Lake St. Martin First Nation

'''Lake St. Martin First Nation''' ({{langx|oj|Obashkodeyaang}})<ref>Andy Thomas Thomas, Florence Paynter. The Significance of Creating First Nation Traditional Names Maps. Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Inc. [https://mfnerc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/The-Significance-of-Creating-First-Nation-Traditional-Names-Maps.pdf https://mfnerc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/The-Significance-of-Creating-First-Nation-Traditional-Names-Maps.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020220914/https://mfnerc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/The-Significance-of-Creating-First-Nation-Traditional-Names-Maps.pdf |date=2022-10-20 }}</ref> is a Canadian First Nations government and Treaty 2 signatory.

The First Nation was based primarily at Lake St. Martin about {{convert|225|km|mi}} northwest of Winnipeg until May 2011. When a massive flood hit Manitoba, the Government of Manitoba decided to divert water to Lake St. Martin in order to protect cottages and agricultural properties on other bodies of water. <ref>{{cite journal|last=Thompson|first=Shirley|author2=Myrle Ballard |author3=Donna Martin |title=Lake St. Martin First Nation Community Members' Experiences of Induced Displacement: "We're like refugees"|journal=Refuge|year=2014 |volume=29|issue=2|pages=75–86|doi=10.25071/1920-7336.38168 |url=http://pi.library.yorku.ca/ojs/index.php/refuge/article/viewFile/38168/34563|doi-access=free}}</ref> As a result all the housing at Lake St. Martin First Nation was destroyed. As of 2019, approximately 1,000 flood evacuees are still displaced.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/flood/deal-for-a-new-lake-st-martin-267287121.html|title=Deal for a new Lake St. Martin - Winnipeg Free Press|work=Winnipeg Free Press|accessdate=13 November 2014}}</ref>

==Reserves== *The Narrows 49 {{convert|2613.30|ha}} *The Narrows 49A {{convert|982|ha}}

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Category:First Nations governments in Manitoba