Matachewan First Nation is an
Ojibway and
Cree First Nation reserve located in the
Timiskaming District of
Ontario
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, Canada. As of March, 2012, they had a total registered population of 642 people, of which 40 people lived on their own reserves.
Governance
The Nation is governed by the Act Electoral System, in with a Chief and five Councillors are elected for a two-year term. The current council consists of Chief Alex Batisse, and Councillors Robert Batisse, Leonil Boucher, Gail Brubacher, Elenor Hendrix and Jean Lemieux. Their term of office expires on March 23, 2013.
As a signatory to
Treaty 9, the First Nation is member of
Wabun Tribal Council Wabun Tribal Council is a non-profit Regional Chiefs' Council representing Ojibway and Cree First Nations in northern Ontario, Canada. The Council provides advisory services and program delivery to its seven Status and non-Status member-Nations.
B ...
, a non-political Regional Chiefs Council and
Nishnawbe Aski Nation, a Tribal Political Organisation representing most all of the First Nations in northern Ontario.
Reserves
Matachewan First Nation have reserved for themselves one
reserve:
* Matachewan 72
External links
Nation's WebsiteAANDC Profile
References
Swampy Cree
Ojibwe governments
First Nations governments in Ontario
Communities in Timiskaming District
Cree governments
Algonquian ethnonyms
Ojibwe reserves in Ontario
Cree reserves in Ontario
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