The Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) represents a group of nine First Nations

First Nations

First Nations is a term that collectively refers to various Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. There are currently over 630 recognised First Nations governments or bands spread across Canada, roughly half of which are in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. The...

 in Saskatchewan. These are:

• Birch Narrows Dene Nation
• Buffalo River Dene Nation
• Canoe Lake Cree Nation
• Clearwater River Dene Nation
• English River First Nation
• Flying Dust First Nation
• Island Lake First Nation
• Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation
  Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation
  Makwa Sahgaiehcan is a Cree First Nation. Its reserve is in Loon Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada.The English translation of Makwa Sahgaiehcan from Plains Cree language is "loon lake"....
  
  
• Waterhen Lake First Nation
  Waterhen Lake First Nation
  Waterhen Lake First Nation is a Cree First Nation located in northwestern Saskatchewan. Total registered population in September, 2007, was 1749, of which the on-reserve Status population was 790. The First Nation is a member of the MLTC Program Services, a regional tribal Chiefs' Council...
  
  

MLTC provides and coordinates health care, education, and social services. It also provides some policing services for member nations. It owns a series of companies which are intended to provide employment for members and economic opportunities for the communities it serves. The First Nation members are scattered around northern Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

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