Indigenous
Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation Chief and Council
Governs Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
- Henry (Trapper) Clayton Wetelainen Chief · since September 2025
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4 councillors
Elected
- Donna Braun Chief Councillor · since September 2025
Laurel (Laurie) Margaret Spalding
Councillor · since September 2025
- Ronald Williams Councillor · since September 2025
- Tyson Jamie Williams Councillor · since September 2025
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Henry (Trapper) Clayton Wetelainen as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Donna Braun Chief as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Laurel (Laurie) Margaret Spalding as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Ronald Williams as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Tyson Jamie Williams as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
RR 1, SITE 115, PO BOX 300
DRYDEN, ON P8N 2Y4- Phone (807) 938-6684
- Web wabigoonlakeon.ca
What it can do
- By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81)
Makes by-laws for its reserves: health of residents, traffic, law and order, nuisances, animals, roads, water supplies and other local works, zoning and buildings, allotment of reserve land, residence on the reserve, wildlife and fish on the reserve, and trespass. Fines of up to $1,000.
- Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83)
With the Minister's approval, taxes land and interests in land on the reserve for local purposes, licenses businesses, and spends band money. Many First Nations tax property under the First Nations Fiscal Management Act instead.
- Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1)
With the consent of a majority of electors voting at a special band meeting, may prohibit the sale, supply, manufacture or possession of intoxicants on the reserve.
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Sources for what it can do
- By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
- Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
- Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
Sources
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles: band office, website, election system "Indian Act". For: Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation Chief and Council
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Band office address, phone and fax from ISC First Nation Profiles. For: Band office
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81). For: By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81)
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83). For: Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83)
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1). For: Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1)
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Office title and number of holders listed by ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance), election system "Indian Act". For: Councillor, Chief
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2025-09-21, expiry date 2027-09-20. For: Donna Braun Chief as Councillor, Laurel (Laurie) Margaret Spalding as Councillor, Ronald Williams as Councillor, Tyson Jamie Williams as Councillor, Henry (Trapper) Clayton Wetelainen as Chief
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Date estimated from the term expiry date in ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance); not an announced election date. For: General election, September 20, 2027