The Hatchet Lake Denesuline Nation of Saskatchewan is located 354 km northwest of Flin Flon on the east side of Wollaston Lake and is 11,020 hectares in size. Road access to the community requires crossing the lake via an ice road in winter and lake barge in summer. The community is also accessible by air. Hatchet Lake is a Dene-speaking community with approximately 1,250 registered band members, 949 of whom live on reserve. Community leaders signed Treaty 10 in 1907. The community holds an annual caribou hunt, which teaches hunting and survival skills, meat dressing and preparation to youth who develop traditional skills and confidence.
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