Band Council

• GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
• TERM EXPIRES: 09/15/2026
• CHIEF: EDDY (EDDIE) MAMAKWA
• NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:6
• EDDY (EDDIE) MAMAKWA
• STEPHEN SAINNAWAP
• SAMUEL JAMES STURGEON
• AMOS MAMAKWA
• LOT JAMES SAINNAWAP
• ESTHER VICTORIA SAKAKEEP

Contact Information

• BAND WEBSITE: http://www.kingfisherlake.ca/
• PHONE NUMBER: (807) 532-2067
• FAX NUMBER: (807) 532-2063
• ADDRESS: PO BOX 57, KINGFISHER LAKE, ON
• EMAILS:
• Chief EDDY (EDDIE) MAMAKWA:
• Councillor STEPHEN SAINNAWAP:
• Councillor SAMUEL JAMES STURGEON:
• Councillor AMOS MAMAKWA:
• Deputy Chief LOT JAMES SAINNAWAP:
• Head Councillor ESTHER VICTORIA SAKAKEEP:
• General Band Office:
• Media Contact:
• Referrals Contact:
• Websites

Band Financial Statements

• 2024 - Audited consolidated 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 - Kingfisher20122013.pdf
• 2011 - Kingfisher20112012.pdf
• 2010 - Kingfisher20102011.pdf
• 2009 - Kingfisher20092010.pdf
• 2008 - Kingfisher20082009.pdf
• 2007 - Kingfisher20072008.pdf
• 2006 - Kingfisher20062007.pdf
• 2005 - Kingfisher20052006.pdf
• 2004 - Kingfisher20042005.pdf
• 2003 - Kingfisher20032004.pdf
• 2002 - Kingfisher20022003.pdf
• 2001 - Kingfisher20012002.pdf

Band Council Remuneration

• 2024 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 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

• Kingfisher v. Canada
• Kingfisher Inns Ltd. v. Nipawin (Town)
• Kingfisher Inns Ltd. v. Nipawin (Town)
• Kingfisher Inns Ltd. v. Nipawin (Town)
• Voeller v. Kingfisher Sales Inc.
• Kingfisher v Turton
• Kingfisher v Kingfisher-Ratt
• Turton v Kingfisher
• Krueckl v Kingfisher
• Caissy v Kingfisher

Active Court Cases

Media Reports

• Extinct-In-The-Wild Birds Released Into Wild For First Time In 40 Years
• Native women fought for years to expand Plan B access. But some tribal clinics remain resistant.
• Sihek: Rare Guam kingfishers released back into wild for first time in 40 years
• In historic first, Canada lawmaker addresses legislature in Indigenous language
• Meet The Indigenous Creators Making an Impact On TikTok in 2024
• Kingfisher becomes presenting sponsor of Indian Racing League
• Ontario Inquest looking into death of Kingfisher Lake woman
• Inquest for First Nation woman yields 42 recommendations to improve remote health care
• Northern bishops speak out against primate’s commission
• July inquest to examine death of First Nations woman who was sent home from nursing station
• Entrepreneur and his winning combination
• Jury at coroner's inquest into death of First Nations woman begin deliberations
• What Happened To Indian Carrier Kingfisher Airlines?
• Ontario inquest for First Nation woman who sought help for diabetes to examine health-care inequities
• Live updates as King Charles and Queen Camilla visit Australia
• OPP Assists NAPS in Kingfisher Lake First Nation Assault Investigation
• Inquest into woman's death in Kingfisher Lake First Nation hears from doctor who treated her
• Opinion: Those who pretend to be Indigenous only distract from the things that really matter
• Doctors spread thin in remote Ontario communities, inquest for First Nation woman told
• Indian residential school survivors in northern Ontario share stories, hopes for next generations
• First Nations in northwestern Ontario taking ownership of child-family services on road to federal reform
• Nishnawbe Aski Nation holds emergency meeting in Ottawa amid surge in sudden deaths on First Nations
• Ontario First Nation legislator makes history at Queen's Park
• Kingfisher joins Indian Racing League as 2024 presenting sponsor
• Inquest explores challenges of remote health care after death of First Nations woman
• The power of the pitch is growing Indigenous entrepreneurship
• ‘Ever Sick Dangles’: Indigenous Apparel Brand Celebrates First Nations Hockey
• Inside The Indian Government’s Battle Against The Former ‘King Of Good Times’
• Opinion: How have we grown numb to the suicide of Indigenous children?
• Smudge The Blades CEO has ties to Camrose
• As a non-Indigenous student of Oji-Cree, I learned much more than a language
• Kingfisher Lake First Nation hosts top Indigenous volleyball players in big-money tournament
• Troubled, suffering Indigenous youth may, in fact, be spiritually gifted — Kingfisher
• Construction begins on new Kingfisher Lake First Nation school, community hopes to have it ready next year
• Kingfisher Lake First Nation connected to the grid by Wataynikaneyap Power
• How volleyball brings First Nations communities together in northwestern Ontario
• Wataynikaneyap Power Brings Light to Remote Indigenous Communities
• Sturgeon Lake girl acts in new Treehouse TV series
• Smudge the Blade apparel celebrates hockey culture while giving back to communities
• Electricity finally comes to Kingfisher Lake First Nation
• Wataynikaneyap connects Kingfisher Lake First Nation to the grid
• Company finds success with clothing inspired by Indigenous hockey tournaments
• The Beehive: Behind the Indigenous sci-fi/thriller
• Wataynikaneyap Power Energizes Remote First Nation Communities
• Meadow Kingfisher on Treehouse's Builder Brothers Dream Factory
• Artist highlight's Guam's indigenous birds in GTA's newest mural
• Long way home: For Indigenous youth, an epic road trip brings them back to their roots
• Newmont’s Musselwhite Mine celebrates 25 Years of First Nations agreement
• 'I love acting': 12-year-old from Sask. First Nation featured in Treehouse TV series
• Ontario election gave First Nations a voice at Queen's Park, but will Ford government hear it?
• Power brings equity among 24 First Nation communities
• Indigenous-owned apparel brand Smudge the Blades is a must-have for hockey fans
• ’As a First Nations MPP in Ontario...I cannot deny my loneliness.’
• MPP Mamakwa says he'll stay in Queen's Park to fight racism
• Now that Wapekeka First Nation has a new school, it's time to figure out how to get more students in class
• Smudge The Blades: Hockey gear with a First Nations twist
• Lawyer says residential school denialism should be added to Criminal Code
• ‘Shut it down now': First Nations leader, MPP alarmed after another death at Thunder Bay jail
• Chippewas of Rama First Nation curator discusses nationally acclaimed artist at art gallery
• First indigenous diocese celebrated
• Blackpool Indian restaurant given zero star food hygiene rating with 'urgent improvement' demanded
• Ultra-Rare Dwarf Kingfisher Fledgling Photographed for the Very First Time
• Jury at coroner's inquest into death of First Nations woman begin deliberations
• Nishnawbe Aski Nation holds emergency meeting in Ottawa amid surge in sudden deaths on First Nations
• Aboriginal lawmaker who heckled King Charles censured
• Indigenous creators tell their stories on TikTok
• We were punished for speaking our languages and banned from using them in the legislature. My speech turned a page
• Entrepreneur hits a winning combination
• July inquest to examine death of First Nations woman who was sent home from nursing station
• Doctors spread thin in remote Ontario communities, inquest for First Nation woman told
• Aussies celebrate ‘unbelievable’ Royal visit
• Power brings equity among 24 First Nation communities
• Women's group releases rape handbook for Native females
• The power of Takayna/Tarkine
• Smudge the Blades becomes a national hockey sensation
• Construction Set For New School In Kingfisher Lake
• 'I love acting': 12-year-old from Sask. First Nation featured in Treehouse TV series
• Woman charged with cocaine possession, trafficking in Kingfisher Lake First Nation
• How Kingfishers Dive Head-First Into Water Without Getting Concussions
• Cricket’s ‘IPL’ Becomes Indian Prank League in Kingfisher Campaign
• Watay Power 'energizes' third First Nation community
• Company finds success with clothing inspired by Indigenous hockey tournaments
• The power of the pitch is growing Indigenous entrepreneurship
• 'Ever Sick Dangles': Indigenous Apparel Brand Celebrates First Nations Hockey
• Meet Indigenous drag artists trying to 'offer hope' to LGBTQ and 2-spirit youth
• This Children’s Picture Book Is A Colourful Homage To The Bird Songs of India
• ‘Language is identity’: Indigenous Ontario MPP to make history at Queen’s Park
• Biologists Rejoice as Extremely Rare Guam Kingfishers Lay Their First Wild Eggs in Nearly 40 Years
• David Gulpilil: Profound legacy of a trailblazing Aboriginal actor
• Let’s close the Thunder Bay jail and build a better society
• 'Beggars in our own land': Canada's First Nation housing crisis
• 'Language is identity': First Nation legislator to make history at Ontario Legislature
• Sol Mamakwa speaks Anishininiimowin in Ontario legislature
• The Kingfisher Ultra Indian Derby returns with yet another exciting edition
• Failing Canada’s First Nations children
• Can Paul Gruner's Indigenous Business Expertise Transform Kingfisher's Golden Triangle Operations?
• This MPP wants to make Truth and Reconciliation Day a paid holiday for Ontarians. Here’s what you need to know
• Photo appearing to show elder on hospital floor in Thunder Bay, Ont., raises concerns about Indigenous care
• Ontario First Nation legislator makes history at Queen’s Park
• Indian state rations Kingfisher beer after Heineken turns off taps in price row
• Kingfisher talks Indigenous youth event in Q&A with NHL.com
• ‘Ghost bird’ photographed for first time ever, euthanized for science
• Charles Kuhn and Andre Wentzel on a mission to plant thousands of indigenous trees in Kingfisher Park
• 50 year fight for Native Education leads to lawsuit against Montana Office of Public Instruction
• First Nations, governments sign memorandum of understanding for Bringing Our Children Home initiative
• Torres Strait, Arnhem Land and Cape York
• Sturgeon Lake business owner, supporter of Indigenous hockey culture featured on Hockey Night in Canada
• Niagara Health ‘an organization I feel genuinely wants to reconcile’: EVS Supervisor
• Milestone revenue marks inequitable impact for First Nations communities
• Ultra-Rare Dwarf Kingfisher Fledgling Photographed for the Very First Time
• Extinct-in-the-wild kingfisher hatches ahead of hopeful first wild release
• MPP shares personal residential school experiences at Queen's Park
• Cocaine, shotguns seized in northern Ont. First Nation
• Canada Has Received The First CC-295 Kingfisher Search And Rescue Aircraft
• Woman arrested, cocaine seized in Kingfisher Lake First Nation
• Inquest concludes in death of Kingfisher Lake woman
• Geraldine King
• Sturgeon Lake girl acts in new Treehouse TV series
• Thomas King

Academic Research

• Kingfisher in Mangroves: Unveiling Ecological Insights, Values, and Conservation Concerns
• Laughing back at the kingfisher
• A Narrative of an Ecological Activism
• Transcultural Projectivism in Charles Olson's 'The Kingfishers' and Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri's Warlugulong
• Everyone loves birds: using indigenous knowledge of birds to facilitate conservation in New Guinea
• 'Civilisation'displaces indigenous wildlife balance
• The teachings of mistle thrush and kingfisher
• A FOREST KINGFISHER VISITS CANBERRA
• Kingfisher: Contemplating the connection between nature and humans through science, art, literature, and lived experiences
• Anishinaabe Songs and Dances for the Gtigaan, or, Why I Feel They Can Save the World
• Musaemura Zimunya's Kingfisher, Jikinya and other poems (1982)
• Everyone loves birds: using indigenous knowledge of birds to facilitate conservation in New Guinea
• Musaemura Zimunya's Kingfisher, Jikinya and other poems (1982)
• Musaemura Zimunya's Kingfisher, Jikinya and other poems (1982)
• Musaemura Zimunya's Kingfisher, Jikinya and other poems (1982)
• Musaemura Zimunya's Kingfisher, Jikinya and other poems (1982)
• Musaemura Zimunya's Kingfisher, Jikinya and other poems (1982)
• Musaemura Zimunya's Kingfisher, Jikinya and other poems (1982)
• Musaemura Zimunya's Kingfisher, Jikinya and other poems (1982)
• Musaemura Zimunya's Kingfisher, Jikinya and other poems (1982)
• Musaemura Zimunya's Kingfisher, Jikinya and other poems (1982)
• Musaemura Zimunya's Kingfisher, Jikinya and other poems (1982)
• Musaemura Zimunya's Kingfisher, Jikinya and other poems (1982)
• Musaemura Zimunya's Kingfisher, Jikinya and other poems (1982)