Band Council

• GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
• TERM EXPIRES: 03/31/2027
• CHIEF: PATRICIA RITA TANGIE
• NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:15
• PATRICIA RITA TANGIE
• CHAD EDGAR
• EVELYN STONE
• GENEVIEVE LINDA PETERSON
• CHAD EDGAR
• SANDRA ANN DONNEY-FRASER
• IRENE CATHERINE ARMSTRONG
• DANIEL JOSEPH ROLAND BEAUPRE
• TARYN RAE LYNN MOREAU
• WENDY ANN PETERSON
• JACQUELINE (RACHELLE) PHILIPPE
• PEGGY LYNN RICE
• JAMES (JIM) JOHN ST.GERMAIN
• JOSEPH CHRISTIAN SKOURIS
• CHRISTINE VERNA MARIE KAKAPSHE LEWIS

Contact Information

• BAND WEBSITE: http://www.michipicoten.com
• PHONE NUMBER: (705) 856-1993
• FAX NUMBER: (705) 856-1642
• ADDRESS: PO BOX 1, SITE 8, RR 1, WAWA, ON
• EMAILS:
• Chief PATRICIA RITA TANGIE:
• Chief CHAD EDGAR:
• Councillor EVELYN STONE:
• Councillor GENEVIEVE LINDA PETERSON:
• Councillor CHAD EDGAR:
• Councillor SANDRA ANN DONNEY-FRASER:
• Councillor IRENE CATHERINE ARMSTRONG:
• Councillor DANIEL JOSEPH ROLAND BEAUPRE:
• Councillor TARYN RAE LYNN MOREAU:
• Councillor WENDY ANN PETERSON:
• Councillor JACQUELINE (RACHELLE) PHILIPPE:
• Councillor PEGGY LYNN RICE:
• Councillor JAMES (JIM) JOHN ST.GERMAIN:
• Councillor JOSEPH CHRISTIAN SKOURIS:
• Councillor CHRISTINE VERNA MARIE KAKAPSHE LEWIS:
• General Band Office:
• Media Contact:
• Referrals Contact:
• Websites

Band Financial Statements

• 2023 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2021 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2020 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2012 - Michipicoten20122013.pdf
• 2011 - Michipicoten20112012.pdf
• 2010 - Michipicoten20102011.pdf
• 2009 - Michipicoten20092010.pdf
• 2008 - Michipicoten20082009.pdf
• 2006 - Michipicoten20062007.pdf
• 2005 - Michipicoten20052006.pdf
• 2004 - Michipicoten20042005.pdf
• 2003 - Michipicoten20032004.pdf
• 2002 - Michipicoten20022003.pdf
• 2001 - Michipicoten20012002.pdf

Band Council Remuneration

• 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

Laws, Bylaws, and Codes

Intergovernmental Agreements

Band Submissions

Consultation Reports

Band Owned Corporations

Downloadable Court Decisions

• Michipicoten First Nation v Ontario (Natural Resources and Forestry)
• Bosi v. Michipicoten (Township)
• Regina v. Vannini et al., Ex parte Michipicoten Board of Education
• Michipicoten First Nation v Ontario (Natural Resources and Forestry)
• Michipicoten First Nation v Minister of Natural Resources and Forests et al
• Nanne v. 3011650 Nova Scotia Limited (Michipicoten Forest Resources)
• Michipicoten (Township) (Re)
• Michipicoten First Nation v Minister of Natural Resources and Forests
• United Steelworkers of America, Local 9246 v. Michipicoten (Township)
• United Steelworkers of America v. Michipicoten (Township)
• Michipicoten Township Police Services Board (Re)
• Township of Michipicoten Police (Re)
• Michipicoten (Township) v. Ontario (Crown in Right)

Active Court Cases

Media Reports

• The Fight to Save Lake Superior’s Last Caribou
• Michipicoten First Nation purchases Victoria Inn
• First Nations Stanley Cup champion remembered after sudden death
• First Nations celebrate new ownership of Victoria Inn
• The Crown broke a promise to First Nations. It could now owe billions.
• Indigenous Leaders: Coalition seeking to lead proposed transmission line project
• Talks on how many billions in annuities Canada, Ontario owe Robinson Superior First Nations begin this week
• Two First Nations Pledge to Save Lake Superior Caribou
• Mystical Michipicoten: Memories from a Majestic Island
• Wawa receiving half a million to finance infrastructure projects
• Sport Management student shoots for career goals
• I’m working to revitalize an Indigenous language and bring it into the future
• Michipicoten First Nation members voice concerns surrounding chief amid treaty settlement discussions
• Two First Nations say Ontario is ignoring their expertise on endangered Lake Superior caribou
• ‘Our big fear is that they’re going to disappear altogether’: First Nations fight to save caribou herd trapped on Ontario islands
• Ontario says cost of 'colonization' infrastructure relevant in treaty annuity trial
• Dubreuilville mine project clears permitting hurdle
• Indigenous pot shops face crowded market, constitutional questions 5 years since legalization
• 4 northern Ontario First Nations form coalition to bid on new power line
• Business of the Month: Modular builder continues evolution with investment division
• ‘The voice of the people is what I carry,’ says Michipicoten Gimaa Kwe on the Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement
• Michipicoten First Nation considers legal action against Domtar over alleged contamination near Chapleau
• What will be the fate of Lake Superior’s last, lonely caribou?
• Dueling First Nations groups in northern Ontario want in on transmission line build
• First Nations team up to build transmission line from Wawa to Porcupine
• Proud to Welcome Taryn Michel, Indigenous Training Program Developer
• MP Sheehan announces nearly $1 million for Algoma District
• Northern Ontario First Nations claim up to $150 billion over ‘flagrant disregard’ of 1850 treaty
• Naagaaniiyang Limited Partnership Celebrates Acquisition of Thunder Bay’s Victoria Inn
• ‘There is more to this story’
• After years of delays, the East-West Tie Line is complete
• THE BIG READ: Finding Emma, a residential school victim who never came home
• Wind farm stirs up friction between first nations
• Wind farm plans continue despite First Nation territory dispute
• Chiefs slam Crown negotiators in treaty annuity case
• Michipicot­en First Nation, Naicatchew­enin First Nation, and Morris Group Canada officially mark acquisitio­n of Victoria Inn Hotel in Thunder Bay
• Robinson Superior Treaty annuities case heads back to court after settlement talks fail
• Wawa receiving half a million to finance infrastructure projects
• Two First Nations Groups Vie to Build Northern Ontario Power Line
• Anishinabek Nation embracing diabetes with knowledge and care
• Residents mourn Chris Simon in his hometown of Wawa
• Business of the Month: Modular builder continues evolution with investment division
• Caution: Indigenous artist at work
• Historic Indigenous litigation returning to court
• Northern Ontario First Nations claim billions over Robinson Treaties
• Feds provide $1.5M in funding for renovations to Michipicoten First Nation Health Centre
• Lake Superior First Nations reject multibillion-dollar settlement with government over treaty neglect
• GOLD: Red Pine signs MOU with Michipicoten First Nation
• Wawa Artifacts Need a Home – What is their future?
• Business of the Month: Modular builder continues evolution with investment division
• Michipicoten artist’s latest installation in New Mexico
• The Wawa Public Library extends services to Michipicoten First Nation
• Red Pine Exploration Enters into MOU with Michipicoten First Nation
• Michipicoten First Nation demands accountability for decades of chemical contamination
• Wawa library to host events for First Nations Public Library Week

Academic Research

• The dispossession of the northern Ojibwa and Cree: The case of the Chapleau Game Preserve
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• A Winter's Research and Invention: Reverend James Evans's Exploration of Indigenous Language and the Development of Syllabics, 1838-1839
• " It was your ancestors that put them there and they put them there for you": exploring Indigenous connection to mazinaabikiniganan as land-based education
• The Hauntings and Heart of a Place: Reconnecting to Grandmother Lands
• The Use of Black Magic to Locate Prehistoric Archaeological Sites.
• The Eagle Said," I will Take You Home Again": Reclaiming Indigenous Histories from the Geological Survey of Canada, c. 1870–1910
• An application of the direct historical approach to the Algonkians of Northern Ontario
• Management Plan
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• Underwater panther
• Photovoice, emergency management and climate change: a comparative case-study approach
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• The Discourse Status of Sole Proximates
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• The Discourse Status of Sole Proximates
• " It was your ancestors that put them there and they put them there for you": exploring Indigenous connection to mazinaabikiniganan as land-based education
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names