Pee-kang-ee-kum | Pikangikum First Nation

Pikangikum First Nation is an Ojibwe community situated in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located on Pikangikum Lake. The community faces significant socioeconomic challenges and is primarily accessible by air.

POPULATION

3,494

Rank #71 nationally

GEOGRAPHY

18.1 KM²

Rank #346 nationally

BAND COUNCIL TERM

01/17/2027

Term Expiration

Conflict Score

Community Profile

Overview

Last Updated 2025-06-13 10:21:55 UTC

Name

Pikangikum (ISC Code: 208)

Former Names

Pikangikum Lake Reserve

Band Style

First Nation

Cultural Area

Boreal Forest, Northwestern Ontario

Indigenous Language

Ojibwe (Anishinaabemowin)

Number of Registered Members

3494

Band Website

http://www.ifna.ca/pikangikum.html

Phone Number

(807) 773-5578

Fax Number

(807) 773-5536

Address

PO BOX 323, PIKANGIKUM, ON

General Email

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Band Council

Governance Type

Not Applicable

Chief

PADDY PETERS

Term Expires

01/17/2027

Number of Council Members

PADDY PETERS

Chief

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LILLY ANN BEKINTIS

Councillor

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RICHARD KEEPER

Councillor

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GABRIEL MOOSE

Councillor

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BERRY OWEN

Councillor

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DEEDRE PETERS

Councillor

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JEFFREY STRANG

Councillor

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JIM STRANG

Councillor

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NORMAN JR. TURTLE

Councillor

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SALADIUS TURTLE

Councillor

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JONAH STRANG

Deputy Chief

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Administrative Contacts

Band Financial Statements

2024 - Report Not Available

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

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2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements

2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements

2012 - Pikangikum20122013.pdf

2011 - Pikangikum20112012.pdf

2010 - Pikangikum20102011.pdf

2009 - Pikangikum20092010.pdf

2008 - Pikangikum20082009.pdf

2006 - Pikangikum20062007.pdf

2005 - Pikangikum20052006.pdf

2004 - Pikangikum20042005.pdf

2003 - Pikangikum20032004.pdf

2002 - Pikangikum20022003.pdf

Band Council Remuneration

2024 - Report Not Available

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

Band Owned Corporations

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Laws, Bylaws, and Codes

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Intergovernmental Agreements

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Active Court Cases

No active court cases at this time.

Downloadable Court Records

Pikangikum First Nation v. Nault

Pikangikum v. Nault

Pikangikum First Nation v. Canada (Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs)

Pikangikum First Nation v. Robert D. Nault, et al.

Pikangikum First Nation v. Nault

Pikangikum First Nation Indian Band v. Nault

Pikangikum First Nation v. Nault

Location Map

Reserves

ISC Code: 6320
PIKANGIKUM 14
1808.0 Hectares
KENORA 228 NE/NE
[51.8041895, -93.98802549999999]

Media Reports

Pauingassi First Nation community based land use plan

‘We need action’: One dead, two unaccounted for after Pikangikum First Nation fire

OPP MEMBERS WITHDRAWN FROM PIKANGIKUM FIRST NATION

Pikangikum First Nation declares state of emergency over water infrastructure

Ontario’s largest Indigenous-led energy project complete

Improving health and well-being in Pikangikum First Nation

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Pikangikum bridge and all-weather road to be built

Pikangikum First Nation declares state of emergency

Pikangikum First Nation suffering from 3 youth suicides

Nishnawbe Aski Nation wants Ontario to declare emergency as forest fires threaten Indigenous communities

Pikangikum First Nation declares state of emergency

Pikangikum First Nation takes federal government to court over lack of water, wastewater infrastructure

Nishnawbe Aski Nation wants Ontario to declare emergency as forest fires threaten Indigenous communities

Ontario, Pikangikum First Nation and Canada Partnering to Advance Construction of Berens River Bridge

Pikangikum seeking ‘emergency relief’ to get safe drinking water

Indigenous community files $200-million lawsuit against Ottawa over unclean drinking water

UPDATED: Pikangikum takes Canada to court over infrastructure

Poverty rate of First Nations children called ‘deplorable’

Pikangikum faces education crisis as teachers flee mould

Ontario announces new mental health workers for troubled Pikangikum First Nation

Indigenous Games ’empower’ athletes from Pikangikum First Nation

Chief Isadore Day: ’These children didn’t have to die’

Figure 2. Knowledge network of Iskatewizaagegan No. 39 Independent...

Fig. 3. Pikangikum head trapper Larry Pascal leading research on his...

'What this community needs': Pikangikum First Nation opens safe house for families in crisis

Six Nations donates $1K to Pikangikum, one month after tragic fire

Pikangikum First Nation refuses to host polling station

Nine dead in family house fire at remote Canadian indigenous community

Indigenous child poverty: act now or risk another lost generation, study says

Roughly half of Pikangikum residents now evacuated as forest fire burns

How Canada turned a blind eye to the suicide crises in First Nations

PWRDF assists with water supply for First Nations community in Canada

OPP return to Pikangikum under new agreement

First Nations housing should be 'front and centre' of national housing strategy, chief says

Four suicides in northern Ontario First Nations communities this week: spokesperson

Fort William First Nation celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day

Keir Johnston

Fig. 3 . Following a successful hunt Pikangikum hunters show respect to...

First Nation in northwestern Ont. moves ahead with permanent bridge, all-season road

A decade of despair in the Pikangikum First Nation

Data reveals close to 600 suicides in northern Ontario since the mid-1980s

When you grow up surrounded by suicide, it seems normal. How do you heal a ‘broken spirit’?

Intermittent sentence law unfair to Indigenous in remote areas: Judge

Fig.2 Painting by Pikangikum artist Mario Peters (2007) portraying...

Ottawa approves $60-million in funding for electricity in remote Ontario First Nation

'I always think of him' says friend of First Nations student who died

Ontario boosts resources to remote First Nation facing suicide crisis

NAN grand chief responds to court decision ruling law unfair to Indigenous accused persons

First Nations-owned power company gets $1.34 billion nod to connect remote Nations to the grid

Pikangikum First Nation and Canada celebrate the grand opening of their new Knowledge Keepers Elders' Complex

NDP MPPs demand action as COVID seeps into First Nations communities

First Nations ramping up efforts to address food insecurity

Pikangikum First Nation chief and council expel OPP from community

Globe editorial: The unspoken problem in Pikangikum

How Canada turned a blind eye to the suicide crises in First Nations

Berens River Bridge, all-season road to be built for Pikangikum First Nation

First Nations need more than a ‘band-aid solution’

First Nation in Ontario expands health services for youth

Pikangikum First Nation in mourning after blaze kills 3 children, 6 adults

Canadian youth pushed to despair in poverty-stricken indigenous community

2017 North American Indigenous Games ’empower’ athletes from Pikangikum First Nation

Ontario Partnering with Indigenous Communities to Advance Economic Development

Adventist Youth Serve Indigenous Communities in Northern Ontario

Ontario, Pikangikum First Nation and Canada Partnering to Advance Construction of Berens River Bridge

Water crisis in First Nations communities runs deeper than long-term drinking water advisories

SpaceX Starlink Boosts Internet Speeds from 60kbps to 130Mbps for Indigenous Community in Canada

About 300 residents from Pikangikum First Nation flown to Winnipeg to escape fire

November 20, 2024: Comprehensive Weather Report for Northern Ontario Indigenous Communities

Prime Minister Trudeau Visits Pikangikum First Nation

Ottawa stopped counting fires on First Nation reserves in 2010

Police help Pikangikum youth build safer community

Canada evacuates by air remote indigenous community due to wildfire

Ont. First Nations school nearly shuttered by mould

Chief Owen and Pikangikum Band Council expel OPP, Indigenous Services Canada flies out nursing staff nightly

Figure 1. First Nation communities in the Far North (OMNR, 2011). Map...

Ontario announces new mental health workers for troubled Pikangikum First Nation

Indigenous-led projects seek housing solutions

Pikangikum is finally on the grid

Feds announce money for Pikangikum-area bridge project

'Racial discrimination' clouded Thunder Bay police investigation into Indigenous woman's death

Trudeau visits First Nation with a housing shortage worse than ever

Sentencing law ignores treaties, violates charter rights of Pikangikum residents says judge

Pikangikum Residents Heading Home After Four Week Evacuation

Pikangikum expels OPP over misconduct allegations

Provincial police expelled from Pikangikum First Nation

OPP returns to Pikangikum First Nation after sexual-assault allegations

Pikangikum wants restoration of Anishinaabe law, renewal of treaty relationship following ‘landmark’ ruling

First Nations housing in dire need of overhaul

Unresolved: Judy Ann Quill

One dead, two unaccounted for after house fire in Pikangikum First Nation

Ottawa to spend $60M connecting Pikangikum First Nation to power grid

Gas sniffing and lead poisoning may be causing indigenous suicides across generations: Toronto researchers

Evacuation of Pikangikum to continue Friday ahead of forest fire

Pikangikum fire highlights dire conditions faced by First Nations, grand chief says

Shacks and slop pails: infrastructure crisis on native reserves

Pikangikum First Nation documents decades-long quest for government help

APTN Investigates 10: Local control plus adequate funding equals progress in Pikangikum

Wataynikaneyap Power Energizes Remote First Nation Communities

Indigenous leaders call for coroner's inquest into First Nations fire deaths

A year after a tragedy, a First Nations fire chief seeks solutions

First Nations-owned company receives 'up to $60M' to connect Pikangikum to Ontario power grid

Pikangikum First Nation expels provincial police from community

Plight of Pikangikum native reserve spurs Toronto relief effort

First Nations community receives funding for Native Horizons Treatment Centre

'At a loss for words': Teenage Pikangikum evacuee Kelsey Strang killed in Cochrane, Indigenous leaders say

Pikangikum First Nation moves to restore Anishinaabe law after landmark court ruling

Duty to consult extends to administration of justice in First Nations, lawyer says

How energy poverty devastates Pikangikum First Nation

Pikangikum First Nation fire kills 3 children, 6 adults

Opinion | Indigenous communities must have internet access on their terms

Daytime health services resume in Pikangikum First Nation after nurses leave following OPP expulsion

After another fatal fire strikes Pikangikum First Nation, calls continue for preventing future losses

Ruling on intermittent sentencing for remote First Nations members will have widespread implications

'A race against time': First Nations, towns in northwestern Ontario prepare to evacuate as wildfires approach

Ontario announces new mental health workers for troubled Pikangikum First Nation

Forest fire evacuees head back home to Keewaywin and Pikangikum First Nations in Ontario

First Nations replacing dangerous wood stoves to save lives

‘Every community should have one’: newborn baby warmers coming to remote First Nations

‘Trust has been broken’: Pikangikum First Nation, the OPP, and the future of policing

Drums and despair: Inside Canada's Pikangikum community

Trucking Right Along: Unique remediation solutions for a remote First Nations community

Trudeau becomes first sitting PM to visit northern Ontario reserve

Pikangikum First Nation celebrates its largest-ever graduating class — and it's a big deal

See Pikangikum First Nation through this teenage photographer's lens

One person dead, two others unaccounted for after house fire in Pikangikum First Nation

3 people confirmed dead in Pikangikum First Nation house fire

New school opens in Pikangikum First Nation nearly a decade after old one burned down

After 'extraordinary security measures and personnel,' nurses return full time to Pikangikum First Nation

27 November 2024: Weather Outlook for Northern Ontario Indigenous Communities

'Gamechanging' agreement for education in Pikangikum

Fig. 1. The Whitefeather Forest: an area of provincial Crown land that...

Children as young as six sniffing gas in Pikangikum

Pikangikum teens share their lives through the lenses of their cameras

December 2 2024: Northern Ontario Indigenous Communities Weather Update

Nine dead in family house fire at remote Canadian indigenous community

How SpaceX and FSET Brought Starlink to a First Nations Community

Pikangikum bridge and all-weather road to be built

Northern Ontario Indigenous Communities Weather Outlook: November 25-26, 2024

Berens River bridge, road funding will be regional catalyst for northwest First Nations

‘Milestone’ bridge announcement made in Pikangikum

Pikangikum First Nation and Canada celebrate the grand opening of their new Knowledge Keepers Elders' Complex

Ontario, Canada partnering to construct Berens River Bridge for Pikangikum First Nation

Academic Research

Partnerships towards NTFP development: perspectives from Pikangikum First Nation

Living with boreal forest fires: Anishinaabe perspectives on disturbance and collaborative forestry planning, Pikangikum First Nation, northwestern Ontario

Boil-water advisories and federal (in) action: The politics of potable water in Pikangikum First Nation

Indigenous knowledge and values in planning for sustainable forestry: Pikangikum First Nation and the Whitefeather Forest Initiative

Agency and resilience: teachings of Pikangikum First Nation elders, northwestern Ontario

Chapter Two Anishinaabe Stewardship Values for Sustainable Forest Management of the Whitefeather Forest, Pikangikum First Nation, Ontario

Getting to living cultural landscapes of the boreal forest through holistic forest management. The Whitefeather Forest Initiative of Pikangikum First Nation, Northwest …

Talking about fire: Pikangikum First Nation elders guiding fire management

Changing the Culture of Forestry in Canada

Developing and commercializing non-timber forest products: an Anishinaabe perspective from Pikangikum First Nation, Northwestern Ontario

Chapter Seven Pikangikum Family Hunting Areas and Traplines: Customary Lands and Aboriginal Land Use Planning

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single blueberry: Learning journeys of the Whitefeather Forest, Pikangikum First Nation, Ontario

Band Publications

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Third Party Reports

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