Zhaawanong Ziibi | Bloodvein First Nation

The Bloodvein First Nation is an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) community situated in a remote area of Manitoba, known for its traditional lands along the Bloodvein River and connection to Lake Winnipeg.

POPULATION

2,148

Rank #167 nationally

GEOGRAPHY

16.3 KM²

Rank #355 nationally

BAND COUNCIL TERM

09/02/2026

Term Expiration

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Community Profile

Overview

Last Updated 2025-07-04 00:46:33 UTC

Name

Bloodvein (ISC Code: 267)

Former Names

Bloodvein River First Nation

Band Style

First Nation

Cultural Area

Boreal Forest / Shield Region of Northeastern Manitoba

Indigenous Language

Ojibwe (Anishinaabemowin)

Number of Registered Members

2148

Band Website

http://www.seed.mb.ca/bloodvein.html

Phone Number

(204) 395-2148

Fax Number

(204) 395-2099

Address

GENERAL DELIVERY, BLOODVEIN, MB

General Email

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Band Council

Governance Type

Not Applicable

Chief

LISA YOUNG

Term Expires

09/02/2026

Number of Council Members

LISA YOUNG

Chief

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CINDY YOUNG

Councillor

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KELVIN RAVEN

Councillor

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ELLEN YOUNG

Councillor

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LORRAINE COOK

Councillor

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Administrative Contacts

Financial Overview

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Band Financial Statements

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Band Council Remuneration

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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

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Downloadable Court Records

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Location Map

Reserves

ISC Code: 6370
BLOODVEIN 12
1625.2 Hectares
193 KM N/N OF/DE WINNIPEG
[51.773976, -96.67595229999999]

News Coverage Summary

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Media Reports

Some wildfire evacuees return home to northeast Manitoba, but more than 2,000 stuck in limbo

UWinnipeg honours two outstanding women

Blood Tribe elects new chief and council

Bloodvein First Nation's moose 'derby' draws criticism

Fabian Seymour

New centre bringing First Nation traditions to healing in Manitoba

Bloodvein First Nation celebrates life of toddler who died in January

Apr 2023: Manitoba First Nations share $3.4M for fire protection

Manitoba RCMP investigating homicide of young child

Canada’s Treaty Payments: Meager Reminder of a Painful History (Published 2017)

Bloodvein Woman Charged with Murder in Death of Toddler

First Nation Members of AMC

Caregiver charged with murder of toddler on Manitoba First Nation

Four Manitoba First Nations evacuating due to smoke from wildfires

Bloodvein First Nation boy mauled by dog, house burned down

Caregiver charged with murder of toddler on Manitoba First Nation

Bloodvein First Nation celebrates new access road

Fifth Manitoba First Nation forced to evacuate due to wildfires, smoke: Red Cross

Manitoba First Nations evacuated due to smoke, wildfires

Caregiver charged with murder of toddler on Manitoba First Nation

Grandmother charged in the death of 2-year-old Bloodvein First Nation girl

Catholic Priest Accuses Residential School Survivors of Lying About Abuse

Caregiver charged with murder of toddler on Manitoba First Nation

Indigenous values and perspectives for strengthening food security and sovereignty: learning from a community-based case study of Misko-ziibiing (Bloodvein River First Nation), Manitoba, Canada

Ottawa gives $6-million for access roads to two remote Manitoba First Nations

Sep 2013: Moose hunt derby called off on Bloodvein First Nation

Fifth Manitoba First Nation forced to evacuate due to wildfires, smoke: Red Cross

New Indigenous school board in Manitoba 'historic,' federal cabinet minister says

It may be days before power restored to evacuated First Nations: Manitoba Hydro

Unresolved: Tiffany Maureen Skye

Caregiver charged with murder of toddler on Manitoba First Nation

‘They failed us’: Manitoba mother of girl who died while in care speaks out about her death

3 Manitoba wildfires converge into one as suppression efforts east of Bloodvein First Nation continue

Manitoba grandmother charged in death of ‘lovable’ toddler

Caregiver charged with murder of toddler on Manitoba First Nation

Grandmother charged in death of 2-year-old in Bloodvein First Nation

Journey North

Four Manitoba First Nations evacuating due to smoke from wildfires

'We were treated like little kids': First Nations want better relationship with government on East Road

Manitoba gains edge on wildfires, allowing evacuees from 4 First Nations to return home

More than 1,600 evacuees leaving 4 Manitoba First Nations as wildfires burn near Ontario border

Some wildfire evacuees return home to northeast Manitoba, but more than 2,000 stuck in limbo

Feds to send up to 120 Canadian Armed Forces to help Manitoba fight forest fires

Residential school survivor helps other former students, families reconnect to culture

7 eastern Manitoba communities without power due to wildfires amid more evacuations

Party representatives fail to engage crowd at sparsely attended Indigenous town hall

More checks and balances needed, says man who had wrong leg amputated in Winnipeg

Hundreds of wildfire evacuees brace for extended stay in Winnipeg hotels

Weeks after being evacuated due to wildfires, Bloodvein First Nation residents elated to be home

Anishinaabe territory straddling Manitoba and Ontario named Canada’s first mixed UNESCO World Heritage site

Newest UNESCO World Heritage Site is boreal forest important to First Nations cultures

Fire near Bloodvein one of the largest on record, Manitoba government says

New all-weather road linking Berens River, Bloodvein to highways will open up economic opportunities: mayor

PROFILE — This First Nations teen is fighting wildfires in Manitoba | story | Kids News

Indigenous students claim sexual abuse at Catholic day school in Manitoba

Tikinagan baby carrier returned to family more than 50 years after it was taken by museum

Manitoba nursing stations face 'extreme shortage of nurses' over holidays

'A new beginning' as 3 Manitoba First Nations set to break ground on new schools

Mar 2023: Educators in Bloodvein First Nation hope to re-engage students after lockdowns

SCO calling for investigation after man has leg allegedly mistakenly amputated

Chief Roland Hamilton being remembered as 'tireless advocate' for Bloodvein First Nation

First Nations community uses Minecraft to connect kids with ancestral traditions

Indigenous communities need better emergency preparedness. NDP calls on feds to do more

Pimachiowin Aki is Canada’s newest UNESCO World Heritage Site

Manitoba First Nation co-develops Minecraft educational game

Pimachiowin Aki

Outcry continues after Manitoba First Nation man allegedly has wrong leg amputated at Winnipeg hospital

Two Manitoba First Nations seek $1B from city, province, feds over pollution

2 more Manitoba First Nations file lawsuit over Winnipeg sewage spill

AMC Calls for Immediate Review of Critical Incident Involving Bloodvein First Nation Citizen at Grace Hospital

Manitoba launches investigation after Bloodvein man had wrong leg amputated

Academic Research

Indigenous values and perspectives for strengthening food security and sovereignty: learning from a community-based case study of Misko-ziibiing (Bloodvein River …

Applying the Social Determinants of Health to Understand the Impacts of Engineering on Indigenous Communities

The proposed Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage Site project: Management and protection of Indigenous world heritage sites in a Canadian context

An indigenous perspective: The case of Pimachiowin Aki Mixed cultural and natural heritage, Canada

Six Men, Three Boats and The Bloodvein: Canoeing A Wilderness River

Pimachiowin Aki and the First Nations Accord: First Nations in Regional and Global Heritage Conservation Planning

" People Lived There a Long Time Ago": Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Traditional Use of the Miskweyaabiziibee (Bloodvein River) in Northwestern Ontario

Community liaison program; bridging land-use perspectives of First Nation communities and the minerals resource sector in Manitoba

From Bloodvein to Cross Lake: a 25 year synthesis

Bloodvein Canadian Heritage River Management Plan

The Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage Project: A Collaborative Effort of Anishinaabe First Nations and Two Canadian Provinces to Nominate a World Heritage …

From Bloodvein to Cross Lake: A 25 Year Synthesis.

Band Publications

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