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Ekuanitshit First Nation

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Phonetic: E-kou-a-nit-shit

Geographical location of territory

Territory map
Company Name1 : Bande des Innus de Ekuanitshit
Chief: Mr. Jean-Charles Piétacho
Councillors:

Ms. Rita Mestokosho
Mr. Bernard Fontaine
Ms. Isabelle Napess
Mr. Vincent Napish
Languages: Innu, french
Adress: 35, rue Manitou
Mingan (Québec)
G0G 1V0
Phone: 418-949-2234
1-888-949-2406
Fax: 418-949-2095
Web site: www.mamit-innuat.com/Ekuanitshit.htm  


DEMOGRAPHY

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

539

26

565

Reference: Indian Registry, AANDC, December 2010


GEOGRAPHY

Territory Name: Mingan Reserve
Type of territory: Indian reserve
Surface: 1 919 hectares (4 741.8 acres)
Localisation:  The community is located at the confluence of the Mingan River and the St. Lawrence River, 28 kilometres west of Havre-Saint-Pierre.
Remoteness Factor: Year-round road access and located between 50 and 350 kilometres from the nearest service center.


POLITIC

Elections: Customary process
Tribal Council 2:  Regroupement Mamit Innuat
Member of Parliament: Mr. Jonathan Genest-Jourdain, New Democratic Party (NDP)
Manicouagan
Provincial MNA: Ms. Lorraine Richard, Parti québécois (PQ)
Duplessis


ECONOMY

The local economy is based chiefly on arts and handicrafts, fishing, outfitters, tourism, trapping and service businesses.

Few businesses are located on the reserve, and most of them are community businesses, including a community store as well as outfits in the arts and handicrafts and restaurant sectors.


EDUCATION

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: 

School Name: École Teueikan
Grades:   Pre-Kindergarden to Secondary 4
Number of students: 106 (2008-2009)

School Enrolment 2008-2009
  Band School Provincial School Total
Pre-kindergarden

12

 

12
Kindergarden 6 --- 6
Elementary 45 16 61
Secondary 56 38 94
Total : 119 54 173

Reference : Nominal Roll, AANDC (2008-2009)

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 : Data not available
Reference: Post-Secondary list, AANDC (2008-2009)


COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURES

Fire protection: Fire station, fire engine, firefighting equipment
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: Provided by the municipality of Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan
Main community facilities: Community radio station, church, outdoor skating rink, library, Montagnais (Innu) culture interpretation centre
Water Supply: Ground water untreated but filtered, piped water from municipal mains
Sewers: Aerated lagoons
Road system: 6.1 kilometres of gravel road and 0.8 kilometre of blacktop
Housing Units: 129 (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).

   
Date Modified:2010-09-15

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