Red Sucker Lake First Nation & History

This band of chippewa indians live in an isolated region of manitoba, which has no year round road access. Hudson bay is not too far from red sucker lake reserve. The history of their band goes back to the adhesion to the 1909 treaty. Since their reserve is in an isolated region, the great majority of the band population still lives on reserve. The total enrolled is 814, with 755 living on the first nation. However, the real population of the red sucker lake first nation, is much higher. They have around them, a huge landbase they obviously turn to, to exploit. They still fish, hunt, and trap for a subsistence. Supposedly, the reserve only covers 624 acres, but they have the surrounding land to themselves.