Indigenous
Waswanipi Chief and Council
Governs Waswanipi
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
- MH Matthew A. Happyjack Chief · since September 2026
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Vice Chief
Elected
- SS Sammy Salt-Blacksmith Vice Chief · since September 2026
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7 councillors
Elected
- AM Alex Moses Councillor · since September 2026
- AS Allan Saganash Councillor · since September 2026
- LN Laurie Neeposh Councillor · since September 2026
- MN Michael Neeposh Councillor · since September 2026
- RG Robin Gull-Saganash Councillor · since September 2026
- SH Sandra Happyjack Councillor · since September 2026
- SS Stanley Saganash Councillor · since September 2026
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Matthew A. Happyjack as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Vice Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Sammy Salt-Blacksmith as Vice Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Alex Moses as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Allan Saganash as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Laurie Neeposh as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Michael Neeposh as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Robin Gull-Saganash as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Sandra Happyjack as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Stanley Saganash as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
1, Chief Louis R. Gull Street, Diom Blacksmith Building, P.O. Box 8
Waswapini, QC J0Y 3C0- Phone (819) 753-2587
- Web waswanipi.com
What it can do
- Self-government law-making
Makes its own laws for its lands and citizens in the areas set out in the Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee Governance Agreement Act (S.C. 2018, c. 4, s. 2) and the Cree Constitution. The Indian Act no longer applies to most matters.
- Citizenship
Decides who belongs to the First Nation under its own rules (Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee Governance Agreement Act (S.C. 2018, c. 4, s. 2) and the Cree Constitution).
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Sources for what it can do
- Self-government law-making laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
- Citizenship laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
Sources
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles: band office, website, election system "Cree - Naskapi". For: Waswanipi 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 Self-government law-making. For: Self-government law-making
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Citizenship. For: Citizenship
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Office title and number of holders listed by ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance), election system "Cree - Naskapi". For: Vice Chief, Chief, Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2026-09-01, expiry date 2030-08-31. For: Sammy Salt-Blacksmith as Vice Chief, Matthew A. Happyjack as Chief, Alex Moses as Councillor, Allan Saganash as Councillor, Laurie Neeposh as Councillor and 4 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, August 31, 2030