Sandy Lake First Nation

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Sandy Lake 88 ᓀᑲᣞ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓃᐣᐠ Negaw-zaaga'iganiing Nitam-Anishinaabe
Indian reserve
Sandy Lake Indian Reserve No. 88
Sandy Lake 88
Coordinates: 53°05′05″N 093°17′43″W / 53.08472°N 93.29528°W / 53.08472; -93.29528[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Kenora
First Nation	Sandy Lake
Government
• Chief	Delores Kakegamic
• Deputy chief	Marcel Linklater
• Head councillor	Wayne Kakepetum
Area [2]
• Land	45.69 km2 (17.64 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	1,861
• Density	40.7/km2 (105/sq mi)
Website	www.sandylake. firstnation.ca

Sandy Lake First Nation (or ᓀᑲᣞ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓃᐣᐠ, Negaw-zaaga'iganiing Nitam-Anishinaabe) is an independent Oji-Cree First Nations band government. The First Nations community, in the west part of Northern Ontario, is located in the Kenora District, 227 km (141 mi) northeast of Red Lake, Ontario. Its registered population in June 2007 was 2,474. As of December 2015 the total registered population reached 3,034. Sandy Lake First Nation maintains an affiliation with Nishnawbe Aski Nation, as a signatory to the Treaty 5.

Sandy Lake is policed by the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, an Aboriginal-based service.