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York Factory First Nation, Canada

York Factory First Nation (Cree: ᑭᐢᒋ ᐚᐢᑳᐦᐃᑲᐣ) became a signatory to Treaty 5 in 1910, though their ancestors had lived in the region for thousands of years previously. York Factory First Nation was first displaced when the Hudson's Bay Company post at York Factory closed in 1957. The Nation moved from York Factory, near the mouths of the Nelson and Hayes Rivers, to a new settlement called York Landing about 150 miles inland. Almost immediately upon resettlement, the negative effects of Kelsey Dam began to be felt at their new home on Split Lake. Both flooding and drought have been exacerbated by the dams, but York Factory First Nation has only ever been compensated for the floods. (Pictured: York Factory in the 1930s. Credit: Manitoba Historical Society/Hudson's Bay Company Archives.)