Marten Falls First Nation is an AnishinaabeFirst Nationreserve located in northern Ontario. The First Nation occupies communities on both sides of the Albany River in Northern Ontario, including Ogoki Post (Ojibwe: Ogookiing) in the Cochrane District and Marten Falls in the Kenora District. As of December 2013, the First Nation had a total registered population of 728 people, of which their on-reserve population was 328 people.
Ogoki is a First Nation community managed by the Marten Falls Band. It has a registered population of roughly four hundred people, with additional transient residents fulfilling healthcare, teaching or policing roles. The town is served by Ogoki Post Airport, and has its own community radiostation, CKFN 89.9 FM (a repeater of CKWT-FM).
The only road access to the community is through winter roads, and it is fly-in only in terms of year-round travel. The community has worked to maintain an ice road in recent years; however, from 2000 to 2014, there were no winter roads.
Marten Falls First Nation elects its council members through the Act Electoral System for a two-year term, consisting of a chief and seven councillors. Chief Ambrose Achneepineskum's term ran from September 30, 2017, to September 29, 2019. The councillors are: Russell Achneepineskum, Paul Achneepineskum, Sam Achneepineskum Sr, Bob Baxter, Shane Baxter, Eli Coaster, Allan Moonias, Linda Moonias, and Darrin Spence.[2]
Council
As a signatory to Treaty 9, Marten Falls First Nation is a member of the Matawa First Nations, a Regional Chief's Council, and Nishnawbe Aski Nation, a Tribal Political Organization representing the majority of the First Nations in northern Ontario. Through these council memberships, the First Nation receives additional services, ranging from Economic Development assistance and Health Care assistance to Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service.
Services
The healthcare in the community is serviced by a First Nations Inuit Health (a branch of Health Canada) clinic staffed by community health nurses (CHN). There is a K-8 school (Henry Coaster Memorial School) that staffs teachers from both outside the community and within the First Nation. The on-reserve version of Children's Aid is provided through Tikinagan Child and Family Services. Ogoki is policed by the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, an Aboriginal-based service.
Reserve
The First Nation has reserved for themselves the 7,770.1-hectare (19,200-acre)Marten Falls Indian Reserve 65, located on the north bank of the Albany River, about 170km (110mi) northeast of Nakina, Ontario.
Marten Falls is proposing a new all-season access road to be built to replace the winter road. The new road will connect to Ontario Highway 643 at its northern terminus northwest of Aroland.[4]
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