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Listuguj First Nation

Phonetic:	Lis-tu-gouche	Territory map
Company Name¹ :	Listuguj Mi'gmaq Government
Chief:	Mr. Allison Metallic
Councillors:	Mr. Calvin Barnaby Ms. Wanda Metallic Mr. Wendell Metallic Mr. Dean Allen Vicaire Ms. Patty Martin Mr. Chad Gedeon Mr. Jerry Wysote Mr. Kevin Methot Mr. Kenny Mitchell Ms. Brenda Gedeon-Miller Ms. Delphine Metallic Mr. Brian Boyd-Basque
Languages:	Micmac, english
Adress:	17, Riverside West (P.O. Box 298) Listuguj (Québec) G0C 2R0
Phone:	418-788-2136
Fax:	418-788-2058
Web site:	www.listuguj.ca

DEMOGRAPHY

Population
Number of persons within the community	Number of persons outside the community	Total
2 014	1 399	3 413

Reference: Indian Registry, AANDC, December 2010

GEOGRAPHY

Territory Name:	Listuguj Reserve
Type of territory:	Indian reserve
Surface:	4 016 hectares (9 923.8 acres)
Localisation:	Listuguj is located 118 kilometres southwest of Bonaventure, on the north shore of the Restigouche River. It is also located north of the interprovincial bridge linking Québec and New Brunswick, 1 kilometre away from Campbellton (N.-B.).
Remoteness Factor:	Year-round road access and located less than 50 kilometres from the nearest service centre.

POLITIC

Elections:	Indian Act
Tribal Council ²:	Mi'gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat
Member of Parliament:	Mr. Philip Toone, New Democratic Party (NDP) Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Provincial MNA:	Ms. Nathalie Normandeau, Parti libéral du Québec (PLQ) Bonaventure

ECONOMY

There are approximately 30 businesses in the community, including: convenience store, grocery store, hardware store, art and handicrafts, community radio, magazine, canoe-building and sales, construction.

The Band council owns a centre for youth experiencing difficulties and a shelter for battered women. The Band council is also active in the fisheries sector.

The community's economic activities are concentrated in art and handicrafts, fisheries, logging and forestry, construction, outfitters', and tourism.

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:	Alaqsite'w Gitpu
Grades:	Pre-Kindergarden to Secondary 4
Number of students:	273 (2008-2009)

School Enrolment 2008-2009
	Band School	Provincial School	Total
Pre-kindergarden	34		34
Kindergarden	29		29
Elementary	181	24	205
Secondary	33	163	196
Total :	277	187	464

Reference : Nominal Roll, AANDC (2008-2009)

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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Reference: Post-Secondary list, AANDC (2008-2009)

COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURES

Fire protection:	Provided by the Banc council fire department
Police services:	Provided by the Aboriginal police force recognized under an agreement between the Band council, the Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec.
Medical care:	Health centre managed by the Band council under a transfer agreement with Health Canada.
Waste disposal:	Landfill site; garbage collection provided by the Banc council
Main community facilities:	Community radio, parish hall, museum, community centre, daycare centre
Water Supply:	Untreated, unfiltered groundwater; household supply piped through water supply mains
Sewers:	Wastewater sewer and storm sewer systems; hook-up to sewer system of the municipality of Pointe-à-la-Croix
Road system:	15.4 kilometre of gravel road and 6.1 kilometres of blacktop
Housing Units:	736 (2008-2009)
Electricity:	Provided by Hydro-Québec

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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