Indigenous
Biigtigong Nishnaabeg Chief and Council
Governs Biigtigong Nishnaabeg
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
- DM Duncan Malcolm Michano Chief · since November 2025
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12 councillors
Elected
- BG Basil Anthony Goodchild Councillor · since November 2025
- DM Donald Mathews James Michano Councillor · since November 2025
- DC Donovan Dale Jeffory Crosson Councillor · since November 2025
- DM Doreen Catherine Moses Councillor · since November 2025
- GM Garland Moses Councillor · since November 2025
- JK Janice Lea Ann Kelly Councillor · since November 2025
- JT John Leslie Charles Twance Councillor · since November 2025
- MD Melissa Ann Marie Desmoulin Councillor · since November 2025
- RC Randal Elmer Courchene Councillor · since November 2025
- SO Sharon Lynn Ostberg Councillor · since November 2025
- SL Shelly Ann Livingston Councillor · since November 2025
- WT Wayne Stuart Twance Councillor · since November 2025
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Duncan Malcolm Michano as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Basil Anthony Goodchild as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Donald Mathews James Michano as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Donovan Dale Jeffory Crosson as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Doreen Catherine Moses as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Garland Moses as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Janice Lea Ann Kelly as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- John Leslie Charles Twance as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Melissa Ann Marie Desmoulin as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Randal Elmer Courchene as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Sharon Lynn Ostberg as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Shelly Ann Livingston as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Wayne Stuart Twance as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
PO BOX 193
HERON BAY, ON P0T 1R0- Phone (807) 229-1749
What it can do
- By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81)
Makes by-laws for its reserves: health of residents, traffic, law and order, nuisances, animals, roads, water supplies and other local works, zoning and buildings, allotment of reserve land, residence on the reserve, wildlife and fish on the reserve, and trespass. Fines of up to $1,000.
- Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83)
With the Minister's approval, taxes land and interests in land on the reserve for local purposes, licenses businesses, and spends band money. Many First Nations tax property under the First Nations Fiscal Management Act instead.
- Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1)
With the consent of a majority of electors voting at a special band meeting, may prohibit the sale, supply, manufacture or possession of intoxicants on the reserve.
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Sources for what it can do
- By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
- Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
- Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
Sources
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles: band office, website, election system "First Nations Elections Act". For: Biigtigong Nishnaabeg Chief and Council
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Band office address, phone and fax from ISC First Nation Profiles. For: Band office
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81). For: By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81)
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83). For: Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83)
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1). For: Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1)
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Office title and number of holders listed by ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance), election system "First Nations Elections Act". For: Chief, Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2025-11-09, expiry date 2029-11-08. For: Duncan Malcolm Michano as Chief, Basil Anthony Goodchild as Councillor, Donald Mathews James Michano as Councillor, Donovan Dale Jeffory Crosson as Councillor, Doreen Catherine Moses as Councillor and 8 more
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Date estimated from the term expiry date in ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance); not an announced election date. For: General election, November 8, 2029