Band Council

• GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
• TERM EXPIRES: 07/03/2027
• CHIEF: WILLIAM PETER WESLEY
• NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:18
• WILLIAM PETER WESLEY
• HOWARD THOMAS ISAAC
• HAYLEY JANE CHRISTINA CHEECHOO
• BLAIN ASTON BUTTERFLY
• ELISSA EMMA CHEECHOO
• KATHERINE "KATHY" ANN FARIES-QUACHEGAN
• GARY GLEN INNES
• BOB MICHAEL ECHUM
• CATHERINE CHERYL VICTORIA CHEECHOO
• ERIN LYNN AMANDA BIEDERMANN
• PAULINE MARY REBECCA RICKARD
• KATHERINE ANN TURNER
• ELLIOT WALKER SCHIMMENS
• BERT SAUNDERS WAPACHEE
• ISAIAH TERRANCE MOORE
• MARY (STELLA) SCHIMMENS
• NATHAN ISAIAH BECK
• WARREN WENDELL ALLAN STANLEY HARDISTY

Contact Information

• BAND WEBSITE: http://www.moosecree.com/
• PHONE NUMBER: (705) 658-4619
• FAX NUMBER: (705) 658-4734
• ADDRESS: PO BOX 190, MOOSE FACTORY, ON
• EMAILS:
• Chief WILLIAM PETER WESLEY:
• Councillor HOWARD THOMAS ISAAC:
• Councillor HAYLEY JANE CHRISTINA CHEECHOO:
• Councillor BLAIN ASTON BUTTERFLY:
• Councillor ELISSA EMMA CHEECHOO:
• Councillor KATHERINE "KATHY" ANN FARIES-QUACHEGAN:
• Councillor GARY GLEN INNES:
• Councillor BOB MICHAEL ECHUM:
• Councillor CATHERINE CHERYL VICTORIA CHEECHOO:
• Councillor ERIN LYNN AMANDA BIEDERMANN:
• Councillor PAULINE MARY REBECCA RICKARD:
• Councillor KATHERINE ANN TURNER:
• Councillor ELLIOT WALKER SCHIMMENS:
• Councillor BERT SAUNDERS WAPACHEE:
• Councillor ISAIAH TERRANCE MOORE:
• Councillor MARY (STELLA) SCHIMMENS:
• Councillor NATHAN ISAIAH BECK:
• Deputy Chief WARREN WENDELL ALLAN STANLEY HARDISTY:
• 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 - Moose Cree First Nation20122013.pdf
• 2011 - Moose Cree First Nation20112012.pdf
• 2010 - Moose Cree First Nation20102011.pdf
• 2009 - Moose Cree First Nation20092010.pdf
• 2008 - Moose Cree First Nation20082009.pdf
• 2007 - Moose Cree First Nation20072008.pdf
• 2006 - Moose Cree First Nation20062007.pdf
• 2005 - Moose Cree First Nation20052006.pdf
• 2004 - Moose Cree First Nation20042005.pdf
• 2003 - Moose Cree First Nation20032004.pdf
• 2002 - Moose Cree First Nation20022003.pdf
• 2001 - Moose Cree First Nation20012002.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

Active Court Cases

Media Reports

• Native American Music Awards have announced their nominations
• Nishnawbe Aski Police Service trains drug investigators while waiting for equitable funding deal to hire more
• Canada Moose Cree First Nation to get drone deliveries
• For These Cree First Nations, Canada Geese Are Central to Cultural Revival
• Student in Sudbury earns Indigenous youth scholarship
• Moose Cree First Nation elder celebrates her 100th birthday with music, dance and cake
• Nation to Nation: Sol Mamakwa, a broken hospital and retiring MP
• Moose Cree First Nation gets $100,000 for food co-op feasibility study
• Missanabie Cree First Nation suing for increase in annuities payments for Treaty 9 members
• Animation on Cree community heart health hits the big screen
• Feds providing $7M for Indigenous eco dev projects
• Moose Cree First Nation sending record number of players to Little NHL
• Native America Calling: Indigenous athletes: what it takes to get to the Olympics
• New high school program prepares Indigenous youth for health sector
• Artists from Eeyou Istchee nominated for International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards
• Moose Cree in Context
• Come for the black bears and huskies. Stay to ‘transform how we deliver health care’
• Indigenous communities are coming together to speak on reconciliation and changing the narrative in Sudbury
• Moose Cree First Nation
• Wetum Road opens for season with new security measures to deter drug traffickers
• Ottawa to spend $1.2-billion on hospital for First Nations in Northern Ontario, after weeks of pressure
• Sixties Scoop survivors feel close connection to heritage at Moose Cree gathering
• Moose Cree First Nation hopes to finally work with Ontario government to save watershed
• Oil and water
• Former Indigenous NHL star gives back to his First Nation through hockey camp
• Indigenous people are snapping selfies in kokum scarves in solidarity with Ukraine
• NioBay Metals continues its quest to start Niobium mine in Moose Cree traditional territory
• How this remote First Nation is trying to keep COVID-19 out
• Moose Cree First Nation Declares State of Emergency in Response to Escalating Drug Crisis
• Drones taking to the skies in Moose Cree First Nation
• Lessons in Indigenous history and health
• Connecting with her Indigenous ancestry | School of Pharmacy
• Building the next generation of eco-conscious leaders
• Moose Cree First Nation Passes Community Protection By-Law
• Moose Cree First Nation signs deal for deliveries by drone from Moosonee
• Four charged, $50K in drugs seized in Moose Factory raid
• Drone grocery delivery to First Nations takes flight
• Covering centuries, decades in the making: new book details the history of Moose Cree
• Book tells stories of people of the Moose River Basin
• Cree family shoots for 'aunty laughs' on Family Feud Canada
• Rez Dog Team documentary aims to spark interest in dog sledding
• Creemore arts fest partners with Moose Cree Nation for performances, events
• Moose Cree war hero commemorated in home town
• First Nations prosper through energy projects
• The story of the Moose Factory Scrappers—misfits who became hockey legends
• Homelessness ‘can happen to anyone’
• Pimicikamak Cree Nation member designs Jets, Moose logos for weekend celebrating Indigenous culture
• RBC Future Launch Scholarship for Indigenous Youth
• Moose Cree member shares history of Treaty 9
• Rising Indigenous designer on New York runway debut
• 'They rediscover themselves'— northern Ontario First Nations turn to land-based addiction treatment
• Cree Word of the Day: Hello
• Province updates commemorative plaques to showcase a broader history of Moose Factory
• From moose tongue to rabbit stew: some Indigenous holiday dishes
• Little NHL continues to break participation numbers
• Dr. Stan Louttit: Grand Chief saw his commitments through, even in difficult times
• Principle aims to see children succeed, be healthy
• Attawapiskat walkers: A Moose Cree community perspective
• Dennis Franklin Cromarty students encouraged to 'unlock their power'
• Musician passionate about asserting Indigenous rights, empowering his people
• Frustrated mother takes court action against federal government
• 'Nothing like I've ever done before': COVID-19 poses new challenge for Canadian Rangers
• Ontario Training Indigenous People for In-Demand Jobs
• Parks Canada, Mushkegowuk Council sign agreement regarding national marine project
• How Five Nations Energy got James Bay plugged in
• McMaster University partnership brings eye care to Indigenous children in northern communities
• Ontario Celebrating Excellence in the Agriculture and Food Industry
• Indigenous TikTok creators get together to share their experiences on the app
• # TMU Exhibit explains Science Behind Cree Hide Tanning
• Indigenous artist's 'monsters' link past and present in Don River Valley Park
• Collector seeks cards featuring Indigenous hockey players to forward to youth
• Trapping agreement respects Native rights
• Indigenous Ownership: A New Economic Era
• Indigenous enterprises recognized for business excellence
• Indigenous place names poised to return to the map of northern Ontario
• Victim identified in Moose Factory death investigation
• Beach photographer Johan Hallberg-Campbell’s First Nations photos in Nuit Blanche
• Moose Cree Relies on Water Taxi Access
• Mike Cachagee, advocate for residential school survivors, dies at 83
• Why non-Indigenous support for Joseph Boyden should set off alarm bells
• Decades after Ontario’s 'Indian hospitals' closed, survivors are still fighting to be heard
• Jocelyn Formsma
• Circles of Support
• Pimicikamak Cree Nation asks court to cancel moose hunting licences in territory amid population 'crisis'
• The Indigenous-led plan to protect a vast swath of northern Ontario
• Indigenous leaders call on federal government support for Moosonee, Ont., hospital
• Tragically Hip tribute band from Moose Factory translates lyrics into Cree
• Endangered lake sturgeon thrives in Moose Cree First Nation
• The Poets incorporate Cree into lyrics of iconic Tragically Hip songs
• Stop building junk on reserves, says Mike Holmes
• Historic Moose Factory church to be restored as community hub, cultural centre
• Lawrence Martin elected Mushkegowuk Grand Chief
• 10-year-old girl killed in fire in remote Cree northern Ontario community with no fire services
• Bennett receives heated feedback on Indigenous rights framework at Assembly of First Nations forum
• 'Tough decision' as Moose Cree First Nation decides to not build Wetum Road
• Indigenous entrepreneurs are using drones and aerospace tech to decolonize the sky
• Remote northern hospital fights for promised federal funding for new health campus
• Auditor says an agency used a Moose Factory woman to tap into the federal Indigenous procurement program
• N’Swakamok powwow draws hundreds on Indigenous Peoples Day
• CreeQuest and Aramark Canada renew partnership to serve Kirkland Lake Gold
• First Nation carpentry business expanding to Timmins
• 'A state of crisis': Indigenous group calls for change as Canada Day nears
• Indigenous art park piece underway
• Bronze monument commemorating Charles Henry Byce unveiled in Chapleau
• Feds sign deal with First Nations for Ontario's Ring of Fire mining-related assessments
• The Indigenous Advisory Circle
• New study looking at impacts of industry on lake sturgeon in northern Ontario
• Moose Cree First Nation’s Stan Kapashesit Joins Drone Delivery Canada’s Advisory Board
• Mushkegowuk Council joins Moose Cree First Nation in Ontario in declaring July 1 as day of mourning
• Cree family brings a sense of play to Indigenous representation
• Province updates commemorative plaques to showcase a broader history of Moose Factory
• Indigenous crafter enjoys sharing her culture through sewing
• Grow pods could help feed north's Indigenous, rural communities
• Moose Cree member named director of inclusion and diversity for Junior A hockey league
• Cree communities launched and funded own inquiry into 'suicide pandemic'
• Ontario under water: The flooding crisis on First Nations reserves
• Celebrate Brampton’s cultural history with National Indigenous History Month events
• Four charged, $50K in drugs seized in Moose Factory raid
• MNRF in northern Ontario First Nation community to relocate polar bear and cubs
• 'In its rightful place': Teepee moved from far corner of Hill nearer to Peace Tower
• Omushkegowuk Walkers: A Moose Cree perspective
• Bronze monument commemorating Charles Henry Byce unveiled in Chapleau
• Federal government’s words feel like a ‘smokescreen’, say WAHA officials
• Kapuskasing open house answering questions about evacuations
• Funding aims to help Indigenous communities manage energy costs
• Collector seeks cards featuring Indigenous hockey players to forward to youth
• Time for reconciliation, says new Moose Cree chief
• Youth walk to Assembly of First Nations for action to replace despair with hope
• MoCreebec want recognition as distinct Cree community
• Partnership brings eye care to Indigenous children in northern Ontario
• Moose Cree student named mining trailblazer
• Western Weeneebeg (James Bay) and southwestern Washabeyoh (Hudson Bay): proposed national marine conservation area (NMCA)
• Ottawa finally rolls out its Ring of Fire assessment plan
• Kama.AI Completes Feasibility Study for First Nation Virtual Health Assistants
• First nations leaders, hospital CEOs and Ontario accuse Ottawa of putting Northern hospital project at risk
• Figure 1. A map of the western James Bay region depicting First Nations...
• Collector seeks cards featuring Indigenous hockey players to forward to youth
• Time for reconciliation, says new Moose Cree chief
• Youth walk to Assembly of First Nations for action to replace despair with hope
• MoCreebec want recognition as distinct Cree community
• Partnership brings eye care to Indigenous children in northern Ontario
• Cree, Canadian and American: Negotiating Sovereignties with Jeff Lemire's Equinox and "Justic League Canada"
• Why Indigenous Ownership in Resource Projects Changes Everything
• Flooding in Moose Factory Island
• Northern Ontario First Nations speak out on systemic racism
• Kelowna collector to distribute hockey cards to Indigenous youth players
• Here's what's happening for Treaties Recognition Week
• Little NHL set to be a record-breaking event
• In Moose Factory, water is complicated
• Ontario, First Nations to explore developing two new Northern hydroelectric stations
• For These Cree First Nations, Canada Geese Are Central to Cultural Revival
• How Moose Cree First Nation and Moosonee quelled a COVID-19 outbreak
• Transparency Act : Resource company payments to First Nations unveiled
• 46th Annual Little Native Hockey League tournament is a commitment to the health and well being of our communities and to our youth – Anishinabek News
• Moose Cree student named mining trailblazer
• Remote northern Ontario First Nation to begin getting drone delivery
• Indian Day School survivor suggests reaching out for healing to begin
• Figure 1. Map of the Mushkegowuk Territory (modified from Figure 1.1,...
• Beach photographer Johan Hallberg-Campbell’s First Nations photos in Nuit Blanche
• Reward doubled to $100K in fatal Moose Factory hit-and-run
• FIG. 4. The location of Akimiski Island in relation to the western...
• Some First Nations already in lockdown as COVID-19 2nd wave ‘already underway’
• Drones testing for goods delivery to remote First Nations
• The Queen’s-Weeneebayko Health Education Partnership: A Transformational Initiative to Expand the Indigenous Healthcare Workforce in Northern Ontario
• 47th Annual Little NHL tournament kicks off with inspirational opening ceremony
• 2 northern Ontario First Nations partner with province to expand hydroelectric power generation
• Northeast First Nations team up with province on two proposed hydro power projects
• Ontario Pursuing New Hydroelectric Stations in Northern Ontario
• Province to build two hydroelectric stations in the north in partnership with First Nations
• 2 northern Ontario First Nations partner with province to expand hydroelectric power generation
• Ottawa hasn’t provided funds for Northern Ontario hospital, Indigenous leaders, province says
• From moose tongue to rabbit stew: some Indigenous holiday dishes
• Tanya Talaga is Rewriting Canadian History Her Way
• In First Nations like mine, the water crisis never really ends
• First Nations in the lead planning for new hydro power
• Ontario and First Nations plan new hydroelectric projects
• Ontario Pursuing New Hydroelectric Stations in Northern Ontario
• Ontario, First Nations partner on first major hydro expansion in over a decade
• Ontario partners with First Nations for new Northern Ontario hydro project
• Mining project near Moosonee on hold until consultation done, company says
• Indigenous groups taking lead on emergency training

Academic Research

• Contemporary and traditional values of a landless Cree First Nation in Northern Ontario
• “Saying no to resource development is not an option”: Economic development in Moose Cree First Nation
• Indigenous culture as a strategy to defer Mushkegowuk youth from criminal behaviour in Moose Cree First Nation.
• Aboriginal forestry: development of a socioecologically relevant moose habitat management process using local Cree and scientific knowledge in Eeyou Istchee
• Local Food Sustainability Planning in Moose Cree First Nation, Northern Ontario, Canada.
• FIRST NATIONS'MOOSE HUNT IN ONTARIO: A COMMUNITY'S PERSPECTIVES AND REFLECTIONS
• Moose–habitat relationships: integrating local Cree native knowledge and scientific findings in northern Quebec
• Local food development in the Moose Cree First Nation: taking steps to build local food sustainability
• Aboriginal harvesting in the Moose River basin: a historical and contemporary analysis
• Generations of gardeners regenerating the soil of sovereignty in Moose Cree First Nation: An account of community and research collaboration
• Indigenous culture as a strategy to defer Mushkegowuk youth from criminal behaviour in Moose Cree First Nation.
• " Saying No to Resource Development is Not an Option": Economic Development in Moose Cree First Nation
• Local Food Sustainability Planning in Moose Cree First Nation, Northern Ontario, Canada.
• The rise of moose co-management and integration of Indigenous knowledge