a-tee-ka-mek | Atikamekw d'Opitciwan First Nation
Community Profile
- The Atikamekw First Nation of Opitciwan is a vibrant indigenous community in Quebec, known for preserving traditional culture and language
- Last Updated 2025-05-11 14:23:04 UTC
- Name: Atikamekw d'Opitciwan (ISC Code: 79)
- Former Names: Obedjiwan First Nation, Opitciwan Band
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Mauricie Region, Quebec
- Indigenous Language: Atikamekw
- Number of Registered Members: 3217
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 09/11/2027
- CHIEF: JEAN-CLAUDE MÉQUISH
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:7
- JEAN-CLAUDE MÉQUISH
- CÉCILE MATTAWA
- ROGER CHACHAI
- YVAN-ROCK AWASHISH
- BILLY CLARY
- RÉGINA CHACHAI
- CAROLE JEAN-PIERRE
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.opitciwan.ca/
- PHONE NUMBER: (819) 974-8837
- FAX NUMBER: (819) 974-8828
- ADDRESS: 22, rue Amisk, CP 135, Obedjiwan, QC
- EMAILS:
- Chief JEAN-CLAUDE MÉQUISH:
- Councillor CÉCILE MATTAWA:
- Councillor ROGER CHACHAI:
- Councillor YVAN-ROCK AWASHISH:
- Councillor BILLY CLARY:
- Councillor RÉGINA CHACHAI:
- Vice Chief CAROLE JEAN-PIERRE:
- 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 - Atikamekw d'Opitciwan20122013.pdf
- 2011 - Atikamekw d'Opitciwan20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Atikamekw d'Opitciwan20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Atikamekw d'Opitciwan20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Atikamekw d'Opitciwan20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Atikamekw d'Opitciwan20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Atikamekw d'Opitciwan20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Atikamekw d'Opitciwan20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Atikamekw d'Opitciwan20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Atikamekw d'Opitciwan20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Atikamekw d'Opitciwan20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Atikamekw d'Opitciwan20012002.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
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 6105
OBEDJIWAN 28
927.0 Hectares
193 KM O/W OF/DE ROBERVAL
[48.6580427, -74.9377152]
- Encompasses significant portions of Haute-Mauricie region
- Traditional lands include forests, rivers, and lakes in central Quebec
- Historically centered around Opitciwan Lake and surrounding watersheds
- Rich in boreal forest ecosystems and traditional hunting grounds
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
- Atikamekw d'Opitciwan First Nation v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada
- Atikamekw D’opitciwan First Nation v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada
- Awashish v. Conseil des Atikamekw d’Opitciwan
- Awashish v. Opitciwan Atikamekw First Nation
- Atikamekw d'Opitciwan First Nation v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada
- Atikamekw d’Opitciwan First Nation v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada
- Awashish v. Opitciwan Atikamekw Band Council
- Atikamekw d'Opitciwan c. Québec (Procureur Général)
- Atikamekw d’Opitciwan First Nation v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada
- Conseil des Atikamekw d'Opitciwan c. Weizineau
- Atikamekw d’Opitciwan First Nation v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada
- Awashish v. Atikamekw of Opitciwan First Nation
- Lord v. Conseil des Atikamekw d'Opitciwan
- Bande des Atikamekw d'Opitciwan c. Procureure générale du Québec
- Atikamekw d'Opitciwan (Première Nation des Atikamekw d'Opticiwan) c. Procureur général du Québec
- Bande des atikamekw d'Opitciwan c. Canada (Procureur général)
- Atikamekw d'Opitciwan (Première Nation des Atikamekw d'Opitciwan) c. Procureure générale du Québec
- Atikamekw d'Opitciwan (Première Nation des Atikamekw d'Opitciwan) c. Procureure générale du Québec
- Atikamekw d'Opitciwan (Première Nation des Atikamekw d'Opitciwan) c. Procureure générale du Québec
- Atikamekw d'Opitciwan (Première Nation des Atikamekw d'Opticiwan) c. Procureur général du Québec
- Grandmaison (Distribution Lumiclair) c. Conseil des atikamekw d'Opitciwan
- Grandmaison (Distribution Lumiclair) c. Conseil des Atikamekw d'Opitciwan
- 9363-3998 Québec inc. c. Bande des Atikamekw d'Opitciwan
- Théberge c Conseil des Atikamekws d’Opitciwan
- Atikamekw d'Opitciwan First Nation v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Indigenous leaders laud beautiful, happy Supreme Court ruling on child welfare jurisdiction
- Stantec selected to design new biomass cogeneration plant for Quebec First Nation
- Forest biomass cogeneration plant to power Indigenous community
- Quebec initiative is helping fund Indigenous women’s research while contributing to Joyce’s Principle
- E itaskweak: Learning about the land in the digital age
- Families reveal pain of Atikamekw children's mysterious disappearances half a century ago
- Obedjiwan dismantles police service, SQ takes over
- The communitiy of Opitciwan soon to be powered by a forest biomass cogeneration plant
- Atikamekw families in Quebec still haunted by dozens of stories of ‘ghost babies’
- Man charged with manslaughter after assault and death of Atikamekw woman
- Atikamekw First Nation declares sovereignty over its territory
- Quebec First Nation can expel drug dealers under new rules aimed at curbing abuse
- Atikamekw
- Powerful Partnership: Historic biomass agreement helps Indigenous community go off-grid
- The Atikamekw’s Fight to Protect Their Land and Way of Life
- First Nations Leaders React to SCC Ruling on Child Welfare Law
- Wildfires forcing evacuation of Anishnabe, Atikamekw and Cree communities in Quebec
- News
- The Atikamekw of Opitciwan First Nation takes another step toward self-government in child and family services by signing bilateral agreement with Canada
- The Atikamekw of Opitciwan First Nation takes another step toward self-government in child and family services by signing bilateral agreement with Canada
- The Atikamekw of Opitciwan First Nation takes another step toward self-government in child and family services by signing bilateral agreement with Canada
- To Litigate or Negotiate: Atikamekw Nation is divided on how to approach land claim
- Atikamekw community of Opitciwan in Quebec officially adopts tailor-made child welfare law
- The Atikamekw of Opitciwan First Nation takes another step toward self-government in child and family services by signing bilateral agreement with Canada
- Opitciwan community in Canada to be powered by biomass plant
- The Atikamekw of Opitciwan First Nation takes another step toward self-government in child and family services by signing bilateral agreement with Canada
- First Nations in Quebec implement stricter public health measures as COVID-19 cases climb
- Opitciwan First Nation taking Canada and Quebec to court over land rights after long wait
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Redefining the Lexicon of Power, Envisioning the Future
- Vers une compétence autochtone sur la justice pénale adolescente (Towards an Indigenous Youth Criminal Jurisdiction)
- Aboriginal forestry: development of a socioecologically relevant moose habitat management process using local Cree and scientific knowledge in Eeyou Istchee
- Council of the Atikamekw Nation Project Number: 1311-QC Case Study Report Koskikiwetan
- The Sulphur of Ollagüe: Photography and Memory of a Modern Utopia in Northern Chile.
- Building birch bark canoes: oral histories, colonial archives, and stories of survivance
- Promoting cultural safety in health care: co-developing an intervention with three Atikamekw communities in Québec, Canada
- Banishment in Aboriginal Law: Rules, Rights, Practice and Limitations
- Atikamekw and Euro-Canadian Territorialities around the Saint-Maurice River (1850–1930)
- Popular Culture and Urban Indigenous Youth
- Approche agriculturelle de la souveraineté alimentaire à Opitciwan.
- La justice communautaire comme projet d'autodétermination chez les Atikamekw Nehirowisiwok d'Opitciwan
- Waskapiwin Nahitatowin ou comment résoudre les conflits internes d'une manière légitime dans la communauté des Atikamekw Nehirowisiwok d'Opitciwan
- … notcimik itatcihowin: Ontologie politique et contemporanéité des responsabilités et des droits territoriaux chez les Atikamekw Nehirowisiwok (Haute-Mauricie …
- Nehirowisiw Kiskeritamowina.
- … gouvernementales canadiennes et prise en charge en milieu autochtone: regards sur le processus de guérison dans l'expression sociale d'Opitciwan
- Approche agriculturelle de la souveraineté alimentaire à Opitciwan Agricultural approach to food sovereignty in Opitciwan Enfoque agrícola de la soberanía …
- Approche agriculturelle de la souveraineté alimentaire à Opitciwan
- Tcimanik: Territ (eau) rialité, transmission et épanouissement à bord des expéditions de canotage chez les Atikamekw Nehirowisiwok d'Opitciwan
- Introduction: cartographies autochtones
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