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Indian reserve in Ontario, Canada

Matachewan 72
Indian reserve
Matachewan Indian Reserve No. 72
Matachewan 72
Coordinates: 48°04′N 80°38′W / 48.067°N 80.633°W / 48.067; -80.633
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Timiskaming
First Nation	Matachewan
Area
• Land	33.63 km (12.98 sq mi)
Population
• Total	83
• Density	2.5/km (6/sq mi)
Website	www.matachewan firstnation.com

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:

6,158.60 hectares (15,218.2 acres) Matachewan 72

External links

References

^ "Matachewan 72 census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

Places adjacent to Matachewan First Nation

Unorganized West Timiskaming

Matachewan 72

Unorganized West Timiskaming

v t e Nishnawbe Aski Nation
Independent First Nations Alliance	Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Lac Seul Muskrat Dam Pikangikum Whitesand
Keewaytinook Okimakanak Council	Deer Lake Fort Severn Keewaywin McDowell Lake North Spirit Lake Poplar Hill
Matawa First Nations	Aroland Constance Lake Eabametoong Ginoogaming Hornepayne Long Lake 58 Marten Falls Neskantaga Nibinamik Webequie
Mushkegowuk Council	Attawapiskat Chapleau Cree Fort Albany Kashechewan Missanabie Cree Moose Cree Taykwa Tagamou Weenusk
Shibogama First Nations Council	Kasabonika Lake Kingfisher Wapekeka Wawakapewin Wunnumin Lake
Wabun Tribal Council	Beaverhouse Brunswick House Chapleau Ojibway Flying Post Matachewan Mattagami Wahgoshig
Windigo First Nations Council	Bearskin Lake Cat Lake Koocheching North Caribou Lake (Weagamow Lake) Sachigo Lake Slate Falls Whitewater
Independent NAN Communities	Mishkeegogamang Mocreebec Council Sandy Lake

v t e The Numbered Treaties: Treaty Nine
Numbered Treaties	Treaty 1 Treaty 2 Treaty 3 Treaty 4 Treaty 5 Treaty 6 Treaty 7 Treaty 8 Treaty 9 Treaty 10 Treaty 11
Treaty Nine Nations	Abitibiwinni First Nation (Quebec) Aroland First Nation Attawapiskat First Nation Bearskin Lake First Nation Brunswick House First Nation Cat Lake First Nation Chapleau Cree First Nation Chapleau Ojibway First Nation Constance Lake First Nation Eabametoong First Nation Flying Post First Nation Fort Albany First Nation Fort Severn First Nation Ginoogaming First Nation Kasabonika First Nation Keewaywin First Nation Kingfisher First Nation Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation Marten Falls First Nation Matachewan First Nation Mishkeegogamang First Nation Missanabie Cree First Nation Neskantaga First Nation Nibinamik First Nation Mattagami First Nation Muskrat Dam Lake First Nation McDowell Lake First Nation Moose Cree First Nation North Caribou Lake First Nation Sachigo Lake First Nation Slate Falls First Nation Taykwa Tagamou Nation Wahgoshig First Nation Wapekeka First Nation Wawakapewin First Nation Webequie First Nation Weenusk First Nation Wunnumin Lake First Nation

The Numbered Treaties: Treaty Nine

Numbered Treaties

Treaty Nine Nations

v t e Timiskaming District, Ontario
City	Temiskaming Shores
Towns	Cobalt Englehart Kirkland Lake Latchford
Townships	Armstrong Brethour Casey Chamberlain Charlton and Dack Coleman Evanturel Gauthier Harley Harris Hilliard Hudson James Kerns Larder Lake Matachewan McGarry
Village	Thornloe
First Nations Reserves	Matachewan 72
Unorganized areas	East West
Local services boards	Kenogami Lake King-Lebel Maisonville Savard
See also: Communities in Timiskaming District Census divisions of Ontario

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