Sandy Lake First Nation, Ontario (Canada)

Last modified: 2020-05-16 by rick wyatt
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image by Janis Lasmanis, 8 May 2020

• The band
• The flag

See also:

• Index to North American Native Bands and Nations
• Ontario
• Canada

The Band

Neh gaaw saga'igan is the local translation of Sandy Lake. The name Wabitiquayang, which refers to the short narrow river between Sandy Lake and Finger Lake, was used in the mid 1900's. Sandy Lake is a remote, fly-in First Nation community located in the boreal forested area of Northwestern Ontario along the Severn River. Sandy Lake is 450 km northeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba and 600 km northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario.
http://www.sandylake.firstnation.ca/

The Flag

The flag is a Canadian pale blue-white-blue with a wheel-like arrangement of feathers and crossed pipes inside a red ring which bears the name.