Northern Chiefs in Oji-Cree, is a non-political Chiefs Council serving Deer Lake, Fort Severn, Keewaywin, McDowell Lake, North Spirit Lake and Poplar Hill First Nations. The Council provides health, education, economic development, employment assistance, legal, public works, finance, research, clean water, cellular, administration and computer communication services.

The First Mile project celebrates locally owned and managed First Nations Information and Communications Technologies (ICT). One way it does this is through this an online meeting space -- a place for communities to learn and share ideas about technology development.