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Kitcisakik First Nation

Phonetic:	Kit-sis-sa-kik	Territory map
Company Name¹ :	Conseil des Anicinapek de Kitcisakik
Chief:	Ms. Adrienne Anichinapéo
Councillors:	Ms. Hélène Michel Ms. Marie-Hélène Papatie Mr. Régis Penosway
Languages:	Algonquin, french
Adress:	C.P. 5206 Val d'Or (Québec) J9P 7C6
Phone:	819-736-3001
Fax:	819-736-3012
Web site:	www.anishinabenation.ca/fr/comm_kitcisakik_fr.htm

DEMOGRAPHY

Population
Number of persons within the community	Number of persons outside the community	Total
399	58	457

Reference: Indian Registry, AANDC, December 2010

GEOGRAPHY

Territory Name:	Kitcisakik
Type of territory:	Settlement on provincial Crown lands
Surface:	12 hectares (29.7 acres)
Localisation:	The community is located where the Ottawa River enters Grand Lac Victoria, 66 kilometres south of Val d'Or.
Remoteness Factor:	Year-round road access and located between 50 and 350 kilometres from the nearest service center.

POLITIC

Elections:	Customary process
Tribal Council ³:	Conseil tribal de la nation Algonquine Anishinabeg
Member of Parliament:	Mr. Romeo Saganash, New Democratic Party (NDP) Abitibi-Baie James-Nunavik-Eeyou
Provincial MNA:	Mr. Pierre Corbeil, Parti libéral du Québec (PLQ) Abitibi-Est

ECONOMY

Community enterprise – The Société économique de Kitcisakik (SEK) runs a business centre on Lake Dozois, housing under one roof: a convenience store, service station and snack bar (restaurant and craft boutique and new and used clothing store).

SEK's mission is to help develop economic activity and encourage entrepreneurship among community members. SEK has helped develop and maintain some 140 kilometres of snowmobile trails across La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve (linking the Abitibi region with the Ottawa Valley and the Laurentians). SEK offers snowmobilers refuelling services, hot meals and rustic accommodation at the Relais MOKO.

EDUCATION

Band school^{AANDC) funds band councils and First Nation education authorities for the education of children in Kindergarten to Grade 12 who attend schools on reserves or who attend provincially-run schools off reserve.
Approximately 60% of First Nations students are taught on reserve, almost always in schools operated by a band council, another First Nations organization, or a federal school.
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School Name:	Mikizicec
Grades:	Élementary
Number of students:	57 (2010-2011)

School Enrolment 2010-2011
	Band School	Provincial School	Total
Pre-kindergarden	12	---	12
Kindergarden	9	---	9
Elementary	36	9	45
Secondary		61	61
Total :	57	70	127

Education (2010-2011)
Source : First Nation Database Management System (FNDBMS)
Nominal Roll / Post-Secondary list

Number of students funded by postsecondary program^{AANDC) provides financial support to eligible Status Indians and Inuit students under broad authorities of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Act to continue their education.
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COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURES

Fire protection:	No permanent facilities
Police services:	Provided by the Sûreté du Québec (SQ)
Medical care:	Health centre managed by the Band council under an agreement with the Health and Social Services Board for Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Waste disposal:	Collection provided by the Band council; landfill agreement with the local authority of Val d'Or.
Main community facilities:	Community centre, band offices, health centre, childcare centre, toilet block, training center, modular school.
Water Supply:	Community well with chlorination. No distribution network.
Sewers:	Septic tank and purification field for community facilities
Road system:	There are no roads suitable for vehicle traffic on the territory (there are logging roads).
Housing Units:	Aooroximately hundred of houses
Electricity:	No permanent facilities

Définitions:

1)	Company Name: The corporate name of a company or a civil company (i.e. its name) is often made of credits, which name in a general way the company or the civil company, and of specific, which distinguishes this company from the others.
2)	“Council of the band” means: (a) in the case of a band to which section 74 applies, the council established pursuant to that section, (b) in the case of a band to which section 74 does not apply, the council chosen according to the custom of the band, or, where there is no council, the chief of the band chosen according to the custom of the band; “band” means a body of Indians : (a) for whose use and benefit in common, lands, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, have been set apart before, on or after September 4, 1951, (b) for whose use and benefit in common, moneys are held by Her Majesty, or (c) declared by the Governor in Council to be a band for the purposes of this Act;
3)	Tribal Council : Tribal Councils are defined as institutions established as a grouping of bands with common interests who voluntarily join together to provide advisory and/or program services to member bands.
4)	Band School: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) funds Band councils and First Nation education authorities for the education of children in Kindergarten to Grade 12 who attend schools on reserves or who attend provincially-run schools off reserve. Approximately 60% of First Nations students are taught on reserve, almost always in schools operated by a Band council, another First Nations organization, or a federal school.
5)	Post-Secondary Education Programs: Indian Affairs and Northern Development (AANDC) provides financial support to eligible Status Indians and Inuit students under broad authorities of the the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Act to continue their education.
	Reference: http://lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/I-5/page-1.html

For further information on this community please call at 1-800-567-9604 or click on this link toward community profiles of Statistics Canada (2006 Census).

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