Serpent River First Nation

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox First Nation

| band_name = Serpent River First Nation

| band_number = 201

| endonym = Genabaajing Anishinaabek

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| people = Ojibwe

| treaty = Robinson Huron

| headquarters = 195 Village Road, Cutler

| province = Ontario

| main_reserve = Serpent River 7

| reserve =

| area = 108.79

| pop_year = 2024

| on_reserve = 375

| on_other_land = 27

| off_reserve = 1219

| total_pop = 1621

| chief = Wilma Johnston

| council = Shirley Ahwanaquot
Kerri Commanda
Richard Measwasige
Michelle Owl
John Trudeau

| tribal_council = Anishinabek Nation
Mamaweswen, The North Shore Tribal Council

| website = https://serpentriverfn.com/

| footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=201&lang=eng|title=Serpent River First Nation - First Nation Detail|agency=Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada|access-date=19 March 2024}}

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Serpent River 7

| official_name = Serpent River First Nations Reserve No. 7

| settlement_type = First Nations reserve

| image_skyline = File:Serpent River FN.JPG

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| pushpin_map = Canada Ontario

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| coordinates = {{coord|46|11|N|82|33|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{ON}}

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Algoma

| subdivision_type3 = First Nation

| subdivision_name3 = Serpent River

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| area_land_km2 = 79.03

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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3557072&Geo2=CD&Code2=3557&Data=Count&SearchText=s&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=35&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=Serpent River 7 census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=2011 Census of Population |date=8 February 2012 |accessdate=20 June 2015}}

| population_total = 373

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = 4.7

| website = [http://serpentriverfn.ca/ serpentriverfn.ca]

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The Serpent River First Nation ({{langx|oj|Genabaajing Anishinaabek}}),Serpant River First Nation, Our History, "Serpent River First Nation has a long history starting with the migration from the East Coast in 900AD, to who we are today as Genabaajing in the 21st Century." [https://serpentriverfn.com/meetup/our-history/ https://serpentriverfn.com/meetup/our-history/] a signatory to the Robinson Huron Treaty of 1850, is an Anishinaabe First Nation in the Canadian province of Ontario, located midway between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury along the North Channel of Lake Huron.

The First Nation's provisional territory extends from this waters of the North Channel of Lake Huron, Serpent River Basin; north beyond the city of Elliot Lake.{{Cite web|url=http://www.anishinabek.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=240&Itemid=47|title=HOME UNION OF ONTARIO INDIANS - Anishinabek Nation}} The Serpent River nation has a provisional land base of 5250 square kilometers.{{Cite web |url=http://www.serpentriverfirstnation.ca/main.html |title=SRFN - Main |access-date=2009-11-30 |archive-date=2010-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313021732/http://www.serpentriverfirstnation.ca/main.html |url-status=dead }} It occupies the Serpent River 7 reserve.

The First Nation was impacted significantly by uranium mining at Elliot Lake, including through contamination of the Serpent River.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Kelly Anne |date=2022-04-11 |title=Serpent River First Nation remains resilient in fight for toxic injustice |work=Anishinabek News |url=https://anishinabeknews.ca/2022/04/11/serpent-river-first-nation-remains-resilient-in-fight-for-toxic-injustice/ |access-date=2023-06-19}}