Matachewan First Nation

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| name = Matachewan 72

| official_name = Matachewan Indian Reserve No. 72

| settlement_type = Indian reserve

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| subdivision_type1 = Province

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| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Timiskaming

| subdivision_type3 = First Nation

| subdivision_name3 = Matachewan

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| area_land_km2 = 33.63

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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3554057&Geo2=CD&Code2=3554&Data=Count&SearchText=m&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=35&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=Matachewan 72 census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=2011 Census of Population |date=8 February 2012 |accessdate=3 June 2015}}

| population_total = 83

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = 2.5

| website = [http://www.matachewanfirstnation.com/ www.matachewan
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Matachewan First Nation is an Ojibway First Nation reserve located in the Timiskaming District of Ontario, Canada. The First Nations people of the Matachewan area signed onto Treaty 9 in 1905. As of August, 2024, they had a total registered population of 1037 people, of which 50 people live on their own reserve.

Governance

The Nation is governed by the Act Electoral System, in which a Chief and nine Councillors are elected for a two-year term.

They are a signatory to Treaty 9, the First Nation is member of Wabun Tribal Council, a non-political Regional Chiefs Council as well as Nishnawbe Aski Nation, a Tribal Political Organisation representing most all of the First Nations in northern Ontario.

Reserves

Matachewan First Nation have reserved for themselves one reserve:

{{convert|6158.60|ha|acres}} Matachewan 72

External links

[http://www.matachewanfirstnation.com/ Nation's Website]
[https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=219&lang=eng AANDC Profile]