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Serpent River First Nation agrees to work with Elliot Lake council

Elliot Lake and Serpent River First Nation will honour a new working agreement between them as part of National Indigenous Peoples Day.

The city is located within Serpent River First Nation traditional territory covered under the Robinson-Huron Treaty.

Both sides have agreed to work together on economic and land use development.

Serpent River First Nation Band and Council unanimously passed a motion on Monday.

Last week, Elliot Lake council unanimously endorsed a motion to SRFN council requesting a plan for a closer and equal working relationship between the neighbouring municipalities.

The two sides will come together at the Miner’s Monument at noon on Thursday to raise the First Nation flag as a first step in the new relationship.

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