Indigenous
Première Nation des Abénakis de Wôlinak Chief and Council
Governs Première Nation des Abénakis de Wôlinak
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
- MB Michel R. Bernard Chief · since June 2024
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4 councillors
Elected
- DL Dominique Landry Councillor · since June 2026
- KL Karolane Landry-Mensah Councillor · since June 2024
- MH Marylène Houle Councillor · since June 2026
- SB Stéphanie Bernard Councillor · since June 2026
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Michel R. Bernard as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Dominique Landry as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Karolane Landry-Mensah as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Marylène Houle as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Stéphanie Bernard as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
10120, Rue Kolipaïo
Wôlinak, QC G0X 1B0- Phone (819) 294-6696
- Web nationwabanaki.com
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: Première Nation des Abénakis de Wôlinak 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: Councillor, Chief
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2026-06-15, expiry date 2030-06-11. For: Dominique Landry as Councillor, Marylène Houle as Councillor, Stéphanie Bernard as Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2024-06-12, expiry date 2028-06-11. For: Karolane Landry-Mensah as Councillor, Michel R. Bernard as Chief
- 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, June 11, 2028