Miawpukek First Nation

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox First Nation

| band_name = Miawpukek First Nation

| band_number = 47

| endonym =

| image = Miawpukek First Nation logo.png

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| people = Miꞌkmaq

| treaty =

| headquarters = Samiajij Miawpukek

| province = Newfoundland and Labrador

| main_reserve =

| reserve = Samiajij Miawpukek

| area = 28.39

| pop_year = 2023

| on_reserve = 836

| on_other_land = 2

| off_reserve = 2263

| total_pop = 3101

| chief = Brad Benoit

| council =

• Vice Chief Frank Benoit

| tribal_council =

| website = [http://www.mfngov.ca/ mfngov.ca]

| footnotes = {{Cite web|title=First Nation Detail|access-date=September 10, 2019|website=Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada|publisher=Government of Canada|url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=47&lang=eng}}

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Samiajij Miawpukek

| official_name = Samiajij Miawpukek Indian Reserve

| native_name =

| settlement_type = Indian reserve

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| motto =

| image_skyline = Miawpukek First Nation.jpg

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|pushpin_map = Canada Newfoundland and Labrador

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|coordinates = {{coord|47|52|0|N|55|44|37|W|region:CA-NL|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{NL}}

| established_title = Settled

| established_date = 1822{{cite web|url=http://www.mfngov.ca/about-miawpukek/|title=About Miawpukek|accessdate=Oct 16, 2020|publisher=Miawpukek Mi'kamawey Mawi'omi}}

| established_title1 = Recognition under the Indian Act

| established_date1 = 1987

| government_type =

| leader_title = Chief

| leader_name = Brad Benoit

| leader_title1 = Federal MP

| leader_name1 = Clifford Small (CPC)

| leader_title2 = Provincial MHA

| leader_name2 = Elvis Loveless (LIB)

| population_as_of = 2023

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 836

| population_density_km2=

| timezone = Newfoundland Time Zone

| utc_offset = -3:30

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| area_code = 709

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|blank1_name = GNBC Code

|blank1_info = ACPWX{{cite web | title = Samiajij Miawpukek | publisher = Natural Resources Canada | date = October 6, 2016 | url = http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/ACPWX}}

| blank2_name = Highways

| blank2_info = {{jct|province=NL|NL|365}}

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Miawpukek First Nation is a Mi'kmaq First Nations band government in Conne River, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, with a registered population of 836 living on-reserve as of May 2023, with another 2,265 living off-reserve.

{{cite web|url=https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/information/app/fpo/personal/findpostofficedetailprint?outletId=0000007056|publisher=Canada Post|title=Postal Address|accessdate=Jun 23, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/FNP/Main/Search/FNRegPopulation.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=47&lang=eng|website=Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada|publisher=Government of Canada|title=Registered Population|accessdate=Jun 23, 2023}}

They control the reserve of Samiajij Miawpukek in Bay d'Espoir on the island of Newfoundland. It was formerly known as Conne River Indian Reserve until the mid-1980s.{{cite web|url=http://www.muiniskw.org/pgHistory2.htm|title=Mi'kmaw History - Post Contact Timeline|accessdate=Oct 16, 2020|website=Mikmaw Spirit }} Samiajij Miawpukek was established as a federal Indian reserve in 1987, the first in Newfoundland and Labrador. In 1991, Miawpukek was one of the poorest communities in Atlantic Canada. Due in part to increased education of its members, it has gone on to become the most well-off First Nation in Atlantic Canada after Membertou.{{cite journal |last1=Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada |title=Well-Being in First Nations Communities, 1981-2011 - Full Report |journal=The Community Well-Being (CWB) Index |date=2016-02-08 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/new-conne-river-school-opens-1.4298052|title=New Conne River school opens, includes dentist office and daycare|publisher=CBC News|date=Sep 20, 2017 |first=Geoff|last=Bartlett|accessdate=Oct 16, 2020}}