Chapleau Cree First Nation
Band No. 221

[[image: Chapleau Cree First Nation (Ontario) |250px]] Chapleau, Ontario
People	Cree
Treaty	Treaty 9
Headquarters	Chapleau
Province	Ontario
Land[1]
Main reserve	Chapleau Cree Fox Lake
Other reserve(s)	Chapleau 75
Land area	11.249 km2
Population (October 2019)[1]
On reserve	57
On other land	4
Off reserve	437
Total population	498
Government[1]
Chief	Keith Corston
Council	William Cachagee Margaret Coulter James Fletcher Helen White
Tribal Council[1]
Mushkegowuk Council
Website
http://chapleaucree.ca/

Chapleau Cree First Nation (Cree: ᔕᑊᓗ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ, šaplo ininiwak) is a Mushkegowuk Cree First Nation located by Chapleau Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada. The First Nation have reserved for themselves the 108.1 hectares (267 acres) Chapleau 75 Indian Reserve and the 1,016.8 hectares (2,513 acres) Chapleau Cree Fox Lake Indian Reserve. As of 2019^[update], their on-reserve population was 57^[1] compared to 2011 with 79 and 2006 with 92.^[2]

The flag of the tribe bears the text in Cree: "ᔓᑊᓗ ᐠᕆ ᒪᑫᔑᐤ ᓴᑲᐃᑲᐣ" ("šaplo kri makishiw sakahikan"), which refers to its main reserve, Chapleau Cree Fox Lake.

Chapleau Cree First Nation is policed by the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, an Aboriginal-based service.

Governance

The First Nation is led by a Chief and five Councillors. Chapleau Cree First Nation is member of Mushkegowuk Council,^[1] a regional tribal council affiliated with the Nishnawbe Aski Nation.