Poplar Hill First Nation

Poplar Hill
Poplar Hill
	; Indian reserve;
	; Poplar Hill Indian Reserve
	; ; ; ; ; Poplar Hill; ; ; ; ;
	; Coordinates: 52°06′N 94°18′W / 52.100°N 94.300°W / 52.100; -94.300Coordinates: 52°06′N 94°18′W / 52.100°N 94.300°W / 52.100; -94.300;
Country	; Canada;
Province	; Ontario;
District	; Kenora;
First Nation	; Poplar Hill
Area;
• Land	; 7.02 km2 (2.71 sq mi)
Population (2016);
• Total	; 473
• Density	; 65.4/km2 (169/sq mi)
Website	; poplarhill.firstnation.ca;

Indian reserve in Ontario, Canada

Poplar Hill First Nation is an Anishinaabe (Ojibway) First Nation band government, approximately 120 km north of Red Lake near the Ontario-Manitoba border. The First Nation is accessible by air and winter road. In May 2016, the First Nation had a registered population of 473 people.

History[edit]

Poplar Hill First Nation achieved full Band and reserve status in 1978 when it separated from the Pikangikum First Nation. The community maintains strong ties with Pikangikum and Little Grand Rapids in Manitoba.

Governance[edit]

The First Nation's governing council is elected through the Custom Electoral System, consisting of a Chief, Deputy Chief and three councillors. The current Chief is Patrick Owen, with Jacob acting as the Deputy Chief. The Councillors are Eli Moose, Garry Owen, Rita, and Pardemus.

As a signatory to Treaty 5, the First Nation is a member of the Keewaytinook Okimakanak Council, a Regional Chiefs Council and Nishnawbe Aski Nation, a Tribal Political Organization representing majority of the First Nation governments in northern Ontario.

Reserve[edit]

The First Nation have reserved for themselves the 705.2 ha Poplar Hill Indian Reserve. The community of Poplar Hill is located within this Reserve.

Services[edit]

School
- Abe Scatch Memorial School, K-8th Grade
- KiHS Poplar Hill of the Keewaytinook Internet Highschool. Some students may elect to 'go out' for school and board in either Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Thunder Bay, or Red Lake, Ontario.

Child and Family Services worker provided through Tikinagan Child and Family Services in Sioux Lookout

Health clinic with a Community Health Representative. The community also have access to Sioux Lookout Zone Hospital; hospital services also available in Red Lake.

The community of Poplar Hill is served by the Poplar Hill Airport, 1.1 km to the east of the town. It is linked to Pikangikum, Ontario and points south by winter roads and ice roads.

Poplar Hill is policed by the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, an Aboriginal-based service. In addition, Northern Air Patrol from Sioux Lookout and OPP Red Lake Detachment provide additional policing services.

External links[edit]

Poplar Hill First Nation web site

Community profile from INAC

Community profile from Chiefs of Ontario

References[edit]

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^ "Poplar Hill census profile". 2016 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2017-02-08.

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[1] "Poplar Hill census profile". 2016 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2017-02-08..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

[2] "Poplar Hill census profile". 2016 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2017-02-08.

v t e Nishnawbe Aski Nation
Independent First Nations Alliance	Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Lac Seul Muskrat Dam Pikangikum Whitesand
Keewaytinook Okimakanak Council	Deer Lake Fort Severn Keewaywin McDowell Lake North Spirit Lake Poplar Hill
Matawa First Nations	Aroland Constance Lake Eabametoong Ginoogaming Hornepayne Long Lake 58 Marten Falls Neskantaga Nibinamik Webequie
Mushkegowuk Council	Attawapiskat Chapleau Cree Fort Albany Kashechewan Missanabie Cree Moose Cree Taykwa Tagamou Weenusk
Shibogama First Nations Council	Kasabonika Lake Kingfisher Wapekeka Wawakapewin Wunnumin Lake
Wabun Tribal Council	Beaverhouse Brunswick House Chapleau Ojibway Flying Post Matachewan Mattagami Wahgoshig
Windigo First Nations Council	Bearskin Lake Cat Lake Koocheching North Caribou Lake (Weagamow Lake) Sachigo Lake Slate Falls Whitewater
Independent NAN Communities	Mishkeegogamang Mocreebec Council Sandy Lake

v t e The Numbered Treaties: Treaty Five
Numbered Treaties	Treaty 1 Treaty 2 Treaty 3 Treaty 4 Treaty 5 Treaty 6 Treaty 7 Treaty 8 Treaty 9 Treaty 10 Treaty 11
Manitoba	Berens River First Nation Black River First Nation Bloodvein First Nation Bunibonibee Cree Nation Chemawawin Cree Nation Cross Lake First Nation Fisher River Cree Nation Fox Lake Cree Nation Garden Hill First Nation God's Lake First Nation Grand Rapids First Nation Hollow Water First Nation Kinonjeoshtegon First Nation Little Grand Rapids First Nation Manto Sipi Cree Nation Mosakahiken Cree Nation Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation Norway House Cree Nation Opaskwayak Cree Nation Pauingassi First Nation Poplar River First Nation Red Sucker Lake First Nation St. Theresa Point First Nation Sayisi Dene First Nation Shamattawa First Nation Tataskweyak Cree Nation War Lake First Nation Wasagamack First Nation York Factory First Nation
Saskatchewan	Cumberland House First Nation Red Earth First Nation Shoal Lake First Nation
Ontario	Deer Lake First Nation North Spirit Lake First Nation Pikangikum First Nation Poplar Hill First Nation Sandy Lake First Nation

v t e Kenora District, Ontario
Cities	Dryden Kenora
Towns	Red Lake Sioux Lookout
Townships	Ear Falls Ignace Machin Pickle Lake Sioux Narrows–Nestor Falls
First Nations	Animakee Wa Zhing 37 Asubpeeschoseewagong Attawapiskat Bearskin Lake Big Grassy Buffalo Point Cat Lake Deer Lake Eabametoong Eagle Lake Fort Albany Fort Severn Iskatewizaagegan 39 Kasabonika Lake Kashechewan Keewaywin Kingfisher Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Lac Seul Marten Falls Mishkeegogamang Muskrat Dam Lake Naongashiing Naotkamegwanning Neskantaga North Caribou Lake North Spirit Lake Northwest Angle 33 Obashkaandagaang Bay Ochiichagwe'Babigo'Ining Onigaming Pikangikum Poplar Hill Sachigo Lake Sandy Lake Shoal Lake 40 Slate Falls Wabaseemoong Wabauskang Wabigoon Lake Wapekeka Wauzhushk Onigum Wawakapewin Webequie Weenusk Wunnumin Lake
Indian reserves	Agency 30 Attawapiskat 91 Attawapiskat 91A Bearskin Lake Cat Lake 63C The Dalles 38C Deer Lake Eagle Lake 27 English River 21 Fort Albany 67 (part) Fort Hope 64 Fort Severn 89 Kasabonika Lake Kee-Way-Win Kenora 38B Kingfisher 2A Kingfisher 3A Kingfisher Lake 1 Kitchenuhmaykoosib Aaki 84 Lac Seul 28 Lake of the Woods 31B Lake of the Woods 31C Lake of the Woods 31G Lake of the Woods 35J Lake of the Woods 37 Lake of the Woods 37B Marten Falls 65 Muskrat Dam Lake Naongashing 35A Neskantaga North Spirit Lake Northwest Angle 33B Northwest Angle 34C & 37B Obabikong 35B One Man Lake 29 Osnaburgh 63B Pikangikum 14 Poplar Hill Rat Portage 38A Sabaskong Bay 35C (part) Sabaskong Bay 35D Sabaskong Bay 35F (part) Sachigo Lake 1 Sachigo Lake 2 Sachigo Lake 3 Sandy Lake 88 Shoal Lake 31J Shoal Lake 34B1 Shoal Lake 34B2 Shoal Lake 37A (part) Shoal Lake 39 (part) Shoal Lake 39A (part) Shoal Lake 40 (part) Swan Lake 29 Wabaseemoong Wabauskang 21 Wabigoon Lake 27 Wapekeka 1 Wapekeka 2 Wawakapewin Weagamow Lake 87 Webequie Winisk 90 Whitefish Bay 32A Whitefish Bay 33A Whitefish Bay 34A Wunnumin 1 Wunnumin 2 Yellow Girl Bay 32B
Indian settlements	Kashechewan Kee Way Win Lansdowne House McDowell Lake Peawanuck Slate Falls Summer Beaver
Unorganized areas	Unorganized Kenora
Local services boards	Greater Oxdrift KeeMan Melgund Minaki Pellatt, Pelican, Umbach, Gidley Redditt Round Lake Wabigoon
Unincorporated communities	Alcona Balmertown Borups Corners Central Patricia Cochenour Dyment Eagle River Eton–Rugby Hudson Jaffray–Mellick Keewatin Madsen McKenzie Island Minnitaki Nestor Falls Norman Oxdrift Pelican Pickle Crow Rat Portage Sioux Narrows Starratt–Olsen Superior Junction Vermilion Bay
See also Communities in Kenora District Census divisions of Ontario

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