Indigenous
Pikangikum Chief and Council
Governs Pikangikum
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
- PP Paddy Peters Chief · since January 2025
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Deputy Chief
Elected
- JS Jonah Strang Deputy Chief · since January 2025
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9 councillors
Elected
- BO Berry Owen Councillor · since January 2025
- BP Bradley Guthrie Peters Councillor · since April 2026
- CT Corry Turtle Councillor · since November 2025
- GM Gabriel Moose Councillor · since January 2025
- JS Jeffrey Strang Councillor · since January 2025
- JS Jim Strang Councillor · since January 2025
- LS Lilah Suggashie Councillor · since November 2025
- RK Richard Keeper Councillor · since April 2026
- ST Saladius Turtle Councillor · since January 2025
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Paddy Peters as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Deputy Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Jonah Strang as Deputy Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Berry Owen as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Bradley Guthrie Peters as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Corry Turtle as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Gabriel Moose as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Jeffrey Strang as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Jim Strang as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Lilah Suggashie as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Richard Keeper as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Saladius Turtle as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
PO BOX 323
PIKANGIKUM, ON P0V 2L0- Phone (807) 773-5578
- Web ifna.ca
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.
- Membership code (Indian Act s. 10)
Decides who belongs to the First Nation under its own membership rules, adopted by a majority of its electors.
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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
- Membership code (Indian Act s. 10) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
Sources
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles: band office, website, election system "Custom Electoral System". For: Pikangikum 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)
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Membership code (Indian Act s. 10). For: Membership code (Indian Act s. 10)
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Office title and number of holders listed by ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance), election system "Custom Electoral System". For: Deputy Chief, Councillor, Chief
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2025-01-17, expiry date 2027-01-17. For: Jonah Strang as Deputy Chief, Berry Owen as Councillor, Gabriel Moose as Councillor, Jeffrey Strang as Councillor, Jim Strang as Councillor and 2 more
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2026-04-02, expiry date 2027-01-17. For: Bradley Guthrie Peters as Councillor, Richard Keeper as Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2025-11-03, expiry date 2027-01-17. For: Corry Turtle as Councillor, Lilah Suggashie as Councillor
- 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, January 17, 2027