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MKO Grand Chief: Garrison Settee - MKO Executive Director: Kelvin Lynxleg Updated July 2, 2020 MANITOBA KEEWATINOWI OKIMAKANAK INC. MKO Grand Chief: Garrison Settee - MKO Executive Director: Kelvin Lynxleg ADMINISTRATION OFFICE WINNIPEG OFFICE 206 – 55 Selkirk Avenue Suite 1601-275 Portage Avenue Thompson, MB R8N 0M5 Winnipeg , MB R3B 2B3 Phone: (204) 677-1600 Phone: (204) 927-7500 Fax: (204) 778-7655 Fax:(204) 927-7509 MKO Member First Nations & Tribal Council Affiliations – Members of the Executive Council www.mkonation.com Independent First Nations Chief Evan Yassie Onekanew Christian Sinclair Chief Marcel Moody SAYISI DENE DENESULINE NATION OPASKWAYAK CREE NATION NISICHAWAYASIHK CREE NATION Tadoule Lake, MB R0B 2C0 Box 10880 Nelson House, MB R0B 1A0 Phone: 684-2022 Fax: 684-2069 Opaskwayak, MB R0B 2J0 Phone: 484-2332 Fax: 484-2392 Phone: 627-7100 Fax: 623-3819 Chief Eric Redhead Chief Larson R. Anderson SHAMATTAWA FIRST NATION Chief Nelson Genaille NORWAY HOUSE CREE NATION Shamattawa, MB R0B 1K0 SAPOTAWEYAK CREE NATION Norway House, MB R0B 1B0 Phone: 565-2340 Fax: 565-2606 Pelican Rapids, MB R0B 1L0 Phone: 359-6786 Fax: 359-4186 Phone: 587-2012 Fax: 587-2072 Chief Doreen Spence Chief David A. Monias TATASKWEYAK CREE NATION Chief Elwood Zastre PIMICIKAMAK CREE NATION Split Lake, MB R0B 1P0 WUSKWI SIPIHK CREE NATION Cross Lake, MB R0B 0J0 Phone: 342-2045 Fax: 342-2270 Box 65 Phone: 676-3133 Fax: 676-3155 Birch River, MB R0B 0E0 Chief Betsy Kennedy Phone: 236-4201 Fax: 236-4786 Chief Shirley Ducharme WAR LAKE FIRST NATION O-PIPON-NA-PIWIN CREE NATION Ilford, MB R0B 0S0 Box 25 Phone: 288-4315 Fax: 288-4371 South Indian Lake, MB R0B 1N0 Recognized by the MKO Chiefs in Phone: 374-2271 Fax: 374-2350 Chief Leroy Constant Assembly as a First Nation and as a YORK FACTORY FIRST NATION Member of MKO York Landing, MB R0B 2B0 Phone: 341-2180 Fax: 341-2322 Mathias Colomb Cree Nation Representative Keewatin Tribal Council Members Headman Clarence Bighetty GRANVILLE LAKE FIRST NATION Chief John Clarke Leaf Rapids, MB R0B 1W0 BARREN LANDS FIRST NATION Swampy Cree Tribal Council Members Phone: 204-473-6002 Brochet, MB R0B 0B0 email: [email protected] Phone: 323-2300 Fax: 323-2275 Chief Clarence Easter CHEMAWAWIN CREE NATION Headman Floyd North Chief Richard Hart Jr. Easterville, MB R0C 0V0 SHERRIDON FIRST NATION BUNIBONIBEE CREE NATION Phone: 329-2161 Fax: 329-2017 Sherridon, Manitoba R0B 1L0 Oxford House, MB R0B 1C0 Phone: 468-2136 Phone: 538-2282 Fax: 538-2220 Chief Christopher Colomb email: [email protected] MARCEL COLOMB FIRST NATION Chief Billy Beardy Lynn Lake, MB R0B 0W0 WHITE WATER RESERVE FOX LAKE CREE NATION Phone: 356-2439 Fax: 356-2330 Box 130 Box 369 Sandy Bay, SK S0P 0G0 Gilliam, MB R0B 0L0 Chief Lorna Bighetty Phone: (306) 754-0070 Phone: 486-2463 Fax: 486-2503 MATHIAS COLOMB CREE NATION Fax: (306) 754-2257 Pukatawagan, MB R0B 1G0 Chief Hubert Watt Phone: 553-2090 Fax: 553-2419 GOD'S LAKE FIRST NATION God's Lake Narrows, MB R0B 0M0 Chief Harold Turner Phone: 335-2130 Fax: 335-2400 MISIPAWISTIK CREE NATION Box 500 Chief John Ross Grand Rapids, MB R0C 1E0 MANTO SIPI CREE NATION Phone: 639-2485 Fax: 639-2503 God’s River, MB R0B 0N0 Phone: 366-2011 Fax: 366-2282 Chief Jim Tobacco MOSAKAHIKEN FIRST NATION Chief Simon Denechezhe Moose Lake, MB R0B 0Y0 NORTHLANDS FIRST NATION Phone: 678-2113 Fax: 678-2292 Lac Brochet, MB R0B 2E0 Phone: 337-2111 Fax: 337-2055 .
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