page_title: Kingfisher First Nation
section_title: Governance
hierarchical_section_title: Kingfisher First Nation / Governance
caption_attribution_description: English: Kingfisher Lake (largest lake in foreground), Ontario, Canada
context_page_description: Kingfisher First Nation is an Oji-Cree First Nation reserve located 350 kilometres north of Sioux Lookout, Ontario. It is accessible by air all year and by waterway in summer and ice roads in winter. As of December 2009, the First Nation had a total registered population of 500 people, the on-reserve population being 462. The community speaks the Oji-Cree language, but most of it is fluent in English as well.
  The police that serve Kingfisher Lake are the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, an Aboriginal-based service.
context_section_description: The officials of Kingfisher First Nation are elected for a two-year term through the Custom Electoral System. Their council consists of Chief Eddie Mamakwa, Deputy Chief Verna Aganash and three Councillors: Amos Mamakwa, Esther Sakakeep, and Samuel Sturgeon.
  The First Nation is part of the Shibogama First Nations Council, a Regional Chiefs Council, and the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, a Tribal Political Organization representing majority of the First Nations in northern Ontario.
caption: Aerial view of Kingfisher Lake, with the community of Kingfisher Lake in bottom left.
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