Management Board Councillor Aboriginal Headstart Program Day Care Muchipuniwin Program PCN Campaign Women's Council Liaison Councillor Grace Ross Welfare Old Folks Home Awasis Agency (Cross Lake) Membership/Citizenship PCN Laws Amendments New Proposed PCN Laws Reserves Cross Lake First Nation have reserved for themselves several tracts of land as their reserve holdings. Their largest reserve is the Cross Lake 19 Reserve. Associated with this reserve are: Cross Lake 19A Reserve Cross Lake 19B Reserve Cross Lake 19C Reserve Cross Lake 19D Reserve Cross Lake 19E Reserve Cross Lake 19X01 Reserve Cross Lake 19X02 Reserve Cross Lake 19X03 Reserve Cross Lake 19X05 Reserve Cross Lake 19X06 Reserve Whiskeyjack Reserve Community Cross Lake, Manitoba is the principal community for the Cross Lake First Nation. Other major communities for the First Nation are: Pikwitonei, Manitoba Thicket Portage, Manitoba Wabowden, Manitoba Child protection Cross Lake was the site of a residential school operated under Canada's aboriginal assimilation policy. In 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized for the "profoundly negative" consequences of this policy. Cross Lake has its own child welfare mandate and operates under the name Nikan Awasisak Agency Inc. with sub offices both in Thompson and Winnipeg for aboriginal child protection on reserve. Highway connection Cross Lake is the only community in north-eastern Manitoba that is connected to the North American highway system by all-weather road via the C$24 M Kichi Sipi Bridge, which the Province of Manitoba built after losing a lawsuit. Education The Cross Lake Education Authority is legally part of the Cross Lake First Nation but is operated by an independent elected Board. It runs two schools on the Cross Lake First Nation's reserves. Otter Nelson River School is a Sr. 1-4 High School and also an Elementary school (N-4). Mikisew Middle School is a school with grades 5–8. Notes External links AANDC profile Map of Cross Lake 19 at Statcan Map of Cross Lake 19A at Statcan Map of Cross Lake 19E at Statcan First Nations governments in Manitoba Cree governments