Wolastoqewiyik | Tobique First Nation
Community Profile
- The Tobique First Nation is an Indigenous community situated in northwestern New Brunswick, with a rich history of Maliseet cultural heritage and connection to the Tobique River region.
- Last Updated 2025-05-01 13:35:15 UTC
- Name: Tobique (ISC Code: 16)
- Former Names: Tobique Indian Reserve, Maliseet River Settlement
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Wabanaki Territory
- Indigenous Language: Maliseet (Wolastoqey)
- Number of Registered Members: 2713
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 11/28/2028
- CHIEF: ROSS PERLEY
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:19
- ROSS PERLEY
- SHANE PERLEY-DUTCHER
- TIMOTHY NICHOLAS MCDOUGALL
- DONALD HAFKE
- EDWIN BERNARD
- RICHARD MOULTON
- JULIAN MOULTON
- KIMBERLY PERLEY
- JASMINE PIRIE
- ADAM SAULIS
- TINA PERLEY MARTIN
- BRAD SAPPIER
- TINA MARTIN
- AARON NICHOLAS
- BENJAMIN DEE
- STEPHANIE FRANCIS
- CHRISTIAN PERLEY
- AARON (HIYA) NICHOLAS
- KIM PERLEY
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: https://tobiquefirstnation.ca/
- PHONE NUMBER: (506) 273-8471
- FAX NUMBER: (506) 273-5650
- ADDRESS: 13156 Route105, Tobique First Nation, NB
- EMAILS:
- Chief ROSS PERLEY:
- Councillor SHANE PERLEY-DUTCHER:
- Councillor TIMOTHY NICHOLAS MCDOUGALL:
- Councillor DONALD HAFKE:
- Councillor EDWIN BERNARD:
- Councillor RICHARD MOULTON:
- Councillor JULIAN MOULTON:
- Councillor KIMBERLY PERLEY:
- Councillor JASMINE PIRIE:
- Councillor ADAM SAULIS:
- Councillor TINA PERLEY MARTIN:
- Councillor BRAD SAPPIER:
- Councillor TINA MARTIN:
- Councillor AARON NICHOLAS:
- Councillor BENJAMIN DEE:
- Councillor STEPHANIE FRANCIS:
- Councillor CHRISTIAN PERLEY:
- Councillor AARON (HIYA) NICHOLAS:
- Councillor KIM PERLEY:
- General Band Office:
- Media Contact:
- Referrals Contact:
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
- 2023 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2021 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2020 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2012 - Tobique20122013.pdf
- 2006 - Tobique20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Tobique20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Tobique20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Tobique20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Tobique20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Tobique20012002.pdf
Band Council Remuneration
- 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
Laws, Bylaws, and Codes
Intergovernmental Agreements
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 6025
TOBIQUE 20
2751.8 Hectares
27 KM S/S OF/DE GRAND FALLS
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 6027
THE BROTHERS 18
4.0 Hectares
2 SMALL ISLANDS IN KENNEBECASIS BAY 2 MILES N OF ST JOHN
[45.3101414, -66.1121632]
- Traditional Territory: Encompasses the Tobique River watershed and surrounding regions in northwestern New Brunswick
- Key Geographical Features:
- Tobique River
- Woodstock region
- Parts of Carleton County
- Historical Land Use: Hunting, fishing, gathering, and traditional agricultural practices
- Territorial Boundaries: Defined by river systems, forest regions, and traditional Maliseet migration routes
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
- Tobique Indian Band v. Canada
- Tobique Indian Band v. Sappier
- (McDonough v. Wolastokwik Negoot-Gook
- Maliseet Nation At Tobique v. Bear
- Calumet International Inc. v. Maliseet Nation at Tobique
- Nicholas v. Tobique First Nation
- Sunnucks v. Tobique Valley Hospital
- New Brunswick Electric Power Commission v Tobique Salmon Club Limited
- Sunnucks v. Tobique Valley Hospital
- Hale v. The Tobique Manufacturing Co.
- Ennis v. Tobique First Nation
- Tobique Indian Band v. Canada
- Tobique Salmon Club v. McDonald
- Sappier v. Tobique Indian Band
- Marion v. Tobique et al
- Tobique Indian Band Council v. Nicholas
- Canadian Video Amusements Ltd. v. Maliseet Nation at Tobique
- Summucks v. Tobique Valley Hospital et al.
- Linton Trucking Ltd. v. Tobique Valley Truckers Assn. Inc.
- Perley v. Tobique Band
- Perley v. Tobique Band
- Burke v. Tobique Log Homes Ltd.
- An Act to amend the Act 4 Edward VII., Chapter 86, intituled "An Act to incorporate The Tobique and Campbellton Railway Company."
- An Act to amend the Act 7 Edward VII., Chapter 63, intituled "An Act to amend the Act 4, Edward VII., Chapter 86, intituled An Act to incorporate the Tobique & Campbellton Railway Company"
- An Act to extend the time for the construction of the line of Railway for "The Tobique Valley Railway Extension Company"
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- RONN Collaborates with Tobique First Nations on Virtual Hydrogen Highway
- Ronn Inc. Signs Hydrogen Development Partnership Agreement with Tobique First Nations
- First Nations hold marches for Elsipogtog man killed in police shooting [video]
- For Catholic sisters in Canada, reconciliation is a mosaic of action
- Tobique First Nation rap artist writes about life on a reserve
- Project to offer Wolastoqew day school survivors in New Brunswick specific healing programs
- SOFTSWISS receives B2B Tobique Gaming License, the first issued in the Canadian jurisdiction
- Tobique First Nation hopes banishment will force drug dealers to move on
- ‘Salmon were our Buffalo’
- Jeremy Dutcher Is the Indigenous Singer With Powerful Performance Style
- First Nations in N.B. among 250 Indigenous communities that experienced long-term water advisories
- Tobique First Nation to build house for first time in 13 years
- Neqotkuk First Nation students help build solar farm for sustainable future
- Jeremy Dutcher Becomes The First Two-Time Polaris Music Prize Winner: Best Moments from the 2024 Gala
- New wind farm generates money and hope for Neqotkuk First Nation
- Tertulia – Caroline Ennis on the 1979 Tobique Women’s March [video]
- 91-year-old among first in line as Tobique First Nation welcomes vaccine clinic
- Once there lived a woman… remembering Shirley Bear (1936–2022)
- Tobique chief fires back at premier for saying tax deal created 'super wealthy' reserves
- N.B. deal offers $22M for housing, roads projects in Neqotkuk First Nation
- Award-winning musician Jeremy Dutcher gets inspiration, humility from home
- N.B. First Nation adopts 'historic' child welfare legislation
- Tobique First Nation gets 1st major housing project in 16 years
- 'We're either a government or we aren't': Anger mounts on Tobique since dispensary raid
- Tobique First Nation invests in $50M wind farm near Sussex
- This Indigenous play will make you feel like you're at the kitchen table
- Artist, activist Shirley Bear mourned, remembered as Indigenous trailblazer
- Tobique First Nation Adopts Dedicated Child Welfare Act
- Wolastoqi woman releases first children's book, plans for Indigenous-language versions
- Wolastoqey immersion school set to open this fall in Fredericton
- Wolastoq: a beautiful and bountiful teacher
- Sandra Lovelace Nicholas
- The Energy East pipeline and the black snake prophecy
- “A man of ceremony”: Wolastoqiyik elder Dan Ennis remembered
- Jeremy Dutcher’s video honours the resistance of the Mi’kmaq
- Indigenous woman connects with her roots through maple syrup business
- $1.1B class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of former 'Indian hospital' patients
- More Indigenous communities in New Brunswick signal they're willing to sign on to nuclear
- Time for more Indigenous N.B. senators, says former lieutenant-governor
- “Pack up and get out”: why the Tobique First Nation took control of their territory’s hydro dam
- First Nations water operators short changed by Ottawa says investigation
- N.B. 'working group' not a substitute for inquiry into systemic racism, Tobique chief says
- ‘I have to look out for my people’: N.B. First Nation breaks ranks and signs development deal with province
- National Indigenous Firefighters Competition wraps up in New Brunswick
- Indigenous tenor Jeremy Dutcher uses time onstage at the Junos to speak on music and reconciliation
- Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre moving because of poor conditions
- N.B. residential school survivors offer mixed reaction to Pope's apology
- 6 Maliseet First Nations agree to Sisson mine deal
- Another First Nation, another deal with N.B. — despite Indigenous anger over axed tax agreements
- With new coding skills, Tobique students help create knowledge map
- Wolastoqey leaders call for Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods-type plans on-reserve
- Maliseet First Nations considering Aboriginal title claim, chief says
- Wabanaki artist brings colour and culture to riverside with pedway mural
- Sandra Lovelace Nicholas fought for aboriginal women's rights
- Deal ends First Nation protest over hydro dams
- Cannabis trafficking charges laid against 2 Tribal ReLeaf former employees
- New Brunswick residential school survivors on ‘giving back all that pain’ to Pope Francis
- Meet some of the most honoured members of First Nations communities
- ‘It’s not about money, it’s about this sense of community’: Two-Spirit father negotiates son’s membership
- Artist, activist Shirley Bear mourned, remembered as Indigenous trailblazer
- N.B. First Nation declares Wolastoqey the official language of the community
- Atlantic First Nations Water Authority welcomes funding infusion
- N.B. schools, students confront discovery of remains at former B.C. residential school
- Ronn Delivers Exciting New Developments to Shareholders as It Collaborates With Tobique First Nations on a Vision for a Virtual Hydrogen Highway
- Tobique family spreads Indigenous language education
- Maliseet First Nations launch “right to fish” lawsuit against federal government
- Neqotkuk welcomes 63 children into the community through ceremony
- 2 Wolastoqey bands sue federal government over access to snow crab fishery
- Seven people charged after gunpoint kidnapping and assault in Tobique First Nation, N.B.
- First Nations demand halt to Energy East review over funding cut
- Ronn Inc. Signs Hydrogen Development Partnership Agreement With Tobique First Nations
- Skyway, N.B. First Nation train next gen scaffolders
- Jeremy Dutcher
- Ronn Inc. Signs Hydrogen Development Partnership Agreement with Tobique First Nations
- Spraying glyphosate on forests clashes with Indigenous rights
- Indigenous businesses in N.B. get help on how to bid for government, industry contracts
- ‘If it’s not required, why even ask for it?’ First Nations slam Ottawa for requesting confidentiality agreements in child welfare negotiations
- Rap/Hip-Hop musical acts dominate Aboriginal category at 2016 ECMAs
- Tobique chief fires back at premier for saying tax deal created 'super wealthy' reserves
- 'We take care of our own': Tobique reaches out to Mi'kmaq ice storm victims
- Tobique First Nation empowers youth with CMHC housing program
- New Brunswick artists get 31 ECMA nominations
- Ronn Inc. Signs Hydrogen Development Partnership Agreement with Tobique First Nations
- This yurt houses Tobique First Nation's first studio for local artwork
- Historic Indigenous firefighting crew from New Brunswick heading to Alberta
- 'Everybody's scared,' Tobique chief says amid kidnapping case, growing drug problem
- Trafficking charges dropped against former Tribal ReLeaf dispensary workers
- 'She was the best': Wolastoqey chiefs praise Dunn, despite tensions with Higgs
- Neqotkuk couple want more Indigenous artists to pursue NFT market
- Indigenous leaders say N.B.'s plan to address systemic racism is a form of racism
- New Brunswick elections: New revenue sharing agreements for First Nations on the table
- Deep in the valley, a stunning vista of Wolastoqey art
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Creating a cultural dialogue: reinforcing cultural identity on First Nations communities through the use of local materials and vernacular strategies
- Teaching Indigenous Canada: Learning from “Externality”
- Gaming the System
- Lovelace versus Canada: Indigenous right versus constitutional culture
- Ktahkomiq: Language as a Territory
- Social impacts of Aboriginal economic development: Three case studies from Atlantic Canada
- Reflecting on Colonial Education Experiences: Sharing My Story
- Death by suicide: community responses to Maliseet language death at Tobique First Nation, New Brunswick, Canada
- Indigenous translocality: emergent cosmogonies in the new world order
- First nations, oceans governance and indigenous knowledge systems
- First nations, oceans governance and indigenous knowledge systems
- 2. Living Traditions: A Manifesto for Critical Indigeneity
- Rethinking Sustainability through Indigenous Language Futures
- 2 Rethinking Sustainability through Indigenous Language Futures
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