{"id":18845,"date":"2026-01-19T13:34:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T13:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/?p=18845"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:25:14","slug":"kerry-lake-clear-cut-harley-chingee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/?p=18845","title":{"rendered":"Kerry Lake clear cut &#8211; Harley Chingee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Virtually all Treaty settlement lands that had been turned over to the McLeod Lake Indian Band were quickly turned into a lifeless, clearcut wasteland by 2023. The band\u2019s treaty settlement lands have been decimated with over 90% of the trees falling in the three years ending in 2020. They were worth $120m.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fnxXbYMtYJk?si=WvQTSQi8oO-Si5PX\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"225\" data-original-width=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhh_A4pz0jEZTR6tweoHYAk7Kn5bfL4d6_ph5XfSCYZUdUGCZhgNAzBXtkS5QA0AvO4nawgNzYRIJEmgiTtQvVitqbI4oXvERggbyQiKTDfYcYrwNTtH1kX0_uEyWeN8GMK-kyD1QgbVJ0DMJspag6qozxq7ipnffRZGZjgWuqju7MmYcvTtzkoidrItkM\/s400\/images.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><br \/>\nOn June 25, 2024, citing allegations of serious misconduct and theft, the McLeod Lake Indian Band Council announced it would no longer engage in meetings with Chief Harley Chingee while the band conducts an investigation. There was no news on any investigation since.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1920\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgAQSQQytMd2EppqooS_Y13ibfsaqQgAxljuZ5ipJhuR7gvJz5Wa0VruhXivsBRoRzVFLlvs4X0iTlW_01E2_uQdPvO_GTb5SIvdjlkAmUQt3rLlY9XlJzjI7y001sd5MrRwlpH_vS6rVBpVNlrbBJOJSnTUZfJs6QHaGjl3vwaCzdvqMy1GqamRZJVqRc\/w470-h264\/wAr7P2znAPV7PAr_3eYkWBuN5_yJ6CP2Izc7MZpHD3g.webp\" width=\"470\" \/><br \/>\nIn just three years, much of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlib.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"background-color: #fff2cc; color: black;\">McLeod Lake Indian Band<\/span><\/a>\u2019s treaty lands were stripped bare of their trees in a flurry of logging that included one clearcut over 3,000 hectares in size.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiYaA4H3mMVMdFkrfGIlbOf3clffKniMYb7FLbrPsB5HGFBWxSWQorwlV4QWmjKbbQkbNbzu5X5Tzyi-CFjHQt-BFXbzRnWvBs_QbU1WjFjS_hxG6_G_YEPNiZO3gS7FTL_arT3hUlxUdQOtB2QY-fZtbK-fjtOd9k0272sXJueqY60KywZ31xZ89USrWE=w640-h360\" width=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<table><Tr><Td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjSBzJ_qtlc51nLxl1rbBVCn0-5inx19zdS90qQYnlvriOpycvl9M3k8m7EAmUFe1hNrWKyeGekpPB76ABnx0C1vQsaG1pvo7oj-rQcxtlxKAZNntFbBUTXiFXaA7HTayqLe2rCGB6V8--2oe3dR5KK9Wcs24EJxHbTd1NNhZ7vrS2idE5WkH3npJauRQs\/w200-h200\/MLIB-logo-colour.png\" width=\"200\" \/><\/td>\n<p><Td><br \/>\nThe Kerry Lake clear cut is a global disgrace. reception@mlib.ca.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Harley Chingee, chief, is the only one who might know where his people&#8217;s trees went, or where the money is. In the decade ending in 2021, nearly 1.9 million cubic metres of trees were wiped out. Chingee claimed a pine beetle investation was to blame. There is no sign of pine beetles in the surrounding area.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjNbw8tteew5Obk8CKphrza50MhkxMuk1AN6rjPMU2Y1R0GnPCwsk4pspxkZd0d42G5dgfui6y7MRk9p2d0JlmfbpCXTQc-6mi_0MCeAjjOcxpZwLdZHDdBvOv18aPYWToIaetcXk37zKxVFBbcP_Ov3iyoqz9j7grcZ4EMpe31yJFkj3t-nOnHqT791Hs=w343-h228\" width=\"343\" \/><br \/>\nThere are around 618 members in the McLeod Lake Indian Band, most of which don&#8217;t live in McLeod Lake.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjOSZmbvNhCZJe_3DLKw5J2ZrSKy8oc9G_xl2MB8T6qRcIb7L0k4mVYYtbIkPuu6w1PXVEnOZ-h0x4tdv5d-Tr2GRgS3A5HYza48tAHeQH5N-rHhFArqjAIZsTtpHULxxZnTOgdPF6XruGwaBnpiyJwXKiv3ADHgFqrJ1Q2H1Tg6ZhqioXA3Go8St4kbmU=w365-h206\" width=\"365\" \/><\/td>\n<p>Chief today of the McLeod Lake Indian Band is Harley Chingee (hchingee@yahoo.ca). In 2024 Chingee was paid $179,563 plus $132,092 in expenses.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/images-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"211\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/images-1.png 551w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/images-1-300x115.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><br \/>\nhchingee@yahoo.ca,<br \/>\njinyallie@mlib.ca,<br \/>\nsmitchell@mlib.ca,<br \/>\nssolonas@mlib.ca,<br \/>\navallee@mlib.ca,<br \/>\nhtweed@mlib.ca,<br \/>\njware@mlib.ca,<br \/>\nchiefsadvisor@mlib.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtually all Treaty settlement lands that had been turned over to the McLeod Lake Indian Band were quickly turned into a lifeless, clearcut wasteland by 2023. The band\u2019s treaty settlement lands have been decimated with over 90% of the trees falling in the three years ending in 2020. They were worth $120m. On June 25, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1049,1043,1047,1045,1050,1042,1044,1048,1046],"class_list":["post-18845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-anita-vallee","tag-harley-chingee","tag-hugh-tweed","tag-jane-inyallie","tag-jodie-ware","tag-kerry-lake-clear-cut","tag-mcleod-lake-indian-band","tag-shelby-mitchell","tag-sonya-solonas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/images-1.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18845"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18876,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18845\/revisions\/18876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}