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Fox Lake Cree Nation, Canada

The Fox Lake Cree Nation (Cree: ᒪᐦᑫᓯᐤ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ) became an individual Band in 1947, though the nation is a signatory of the 1910 Treaty #5 through the York Factory First Nation, and Fox Lake Cree ancestors have lived in the Nelson River area since the end of the last ice age. A series of dams and water structures built along the Nelson River has disrupted the Fox Lake Cree Nation's land and displaced its members since the 1960s; there have also been serious allegations of sexual abuse and other acts of violence perpetrated against Fox Lake Cree Nation people by Manitoba Hyrdo workers. A settlement was reached between the two parties in 2004. The (Pictured: Conway Arthurson surveying a monument to Fox Lake Cree Nation members who died before the 2004 settlement with Manitoba Hydro was reached. Credit: Walther Bernal/CBC.)