Nee-bee-nah-mik | Nibinamik First Nation
Community Profile
- Nibinamik First Nation is an Oji-Cree community situated in the Summer Beaver settlement area of northwestern Ontario, Canada.
- Last Updated 2025-05-08 15:42:07 UTC
- Name: Nibinamik First Nation (ISC Code: 241)
- Former Names: Summer Beaver First Nation
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Subarctic
- Indigenous Language: Oji-Cree
- Number of Registered Members: 571
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 11/27/2025
- CHIEF: MICHAEL SUGARHEAD
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:5
- MICHAEL SUGARHEAD
- BENNY "HARVEY" YELLOWHEAD
- WALTER PHILIP OSHKINEEGISH
- HEZEKIAH ERIC NESHINAPAISE
- RICHARD ERNEST ROUNDHEAD
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: /nations/195-nibinamik-first-nation
- PHONE NUMBER: (807) 593-2131
- FAX NUMBER: (807) 593-2270
- ADDRESS: GENERAL DELIVERY, SUMMER BEAVER, ON
- EMAILS:
- Chief MICHAEL SUGARHEAD:
- Councillor BENNY "HARVEY" YELLOWHEAD:
- Councillor WALTER PHILIP OSHKINEEGISH:
- Councillor HEZEKIAH ERIC NESHINAPAISE:
- Deputy Chief RICHARD ERNEST ROUNDHEAD:
- 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
- 2010 - Nibinamik First Nation20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Nibinamik First Nation20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Nibinamik First Nation20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Nibinamik First Nation20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Nibinamik First Nation20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Nibinamik First Nation20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Nibinamik First Nation20042005.pdf
- 2002 - Nibinamik First Nation20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Nibinamik First Nation20012002.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: 6356
SUMMER BEAVER SETTLEMENT
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- Northwestern Ontario
- Encompasses parts of Hudson Bay Lowlands
- Traditional hunting and trapping grounds
- Rivers and lakes critical to traditional lifestyle
- Historically nomadic Oji-Cree territory
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- House fire displaces family of 6 in remote First Nation in northwestern Ontario
- Nibinamik First Nation and the Government of Canada announce water treatment plant upgrades to eliminate long-term drinking water advisory
- Monday's Ring of Fire road announcement 'premature' say area First Nations
- $500 for a bag of groceries? Alliance aims to lower food costs in remote northern communties
- What Would It Look Like to Take the First Nations Water Crisis Seriously?
- ‘You’re a gift to this world’: How to support Indigenous kids’ mental health
- Inquest for Oji-Cree artist Moses Beaver begins 6 years after death while in custody
- Ryerson pilot project strives to transform housing in Northern Ontario First Nations communities
- Ottawa promises Nibinamik clean water by 2021
- Pet rescues sending supplies and support as Nibinamik battles canine parvovirus outbreak
- More mental health resources needed in remote First Nations, jury hears during Moses Beaver inquest
- Nibinamik First Nation chief expresses 'outrage' over video of officer hitting teen
- Ford promises to connect five First Nations to power grid
- Canada funding Nibinamik First Nation water treatment plant upgrade
- Growing Together: Facilitating Growth in Nibinamik First Nation
- Ontario promises to add 5 more First Nations to power grid, end reliance on diesel
- Would you pay $40 for a bag of flour? Some remote First Nations in northern Ontario have no choice
- Northern Ontario First Nation residents get to design their own homes in pilot project
- More than 6 years later, Moses Beaver's means of death 'undetermined', inquest jury finds
- Ontario pledges 'support' for year-round road access to 3 remote First Nations
- Indigenous youth helping each other during pandemic
- Province announces planning to start for Ring of Fire road
- Aboriginal leaders demanding answers in death of artist Moses Beaver
- New initiative designed to build net-zero housing will help meet nutritional needs in remote communities as well
- No mental health support available for First Nations artist who died in jail, chief says
- Group helping youth in remote First Nations hopes to keep connection alive through COVID-19
- Ontario Helping Indigenous People in Thunder Bay Train as Carpenters
- Northern First Nations Leadership clarify involvement in Infrastructure Development following Province's Ring of Fire Announcement
- Grading the gap: At risk
- Inquest into death of Indigenous artist Moses Beaver set for April
- New Canadian Ranger Patrol Named in Nibinamik First Nation
- Visioning our Future Dwelling Together: Housing Policy in Nibinamik First Nation
- First Nations education centre in Thunder Bay to get major overhaul
- First Nations ownership group acquires a new partner
- Annual First Nations Housing Conference in Thunder Bay, Ont., puts students to work
- First Nations leaders demand investigation into Moses Amik Beaver’s death
- Rye charity event raises funds and hope for Nibinamik youth
- New grants advance Matawa First Nations' fibre-optic project
- Nibinamik First Nation declares state of emergency after generator failure
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Collaborative research with First Nations in northern Ontario: The process and methodology
- Complete Searches for Cultural Safety in Renal Care
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Indigenous Health Curricula: Validation and Application of the NOSM CAST Instrument
- Kitakiwi Masinahikanan (Our Map)
- Including Indigenous perspectives in policy-making processes: natural resource development in Northern Ontario
- How colonialism makes its world: Infrastructure and First Nation debt in Canada
- “Blue-ice”: framing climate change and reframing climate change adaptation from the indigenous peoples' perspective in the northern boreal forest of Ontario, Canada
- Waiting Game: Exploring the Lived Experiences of First Nations who are Waiting for Housing to Determine Appropriate Policy and Planning Directions
- First Nation observations and perspectives on the changing climate in Ontario's Northern Boreal: forming bridges across the disappearing
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Including Indigenous perspectives in policy-making processes: natural resource development in Northern Ontario
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Community collaboration in the face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examples of How Remote First Nations in Northern Ontario Managed the Pandemic
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
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