tɛ-ˈmæɡə-mi | Temagami First Nation

The Temagami First Nation is an Anishinaabe Indigenous community located in northeastern Ontario, historically connected to the Lake Temagami region and its surrounding lands

POPULATION

1,139

Rank #308 nationally

GEOGRAPHY

2.9 KM²

Rank #508 nationally

BAND COUNCIL TERM

07/26/2026

Term Expiration

Conflict Score

Community Profile

Overview

Last Updated 2025-08-05 11:41:02 UTC

Name

Temagami First Nation (ISC Code: 222)

Former Names

Lake Temagami Band, Bear Island Band

Band Style

First Nation

Cultural Area

Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowlands

Indigenous Language

Anishinaabemowin

Number of Registered Members

1139

Band Website

http://www.temagamifirstnation.ca/

Phone Number

(705) 237-8943

Fax Number

(705) 237-8959

Address

GENERAL DELIVERY, BEAR ISLAND, ON

General Email

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Band Council

Governance Type

Not Applicable

Chief

SHELLY MOORE-FRAPPIER

Term Expires

07/26/2026

Number of Council Members

ROBIN LYNN KOISTINEN

Councillor

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JOHN REGINALD MCKENZIE

Councillor

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KIMBERLY MONTROY

Councillor

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ALICE FIONA MOORE

Councillor

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ALEXANDER WESLEY MICHAEL PAUL

Councillor

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JOSEPH KENNETH KATT

Councillor

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SHELLY MOORE-FRAPPIER

First Chief

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MICHAEL ROBERT PAUL

Second Chief

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Administrative Contacts

Financial Overview

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Band Financial Statements

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Band Council Remuneration

2024 - Report Not Available

2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

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2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

Band Owned Corporations

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Laws, Bylaws, and Codes

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Intergovernmental Agreements

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Active Court Cases

No active court cases at this time.

Downloadable Court Records

Borden & Elliot v. Temagami First Nation

Temagami First Nation v. Presseault

Presseault v Temagami First Nation

Temagami First Nation v. Turner

Presseault v Temagami First Nation

Temagami First Nation v. Turner

Temagami First Nation v Temagami (Township)

Location Map

Reserves

ISC Code: 6154
BEAR ISLAND 1
293.4 Hectares
88.5 KM NW/NO OF/DE NORTH BAY
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News Coverage Summary

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Media Reports

Designer brings Indigenous identity and inclusivity to Canadian fashion

Tŝilhqot’in Nation calls on federal government to reject Bill C-5

BEYOND LOCAL: Designer brings Indigenous identity and inclusivity to Canadian fashion

FedNor Invests $294,300 to support economic development activities in Temagami First Nation

Ontario First Nations leaders rally in Ottawa against Bill C-5

BEYOND LOCAL: Designer brings Indigenous identity and inclusivity to Canadian fashion

Ontario First Nations court challenge against Ford Government’s gutting of Environmental Assessment Laws begins

Indigenous fashion designer with northern Ontario roots celebrates success

National chief slams House committee for limiting witnesses on major projects bill

Spray Down

Chiefs of Ontario decry lack of consultation on Bill C-5

Ontario says First Nations key to Ring of Fire despite Bill 5 opposition

First Nations Threaten Highway Blockades Over Ontario’s Controversial Bill 5

Ontario First Nations leaders warn of 'conflict on the ground' if controversial Bill 5 passes

Anishinabek Nation sends warning to Ontario about passing Bill 5

Cobalt: Reclaiming the ancient Indigenous silver mining trade

Ontario says First Nations key to Ring of Fire development despite Bill 5 opposition

Craig Macdonald's Truth and Reconciliation Map charts path to understanding (6 photos)

BLG settles with First Nation

Indian Day School survivor suggests reaching out for healing to begin

The Chiefs of Ontario support Temagami First Nation and Teme-Augama Anishnabai’s legal action challenging the Ontario Métis Harvesting Agreement and Métis section 35 rights in their Ancestral territory

Temagami forest management corporation approved

“Here is where your lands will be poisoned without your consent”

Temagami First Nation, Teme-Augama Anishnabai ban aerial spraying of herbicides within their homeland territory

Indigenous fraud summit passes resolution against Ontario Métis group

Chiefs in Ontario rushing to get child welfare deal done before possible change in government

Dancing with ancestors to take back the land

Robinson Huron Treaty: a case with billions at stake

Forestry funding boosts job opportunities for Indigenous youth

Burden of Canada’s dark past lifts enough for us to find our way home

Indigenous student earns Rotary award

GOLD: Two First Nations ink LOI for Granada exploration

Missing artifact returns to Temagami

The Indigenous neighbours you didn't know you had

New streaming platform focuses on Indigenous art, wisdom and land

Nipissing First Nation champion paddler inspired by son’s gold medals

THE DRIFT 2019: A real-world education

First Nations trainer setting up future drillers for success

Several First Nations grapple with confirmed COVID-19 cases, press government for help

Cabin in the woods sets off alarm bells for a First Nation in northern Ontario

Nipissing partners on new Indigenous primary care team

Indigenous leaders point to issues with Timiskaming forest management plan

Canada, Manitoba point fingers at each other in response to off-reserve child welfare lawsuit

Spray Down

Cultural Practitioner

North Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre ensures Indigenous flag to fly over North Bay everyday

Idle No More in context: A history of resistance

Toronto-based designer to present 'Lithium' collection at Indigenous Fashion Week

Celebrate culture and music this summer

A real world education

Indigenous leaders adopt declaration condemning identity theft

Indigenous Hub to receive $1.3 million to provide health care to local Indigenous people - North Bay News

Unpacking a federal grant to the Métis Nation of Ontario

The RAC reopens with new immersive space dedicated to local Indigenous history

Indigenous fashion designers aren't waiting for the industry to change — they're changing it themselves

Meet the Indigenous Designer That's Revolutionizing the Fashion Industry

First Nation Challenging Metis Rights In Court

Tikinaagan her research tool

Passion takes lead role in North Bay Indigenous Hub

Sawdust still not settled decades after logging protests in Temagami

Temagami First Nation to construct new multi-use facility in the near future

‘Kill the bill on the hill’: First Nations in Ontario voice their opposition to Métis self government bill

Craig Macdonald's Truth and Reconciliation Map charts path to understanding (6 photos)

Indigenous students set to mine their careers in Temagami

That Dress: Fashion shoot by Indigenous artists sparks trauma—and reflection

Indigenous Interprofessional Primary Care Team to offer traditional programs to support First Nations

‘A great land defender and defender of the people’: Remembering Chief Gary Potts

Metis self-government agreement concerns FN leaders

Temagami Chief Gary Potts led fight for Indigenous rights to Northern Ontario land

'This was the way to do it'— towns, First Nations, logging companies join up to manage Temagami forest

Zhiibaahaasing First Nation water operator wins national leadership award

Métis Nation of Ontario accused of recasting First Nations’ ancestors as Métis

Opposition from First Nations mounts over Métis Nation of Ontario self-government deal

Ben & Jerry's Land Back tweet on Canada Day gets praise from First Nations people

Temagami First Nation pictograph finally returns home

Gary Potts, Temagami First Nation Chief who led road blockades in 80s, dead

Philanthropist from Temagami named an Officer of the Order of Canada

Assembly of First Nations endorses fight against Ontario Métis self-government bill

'You're kind of stuck': Northern Ontario's most southern ice road may not open this winter

Ontario chiefs laud Sask. Métis leaders for leaving national organization over identity dispute

Meet Lesley Hampton: The designer bringing Indigenous fashion to the red carpet | story | Kids News

First Nation Librarians strategize best service despite low funding

'We can make things difficult': First Nations leaders warn province on mining

The Indigenous Fashion Arts Pop-up Is Now Open at the ROM

First Nation in Ontario turns to the courts to shut down Métis hunting cabin

New streaming platform focuses on Indigenous art, wisdom and land

How a cabin fuelled a court action over Ontario Métis harvesting rights

Ceremony opens Temagami healing space

The Métis conservation grant making First Nations furious

First Nations, some Métis leaders object to legislation granting self-government to Ontario Métis groups

First Nations designer from Manitoba included in Toronto fashion show

Short season on Ontario southern ice road makes First Nation life unpredictable

Temagami First Nation – BI Blast | KAKONE GIIZIS 2024

Province in talks to grant 'digital sovereignty' to First Nations

First Nations leaders in Temagami region declare ban on herbicide spraying after glyphosate spill

Academic Research

Seeing the homeland and the trees?: First Nationsenvironmentalist relations in n'Daki MenanTemagami 1986-1994.

First Nations, Environmental Interests and the Forest Products Industry in Temagami and Algonquin Park

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Reconciliation & Indigenous Inclusion In Ontario's Wilderness: An Analysis of Recreational Space in Temagami-n'Daki Menan

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender and the making of Canadian nature

Beyond the sacred: Temagami area rock art and indigenous routes

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

The judiciary as anthropologists: New insights into social organization: the Teme-Augama Anishnabay case

Contesting certainty: contemporary treaty making and the Temagami Waterway Park.

Aboriginal peoples and the environmental movement in Canada: conflict or cooperation?

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami: A debate on wilderness

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami: A debate on wilderness

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami: A debate on wilderness

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami: A debate on wilderness

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami: A debate on wilderness

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami: A debate on wilderness

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami: A debate on wilderness

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami: A debate on wilderness

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami: A debate on wilderness

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami: A debate on wilderness

Wilderness Myth-Making and Indigenous Dispossession in Temagami, Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami: A debate on wilderness

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami: A debate on wilderness

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami: A debate on wilderness

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami: A debate on wilderness

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami: A debate on wilderness

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami: A debate on wilderness

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami: A debate on wilderness

On Dismantling Colonialism: An Insider's Perspective on Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami: A debate on wilderness

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

Temagami's tangled wild: Race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature

Temagami's tangled wild: the making of race, nature, and nation in early-twentieth-century Ontario

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