Lake Huron Regional Chief Scott McLeod was born and raised in Ktigaaning (Garden Village). He graduated from Sir Sandford Fleming College in the Fish and Wildlife Technician Program. Scott is a father of three adult children, Mishomis of two boys, and an avid musician. He has also run a successful construction business on Nipissing First Nation (NFN) for over twenty years.
Scott was first elected to Nipissing First Nation (NFN) Council in 2003 where he carried the Natural Resources portfolio. Scott was very instrumental in creating our first fisheries management plan and the NFN Fisheries Law. In 2015, Scott was elected as Chief of NFN where he has maintained that role successfully for three consecutive terms. During his nine-year tenure as Chief, Scott has led NFN’s growth, generating our own source revenues through award-winning businesses such as Nipissing Miller Construction, Mnogin Greenhouse, Nbisiing Power and the development of Bineshii Business Park.
Scott previously sat as the Indigenous Advisor to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission and currently sits as the Chair of the Inland Fisheries working Group to the Assembly of First Nations, Chair of B’Maakonigan and the Lake Huron Regional Chief of the Anishinabek Nation.
More recently, Scott has taken a lead role with the Chiefs of Ontario and the Assembly of First Nations in advocating against Bill C-53 and protecting First Nation Rights and jurisdictions in our respective territories against false claims and assertions of Indigenous identity.
