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Address:
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c/o c/o Band Office
PO Box 323 c/o Band Office
Pikangikum, ON
P0V 2L0
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Street Address:
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Band Office
Pikangikum First Nation
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Location:
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- Band Office is located in the community of Pikangikum First Nation
- Community is approx 100 km NW of Red Lake, on E shores of Pikangikum Lake at the Berens River
- Consists of 1 main reserve with a land area of approx 18 sq km, kn
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Accessibility:
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Not Wheelchair Accessible
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Hours:
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Mon-Fri 9 am-12 noon, 1 pm-5 pm
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Service Description:
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Operates a self government and is responsible for the day to day operations of the Pikangikum First Nation- Tribal Council: Independent First Nations Alliance (IFNA)
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Territorial Organization: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN)Treaty #5
Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities
Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:- Child and Family Services worker on-reserve provided through Tikinagan Child and Family Services in Sioux Lookout
- Hospital services available at Margaret Cochenour Hospital in Red Lake and Meno Ya Win Health Centre in Sioux Lookout
- Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
- Provides several small private businesses and a Northern Store housing a Tim Horton's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut
- Provides the Whitefeather Laundromat
- Offers a small business centre housing the Pikangikum Hotel, Weseeneawegamic Restaurant and other offices
- Operates a Canada Post postal station
- Provides a band-run community radio station
- Operates the Whitefeather Forest Management Corp
- Provides the locally-owned Eshkotay Wayab Power Authority
- Serviced by Wasaya Airways flights through the Pikangikum Airport located 1.9 km NE of the community
- Served also by the Pikangikum Water Aerodrome located on Pikangikum Lake
- Participates in Project Journey, initiated in Feb 2014, a partnership between the National Crime Prevention Strategy of Public Safety Canada, the OPP and the community of Pikangikum with a goal to prevent and reduce youth crime and anti-social behaviours among at-risk youth between the ages of 6-18 years of age in the community
- Provides an Early Childhood Daycare Centre
- Provides health care at the Pikangikum Nursing Station
- Coordinates health programs through the Pikangikum Health Authority (PHA)
- Provides educational services through Pikangikum Education Authority, which administers Eenchokay Birchstick School for students from JK-Grade 12
- Offers the Whitefeather Forest Management Corporation
- Became the first community to be connected to Ontario's power grid through the Wataynikaneyap Power project in Dec 2018; completion of the Pikangikum transmission line eliminates the community's dependence on diesel fuel
- Connected to SpaceX Starlink broadband Internet in Dec 2020, making Pikangikum the first Northern community to do so
- New bail bed facility opened in Dec 2020
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Eligibility / Target Population:
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Members of Pikangikum First Nation
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Languages:
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English * Ojibwe
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Language Notes:
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Ojibway, available upon request
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Area Served:
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Pikangikum First Nation
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