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Gespeg First Nation

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Phonetic: Ges-peg

Geographical location of territory

No territory map
Company Name1 : Nation Micmac de Gespeg
Chief: Mr. Claude Jeannotte
Councillors:

Mr. Danny Basque
Mr. Kevin Langlois
Ms. Johanne Jean
Ms. Monique Jeannotte
Mr. Terry Shaw
Ms. Johanne Basque
Ms Manon Jeannotte (for Montréal)
Languages: French, english
Adress:

783, boulevard Pointe-Navarre
(C.P. 69)
Fontenelle (Québec)
G4X 6V2
Phone: 418-368-6005
Fax: 418-368-1272
Web site: www.gaspesie.com/gespeg/index.html  


DEMOGRAPHY

Population
Number of persons
within the community		 Number of persons
outside the community		 Total

0

512

512

Reference: Indian Registry, AANDC, December 2010


GEOGRAPHY

Territory Name: The community has no land base.
Localisation:  Members of the community live in the vicinity of Gaspé and elsewhere in Québec.
Remoteness Factor: Year-round road access and located less than 50 kilometres from the nearest service centre.


POLITIC

Elections: Customary process
Tribal Council 2:  Mi'gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat
Member of Parliament: Mr. Philip Toone, New Democratic Party (NDP)
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Provincial MNA:

Mr. Georges Mamelonet, Parti libéral du Québec (PLQ)
Gaspé


ECONOMY

The community living in the City of Gaspé own several fishing boats as well as a Micmac interpretation site.

Economic activities are concentrated in fishing, arts and handicrafts, tourism, and various goods and services businesses in the greater Gaspé area


EDUCATION

No band schoolAANDC) 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. ">3 on the territory.

Number of students funded by postsecondary programAANDC) 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. ">4 : 24
Reference: Post-Secondary list, AANDC (2008-2009)


COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURES

Fire protection: No permanent facilities
Police services: Provided by the Sûreté du Québec (SQ)
Medical care: No permanent facilities
Waste disposal: No permanent facilities
Main community facilities: No permanent facilities
Water Supply: No permanent facilities
Sewers: No permanent facilities
Road system: No permanent facilities
Housing Units: No permanent facilities
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

Date Modified:2010-09-15

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