Kebaowek First Nation is a
First Nations
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* Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area.
Indigenous groups
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band government
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in
Quebec
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, Canada.
Its only
reserve has the same name,
Kebaowek
Kebaowek or Eagle Village First Nation - Kipawa Indian Reserve, is a First Nations reserve in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is ...
or Eagle Village First Nation - Kipawa Indian Reserve.
The community is affiliated with the
Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council
Algonquin or Algonquian—and the variation Algonki(a)n—may refer to:
Languages and peoples
*Algonquian languages, a large subfamily of Native American languages in a wide swath of eastern North America from Canada to Virginia
**Algonquin la ...
.
[ According to Chief Michael Mckenzie (1923-1996), the reserve was established in 1965 for communities living in Wolf Lake, Brennan Lake, Long Point and other locations around Lake Kipawa.]
References
External links
Official siteEagle Village First Nation homepage
First Nations governments in Quebec
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