Kit-i-gan Zi-bi An-ish-i-na-beg | Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation
Community Profile
- Located in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg is a vibrant Algonquin community committed to preserving their language, culture, and traditional practices while pursuing economic development and self-governance.
- Last Updated 2025-05-03 16:50:22 UTC
- Name: Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (ISC Code: 73)
- Former Names: River Desert First Nation
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Algonquin Territory
- Indigenous Language: Algonquin
- Number of Registered Members: 4230
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 08/29/2026
- CHIEF: JEAN-GUY WHITEDUCK
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:7
- JEAN-GUY WHITEDUCK
- ANITA TENASCO
- VICTORIA-LYNN TENASCO-COMMANDA
- ANDY DECONTIE
- GORDON MCGREGOR
- FRANK MENESS
- CELINE WHITEDUCK
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.kza.qc.ca/
- PHONE NUMBER: (819) 449-5170
- FAX NUMBER: (819) 449-5673
- ADDRESS: 1, Paganakomin Mikan Street, P.O. Box 309, Maniwaki, QC
- EMAILS:
- Chief JEAN-GUY WHITEDUCK:
- Councillor ANITA TENASCO:
- Councillor VICTORIA-LYNN TENASCO-COMMANDA:
- Councillor ANDY DECONTIE:
- Councillor GORDON MCGREGOR:
- Councillor FRANK MENESS:
- Councillor CELINE WHITEDUCK:
- 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 - Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg20122013.pdf
- 2011 - Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg20012002.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: 6100
KITIGAN ZIBI
21009.0 Hectares
O/W RIVER/BANK OF/DE RIVIERE/RIVER GATINEAU
[46.3434907, -76.08828240000001]
Kitigan Zibi Traditional Territory
- Encompasses regions of Outaouais, Quebec
- Includes Maniwaki and surrounding areas
- Historically used lands for hunting, fishing, and gathering
- Significant cultural sites along the Gatineau River watershed
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
- Morin c. Conseil de bande de Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg
- Morin c. Conseil de bande Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg
- Association de chasse et de pêche de la région de Mont-Laurier inc. (ZEC Petawaga) c. Conseil de bande Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg
- Morin v Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Band Council
- Morin c. Conseil de bande de Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg
- Morin c. Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation
- Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation c. Morin
- Budge c. Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- The City of Gatineau continues its commitment to the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation
- How indigenous conservation protects Canada’s environment
- Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Signs Historic $116-Million Settlement With Ottawa
- Health System News Indigenous Communities Help Shape New Treatment Centre
- Stories from the Indigenous water crisis
- Anishinabe filmmakers Abraham Cote and Jason Brennan put Kitigan Zibi on the big screen
- 'Growing tension' inside the public service over Indigenous self-identification
- Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation and Canada take major step forward on path of reconciliation
- Top Canadian Director Responds to Controversy Over Indigenous Ancestry Claims
- Canada’s First Nation Takes Proactive Approach Against Radon
- Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation endorses Sparks' bid for Ottawa Senators
- Michelle Latimer breaks silence, presents ancestry report following questions about Indigenous identity
- Indigenous Veterans Day: 8 veterans from Kitigan Zibi you should know about
- Unresolved: Maisy Marie Odjick
- Algonquin 'Guardians' explore culture one spruce stitch at a time
- PM dismisses Algonquin concerns over Chalk River nuclear waste dump
- Award-winning filmmaker Michelle Latimer's Indigenous identity under scrutiny
- Kitigan Zibi chief frustrated by lack of vaccine commitment
- Algonquin Nation calls truck convoy protest actions on their territory 'unacceptable'
- Judge rules a Métis community in Maniwaki region doesn’t exist, orders defendants to pay costs for experts
- 'Unacceptable': Quebec First Nation frustrated by latest identity fraud allegation
- Indigenous filmmaker wants fines, jail time for 'pretendians' who misrepresent their identity
- Celebrating Pride Month: ‘Being Different is Actually Quite Normal’
- 'People will not have a choice to forget': Electronic billboard to display MMIWG cases
- Algonquin elder shares 'grandpa's wisdom' in children's book on bug-borne illnesses
- National Truth and Reconciliation Day marks the resilience of Indigenous peoples
- First Nations want federal party co-operation, commitment to clean water
- New national chief calls for reparations for Indigenous people
- Radioactive waste site ‘shoved down our throats,’ critics say
- Failed Wellington St. renaming proposal highlights sensitivities around Indigenous reconciliation
- Kitigan Zibi babies left out of land settlement claim
- Menu and decor at Manitou Bistro 'reprehensible,' some Kitigan Zibi members say
- Montreal police apologize for how MMIWG family was treated during 20-year-old investigation
- NCC to vote on new SJAM name after selecting Algonquin recommendation
- Native friendship centre expands to ‘bring a sense of hope’ to Indigenous people far from home
- Indigenous Guardians initiatives now implemented in more than a quarter of First Nations across Canada
- Faculty of social sciences hosts Indigenous-led seminar on First Nations control of First Nations education
- Meet Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg's new chief, 30-year-old Dylan Whiteduck
- Federal government settles Kitigan Zibi land claims
- Algonquin Elder Claudette Commanda appointed chancellor at University of Ottawa
- Universities should publicly apologize for perpetuating Indigenous identity fraud: chief
- Algonquin chiefs disappointed but unsurprised by radioactive dump approval
- The Kitigan Zibi Anishnabeg Nation and Ville de Gatineau Host the 2023 Great Gathering
- ‘We just feel like our voices aren’t being heard’: Algonquin leaders push back against nuclear waste site plan
- Algonquin horticulturist helps Ottawa church’s garden project grow into Indigenous learning centre
- Ceremonies to honour First Nations veterans scaled back, moved online due to pandemic
- Indigenous artifacts found near Ottawa give clues to settlement dating back 10,000 years
- Bloc Quebécois stands with Algonquin Nation against proposed nuclear waste site
- NHLer Gino Odjick being remembered as hometown hero in Kitigan Zibi First Nation
- Algonquin First Nations oppose giant radioactive waste mound beside the Ottawa River on their unceded territory
- 'I felt like an outcast': Kitigan Zibi Anishinābeg members reflect on truth and reconciliation
- ‘We need to wake up’: Algonquin leaders sound alarm over planned nuclear waste facility near Ottawa River
- Gino Odjick will be remembered as a 'legend' in Kitigan Zibi says chief
- Filmmaker Michelle Latimer addresses questions about her Indigenous ancestry
- Thousands of artifacts to be returned to First Nations after years boxed away in an Ottawa building
- Digging for 'lost heritage': Why it's important to Indigenous youth
- Indigenous players make up half the Maniwaki Mustangs squad
- The new Anishinabe Algonquin Nation Protocol with the City of Ottawa
- First Nations soldiers felt torn between identity and military service
- Gilbert W. Whiteduck
- Chalk River nuclear waste facility decision paused for consultation with two First Nations
- Indigenous engagement: Six success stories in Canada’s Capital
- Quebec Algonquins file title claim to downtown Ottawa
- Take nation-to-nation approach, First Nation tells feds, as it seeks equal say on 100 Wellington's future
- U of O welcomes students back with new Indigenous sign
- INSIGHT: First Nations a key player in future of LeBreton Flats – Centretown News
- Trickster producers resign amid Michelle Latimer Indigenous identity questions
- ‘Kill the bill on the hill’: First Nations in Ontario voice their opposition to Métis self government bill
- Algonquin elder, Muslim women build bridges through ‘experiences of racism’
- Julianne Dumont
- Unresolved: Shannon Mary Dale Alexander
- First Nation's potential stake in Sens purchase is 'reconciliation in action,' experts say
- First Nation makes new home for children's shoes left last year on Parliament Hill
- Gino Odjick
- Jay Odjick
- With her debut mural, Caroline Monnet is 'tattooing' Anishinaabe design on Montreal
- How Jay Odjick illustrated the Robert Munsch picture book Bear for Breakfast
- Ottawa nets new riverkeeper
- Keeper of the wampum: William Commanda, Algonquin elder
- Indigenous teen expands scrunchie business to Sudbury
- Warm Canadian winter threatens Algonquin ice-fishing traditions
- Indigenous filmmaker shoots first feature-length film in Anishinaabemowin
- NHLer Gino Odjick being remembered as hometown hero in Kitigan Zibi First Nation
- Jobena Petonoquot plays the trickster in Rebellion of my Ancestors
- Gatineau, Kitigan Zibi team up to find new name for Rue Amherst
- Kitigan Zibi chief joins call for First Nations control over pot tax
- NFB pulls Michelle Latimer's documentary Inconvenient Indian from Sundance festival
- Quebec Superior Court orders Kitigan Zibi to stop blocking hunter access to wildlife reserve
- Why these survivors and advocates want more than an apology from the Pope
- Warm winters threaten Algonquin traditions
- Ottawa city council could create non-voting seat for Anishinabe Algonquin elder
- Algonquin leaders want Ottawa's attention on proposed radioactive dumping ground
- Radioactive waste site in Chalk River a go
- 'We were anything but primitive': How Indigenous-led archaeology is challenging colonial preconceptions
- Residential school survivors in Kitigan Zibi saddened but not surprised by news from B.C.
- Gatineau collaborates with Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg community to rename problematic street
- Knife found beneath Parliament to be returned to Algonquin nations in historic move
- University of Ottawa names Claudette Commanda first Indigenous chancellor
- New name proposed for Sir John A. Macdonald parkway reflects Indigenous heritage
- ‘We are being led astray’: Kitigan Zibi chief blasts Canadian government over negotiation process for Aboriginal Title claim
- Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation endorses Sparks’ bid for Ottawa Senators
- Kitigan Zibi files Aboriginal title claim over Parliament Hill lands
- City of Gatineau changing street name to honour Indigenous communities
- Algonquin Nation says it ‘does not support’ ceremony, truckers convoy on traditional territory
- Waiting for land back, Pikwàkanagàn First Nation is opting to buy back
- Today's letters: Indigenous identity a complex matter
- NCC to vote on new SJAM name after selecting Algonquin recommendation
- Nuclear regulator weighs decision as First Nations irate over Chalk River waste site
- William Commanda led a long life as respected visionary
- Moose co-management a priority at Anishinabek Nation Mooz Maawanjiding—Moose Symposium
- Reporting in Indigenous Communities | Amplifying Indigenous Voices
- Past Speakers - Indigenous Research Ethics Institute
- University says ‘meegwetch’ to Algonquin leader
- Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation in talks with Senators ownership bidder
- Help wanted: why businesses at Kitigan Zibi have to navigate three languages
- My reflection on Reconciliation
- Featured Speakers - Indigenous Research Ethics Institute
- Featured Speakers - Indigenous Research Ethics Institute
- An Anishinabe great-grandmother and her daughter, a grand-mother herself, warn us about the 3 C’s.
- Kitigan Zibi chief joins call for First Nations control over pot tax
- Feds confirm $8.6M for bridge transformation, renaming at event stressing Indigenous reconciliation
- City of Ottawa celebrates official opening of the Chief William Commanda Bridge
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Understanding conversion to Jehovism among Indigenous peoples: The case of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg
- Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi: Algonquin Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century
- KITIGAN ZIBI ANISHINABEG
- Developing an e-Community Approach to Broadband-Enabled Community Services in Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation
- How to Buy a Coffee in a Settler State: Language and Refusal in Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg
- The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders: Political Resistance from the Margins
- " In a Good Way": Repatriation, Community and Development in Kitigan Zibi
- The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders: Political Resistance from the Margins
- First nations and the repossession of education: the case of Kitigan Zibi
- Broadband-Enabled Community Services in Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation: Developing an e-Community Approach
- The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders: Political Resistance from the Margins
- Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi: Algonquin Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century
- KITIGAN ZIBI ANISHINABEG
- The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders: Political Resistance from the Margins
- Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi: Algonquin Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century
- KITIGAN ZIBI ANISHINABEG
- The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders: Political Resistance from the Margins
- Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi: Algonquin Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century
- KITIGAN ZIBI ANISHINABEG
- A Struggle for Survival: The Algonquin Language Immersion Program of Kitigàn Zibi School, Maniwaki, Canada
- The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders: Political Resistance from the Margins
- Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi: Algonquin Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century
- KITIGAN ZIBI ANISHINABEG
- The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders: Political Resistance from the Margins
- Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi: Algonquin Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century
- KITIGAN ZIBI ANISHINABEG
- The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders: Political Resistance from the Margins
- Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi: Algonquin Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century
- KITIGAN ZIBI ANISHINABEG
- The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders: Political Resistance from the Margins
- Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi: Algonquin Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century
- KITIGAN ZIBI ANISHINABEG
- The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders: Political Resistance from the Margins
- Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi: Algonquin Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century
- KITIGAN ZIBI ANISHINABEG
- The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders: Political Resistance from the Margins
- Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi: Algonquin Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century
- KITIGAN ZIBI ANISHINABEG
- The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders: Political Resistance from the Margins
- Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi: Algonquin Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century
- KITIGAN ZIBI ANISHINABEG
- The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders: Political Resistance from the Margins
- Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi: Algonquin Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century
- KITIGAN ZIBI ANISHINABEG
- The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders: Political Resistance from the Margins
- Since Time Immemorial,“Our Story”: The Story of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinàbeg
- Since Time Immemorial," Our Story": The Story of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinàbeg
- Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi: Algonquin Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century
- KITIGAN ZIBI ANISHINABEG
- The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders: Political Resistance from the Margins
- Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi: Algonquin Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century
- KITIGAN ZIBI ANISHINABEG
- The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders: Political Resistance from the Margins
- The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders: Political Resistance from the Margins
- Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi: Algonquin Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century
- KITIGAN ZIBI ANISHINABEG
- KITIGAN ZIBI ANISHINABEG
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