land transfer, Ontario court rules

Two-spirit celebrations align with the balance of Spring Equinox

Red Lake mine developer sharing the wealth with First Nations

ORC certifies more than one million hectares of Northern Ontario forest

Lac Seul artist brought heart breaking Beothuk story to Thunder Bay Gallery

Former First Nation chief named as Indigenous adviser to Ontario government

Canadian Rangers Playing Vital Role in Lac Seul First Nation

AurCrest Gold and Lac Seul First Nation sign agreement to develop GHG emission sequestration projects and monetize carbon offsets in the Boreal Forest

Red Lake gold discoverer inks exploration agreement with First Nations

Dr. Karen Lawford, Student

Indigenous History Month 2023

AurCrest Gold, Lac Seul First Nation and Bluesource Sign Adoption Agreement to Proceed with a GHG Emission Sequestration Project and Monetize Carbon Offsets in the Boreal Forest

OPG, Lac Seul are northwestern Ontario's power couple

Supreme Court sides with Lac Seul First Nation over flooding compensation

NDP MPPs demand action as COVID seeps into First Nations communities

More Local Say in Forest Management

Norval Morrisseau, who created Woodland art style, featured in Google doodle

Increased demand for Indigenous-led architecture means challenging the norms of a colonial industry

FIRST MINING SIGNS PROCESS AGREEMENT WITH CAT LAKE FIRST NATION AND LAC SEUL FIRST NATION SUPPORTING ANISHINAABE-LED IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Truth and Reconciliation: 5 unreconciled issues in northern Ontario

Daniel Bottle of Lac Seul is the top Junior Canadian Ranger

New First Nations partnership to help with high food costs in northern Ontario

Indigenous Architecture in Canada

Northern Ontario First Nations sign Ogoki forest management deal

Lakehead University - One-of-a-kind gathering brought together Indigenous people from different countries for tourism discussion

Newly appointed Order of Canada member works tirelessly to preserve Indigenous languages

Spurred by coronavirus complications, Indigenous communities take steps to embrace Pride

Indigenous youth leader calls on federal government to act on youth suicides

Residential school horrors mustn't be forgotten, says survivor

Province appoints Clifford Bull as Indigenous advisor

First Nation sawmill operation eyes expansion

Sioux Lookout, Lac Seul First Nation commemorate Indigenous Peoples Month

Missing Lac Seul First Nation man found deceased near Whitefish Bay

Lac Seul First Nation land-based educators adapt to pandemic, virtual teaching

Canada’s military deployed to Lac Seul First Nation amid growing COVID-19 outbreak

Lac Seul Doctor Leading Human Trafficking Study

Mike Auksi, Fifth-Year Doctoral Candidate in KPE, Featured in Innovation.ca Article

Inquest announced into 2012 death of First Nations man in custody in Thunder Bay, Ont.

Court rules First Nations' prior consent is not required for land transfer

Adventist Youth Serve Indigenous Communities in Northern Ontario

Historic decision appears to free Adam Capay

Supreme Court sides with Lac Seul First Nation over flooding compensation

The new hope for Star Wars? An Ojibwe family in Winnipeg

10 First Nations with more than 10 years of bad water

Supreme Court of Canada Clarifies Equitable Compensation for Breach of Crown’s Fiduciary Duty to Indigenous Nations

Teach for Canada recruits 31 teachers for 7 northern Ontario First Nations

Melody McKiver: Wrist by Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler depicts 'the homelands that I wish more would see'

We the northwest: How First Nations kids are finding their way on the basketball court

Challenging oppressive maternity health care in Canada

Adam Capay's lonely path to solitary confinement

Police constables receive their badges

How the legal system failed residential school survivors, according to a major new report

Abundant blueberry season allows for reflection on tradition, importance of staple foods in northern Ontario

Opinion: A high school in Northern Ontario reveals the long shadow of residential schools

How finding her father helped Patty Krawec understand her Indigenous identity

Med school tackles rural doctor shortage with crash course in community culture

First Nations, governments sign memorandum of understanding for Bringing Our Children Home initiative

2-spirit youth calls out 'stares' for wearing ribbon skirt at AFN assembly

Rewards, tip line issued for First Nations man missing in Thunder Bay for nearly a year

Partnership will digitize, preserve over 7,000 statements from residential school survivors

Author hopes informal lesson book will help turn Indigenous language speakers into language teachers

Tom Chisel revives Midewiwin ceremony, once widespread among Ojibwe

Cabinet ministers set to discuss sexual abuse on reserves, says Bellegarde

Solving the legacy of indigenous sexual abuse: think globally, act nationally

Mining the Northwest: First Nations training program to fill mining ranks

Recent Developments in Aboriginal Law

Medical patients flock to this northern community, but there aren't enough places to stay

Six Northwestern Ontario First Nations funded for multi-purpose centres

Artistic community mourns loss of Ahmoo Angeconeb, 62, of Lac Seul First Nation

Lac Seul man arrested after barricading himself in home

Graduate Scholars Panel on Indigenous Research Methodologies

Sioux Lookout, Lac Seul residents commemorate Orange Shirt Day, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Police killed northern Ontario First Nation man, inquest jury concludes

Lac Seul stakes its development claim

Anishinaabe elder calls for cultural safety training of temporary hospital staff in Ontario's north

Treaty 3 agreement with nuclear waste management group criticized by some leaders, elders

Lac Seul First Nation officially launches Fire and Emergency Services Department

Volunteers continue search for missing 65-year-old man in Thunder Bay

Lac Seul case goes before the Supreme Court

Shana Southwind taps into the power of Indigenous youth for the clean energy transition

After 4 years in solitary confinement, Adam Capay moves to new cell

Artist from Lac Seul First Nation making waves with new video collaboration

Former Lac Seul chief named special advisor to Ford government

Survivors need mental health support as searches of former residential school sites continue, leaders say

Lac Seul becomes a regional conference hub

Forging new bonds with First Nations

Residential school survivor wants Catholic Church to pay millions originally promised

First Nations students create hit in music program

Homes in four Ontario First Nations have dangerous levels of carbon dioxide, mould

Canada’s unequal health system may make remote Indigenous communities more vulnerable to the coronavirus

Anishinaabe artist says Indigenous shoppers can feel protected as thunderbird signs get posted

Lac Seul First Nation flooding case goes to Supreme Court of Canada

Lac Seul First Nation will receive $8.7 million to research residential school burial sites

Lac Seul First Nation in northwestern Ontario looking to expand local sawmill

Volunteers pool resources as search for 2 missing people in Thunder Bay continues

Traditional teachings, knowledge at the forefront of Elders’ Conference in Lac Seul

Research Matters: Lac Seul youth get tools to tell their own stories

Equitable Compensation in Indigenous Rights Cases Must Be Consistent with the Crown’s Fiduciary Duty

Team Ontario pursues gold at North American Indigenous Games

The Polygon Gallery announces large-scale commissioned sculpture by Lac Seul First Nation (Anishinaabe) artist Rebecca Belmore

First Nations Drilling JV preps to train Indigenous drillers in northern Ontario

Canada and Ontario Support the Lac Seul First Nation Residential School Research Initiative – Bringing our Children Home

Lac Seul Hydroelectric Power Plant, Ear Falls, Ontario

'Bring our Children Home' gathering scheduled for Wednesday in Lac Seul First Nation

First Nations teen goalie sets her sights on Stanley Cup

Ontario names former Lac Seul chief as 'special adviser' on Indigenous affairs

Youth film projects to explore history of northwestern Ontario First Nation

Supreme Court sides with Lac Seul First Nation over flooding compensation

New All-Season Road For Lac Seul First Nation

Lac Seul First Nation flooding compensation case heads to Supreme Court of Canada

First Nation’s court victory sets precedent for equitable compensation

Lac Seul First Nation going to Supreme Court of Canada in hydro dam flooding compensation case

Rick Garrick Debwewin Citation recipient for excellence in journalism

New gold mine closer to reality, CEO says

FedNor supporting 18 Indigenous-led projects in the North with $6.9M

First Nations reach a milestone in fire prevention

Indigenous authors with ties to northwestern Ontario share their latest works

Residential school survivor, advocate Garnet Angeconeb has died

$234M settlement is 'bittersweet,' Lac Seul chief says

Lac Seul First Nation and Canada settle flooding claim

First Nations and mining firm ink agreement

Opposition grows against federal cuts for searches of unmarked graves

Shelter-in-place order lifted in Lac Seul First Nation in northwestern Ontario after person apprehended

Shelter in place ends after northwestern Ont. police apprehend 'armed and dangerous' suspect

Northwest First Nation not sold on open-pit mining project

Lac Seul First Nation set to finally receive compensation for flooding of reserve land

Lac Seul First Nation and Canada finalize settlement claim

FIRST MINING SIGNS PROCESS AGREEMENT WITH CAT LAKE FIRST NATION AND LAC SEUL FIRST NATION SUPPORTING ANISHINAABE-LED IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Lac Seul First Nation and Canada finalize settlement claim

Lac Seul First Nation to receive $234M in compensation for historical flood claim

Indigenous-led impact assessment initiative for Springpole

On the Tracks to Translating Indigenous Knowledge

Academic Research

Reimagining the Child Welfare System

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA

SOLAR AND WIND RESOURCES EVALUATION

Still not reconciled yet!: reparation indigenism and the attempt to settle the historical debt with the Marãiwatsédé Xavante in Brazil and the Anishinaabeg of lac seul in …

Adapting to change, perceptions and knowledges in the involvement of Aboriginal peoples in forest management: a case study with Lac Seul First Nation

Ojibway plant taxonomy at Lac Seul First Nation, Ontario, Canada

11 Indigenous and Municipal Relationships: The Art of Collaboration

It's about time: Investigations into the interior of Canada's boreal forest, Lac Seul

The economic feasibility of replacing diesel with renewable energy resources in remote First Nation communities in Northern Ontario

An autoethnographic account of experiences with a community-based participatory research project in Canada

Aboriginal Peoples

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA

An Autoethnographic Account of Experiences with a Community-Based Participatory Research Project in Canada Uma Descrição Autoetnográfica de …

An autoethnographic account of experiences with a community-based participatory research project in Canada

revendications globales chez les pekuakamiulnuatsh (innus de mashteuiatsh au Lac-saint-Jean) et gestion des ressources halieutiques

Uma Descrição Autoetnográfica de Experiências com um Projeto de Pesquisa Participativa Baseada na Comunidade no Canadá

Aboriginal Peoples

Adapting to change, perceptions and knowledges in the involvement of Aboriginal peoples in forest management: a case study with Lac Seul First Nation

From Manomin to 'Wild'Rice and Back Again: Understanding the Transformations of a Native Ontario Grain and Indigenous Cultural Resurgence

Lac. Les représentations du rapport à l'identité dans les textes théâtraux autochtones au Québec, écrits ou traduits en français, depuis les années 1980

From Manomin to 'Wild'Rice and Back Again: Understanding the Transformations of a Native Ontario Grain and Indigenous Cultural Resurgence

… not reconciled yet!: reparation indigenism and the attempt to settle the historical debt with the Marãiwatsédé Xavante in Brazil and the Anishinaabeg of lac seul …

Ojibway plant taxonomy at Lac Seul First Nation, Ontario, Canada

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