<P> Lac La Croix First Nation is a Saulteaux First Nation band government who reside in the Rainy River District of northwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Ontario - Minnesota border . It is approximately 200 km northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario . As of January 2008, the First Nation had a registered population of 398 people, of which their on - Reserve population was 273 . </P> <P> The First Nation elect their officials through the Act Electoral System, consisting of a Chief and four councillors . The current Chief is Norman Jordan, whose two - year term began on January 13, 2012 . The four councillors are Curtis Atatise, Michael Ottertail, Jerry Ottertail and Robert Atatise Sr . </P> <P> As a signatory to Treaty 3, Lac La Croix First Nation is a member of the Pwi - Di - Goo - Zing Ne - Yaa - Zhing Advisory Services, a Regional Chiefs Council, and Grand Council of Treaty 3, a Tribal Political Organization that represents many of First Nation governments in northwestern Ontario and southeastern Manitoba . </P> <P> Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) is an Aboriginal - owned and controlled post-secondary institution co-founded by the ten bands in the Rainy Lake Tribal area in 1985 . The ten bands are: Big Grassy, Big Island, Couchiching, Lac La Croix, Naicatchewenin, Nicickousemenecaning, Ojibways of Onigaming, Rainy River, Seine River and Mitaanjigaming . Each of the ten bands appointed one member to a Board of Directors of Seven Generations Education Institute, which functions with the leadership of the Executive Director . </P>

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