Eabametoong First Nation Community Profile

Home , Aroland First Nation, Eabametoong First Nation, NAC Air, North Star Air, Sioux Lookout

PTO: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation TC: Matawa First Nations Management

ACCESSIBILITY Population: 2199

On Reserve: 1250 Off Reserve: 949 Accessible by YES NO SEASONAL

Air X CONTACT INFORMATION Road X X

Road - Winter X X Eabametoong First Nation Boat X P.O. Box 298 Eabamet Lake, Ontario P0T 1L0 Eabametoong (Fort Hope) is located 360 kilometers north of Thunder Bay; the nearest road/railway town is Tel: (807) 242-7221 or (807) 242-7468 Armstrong, 155 km southwest. Eabamet is 362-air km Fax: (807) 242-1440 North of Thunder Bay; 347-air km Northeast of Sioux Lookout; & 217-air km northwest of Geraldton. Website: www.eabametoong.firstnation.ca Local roads are maintained by the First Nation, while OVERVIEW the airport and main streets are maintained by MTO. Community transportation is provided by private vehicles.

Transportation

Eabametoong is accessible by air year round by means of 3500 ft. gravel airstrip with scheduled and chartered flights. Airlines are as follows: - NAC Air - Gold Belt Air Service - Nakina Air Service - Lock Har Air Services - Thunder Airlines - North Star Air - Wasaya Airlines Eabametoong First Nation is located on the north shore of Eabamet Lake in North-western Ontario. Eabamet Docking facilities are also available for floatplanes Lake drains into the Albany River via the Eabamet during the open water season. Snowmobiles and Narrows, and each spring during the runoff, the water trails are also in use between isolated communities at the narrows reverses flow back into Eabamet Lake during the winter months. for a short period of time. Hence the traditional name of “Eabametoong”, which means, “ the reversing of the water place.

1 Eabametoong First Nation Community Profile LANGUAGES Band Office Employees Tel: (807) 242-7221 or (807) 242-7468 The Ojibwe language (spoken and written) is the Fax: (807) 242-1440 working language used by the mature population Conference Room: Ext. 234 while English (spoken and written) is predominant as the working language with the younger generation. TITLE TEL Chief Ext. 222 GOVERNANCE CLUP Ext. 224 Economic Development Ext. 227 Election System YES NO Officer Electoral X Senior Advisor Ext. 228 Term of office: 2 years Executive Assistant Ext. 229 Band Manager Ext. 230 The Eabametoong leadership is comprised for an Administrator Assistant Ext. 235 elected Chief and Council under the authority of the Finance Con./H.S.S. Ext. 240 Indian Act. The electorate is all Eabametoong First Bookkeeper (interim) Nation members, 18 years of age and older. The Public Works/Projects Ext. 236 Chief and council of Eabametoong First Nation total HR Officer (interim) Ext. 242 six elected officials who serve a term of two years. Workforce Support Ext. 238 Officer (interim) ELECTORAL RIDINGS Finance Controller & Ext. 258 Clerk (F) Cochrane – Superior Payroll Clerk Ext. 226 (P) Lake Nipigon AGM Coordinator Ext. 243 EFN Bookkeeper Ext. 237

Accounts Receivable/ Ext. 231 BAND OFFICE INFORMATION Power Auth.

Accounts Payable Ext. 232 Eabametoong First Nation Officials Recreation Ext. 241

Receptionist Ext. 221

Homemakers 242-1157 Title

Chief Band Office Telephone Lines

Line #1 ------242-7468 Councillor Line #2 ------242-7592

Line #3 ------242-7552 Councillor Line #4 ------242-7221

Line #5 ------242-7320 Councillor Fax # ------(807) 242-1440 Water Treatment Plant ------242-1285 Councillor Fire Hall ------242-1300 Homemakers ------242-1157 Councillor Power Plant ------242-1536

2 Eabametoong First Nation Community Profile COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE Eabametoong Cable TV Inc. is staffed by the following BASIC YES NO positions: Eabametoong Electricity X Power Manager authority Cable Tech/Maintenance Communal Water X Water System Communication (Radio Station) Sewage X Lagoon Facility Line # 1------807-242-7511 Solid Waste Sanitary Line # 2 ------807-242-1436 Disposal X Landfill COMMUNICATIONS EABAMETOONG F.N. BRANCH OFFICE Canada Post X 5 days/week Telephone X Bell Canada Telephone Lines Radio Line # 1 ------(807) 242-7361 - Local X Line # 2 ------242-1355 (101.5 fm) Line # 3 ------242-7264 - Wawatay X Via Satellite Line # 4 ------242-7265 - CBC X Fax # ------(807) 242-1090 Radio Internet X Cancom TITLE TEL Canada Branch Office Calls to branch office Receptionist employees are referred Newspaper through reception - Wawatay

News X Bi-weekly Ontario Works - Chronicle Journal X Welfare Administrator Welfare Administrator Assistant Power Plant Operator P/T Welfare (807) 242-1536 Administrator

O & M Water Systems COMMUNITY RECREATION FACILITIES

Phone: (807) 242-1285 Recreation Coordinator W.T.P.O. Supervisor Phone: (807) 242-7221 W.T.P.O. Assistant Community Stats O & M Community Buildings Recreation YES NO & Facilities Condition O&M Coordinator - Indoor Janitor - 8 yrs. Old Band Maintenance Arena – seasonal X - Real ice (very good to good Cable TV Inc. conditions) -Future plans for Phone: 807- 242-1595 Community Hall X various activities Fax: 807-242-1106 - Needs 3 Eabametoong First Nation Community Profile Improvements EFN Education Authority’s O&M staff consists of: At John C. Yesno Playground X School 1-O&M Coordinator - Available for 1- O&M Maintenance Man after school hours 1- Head Custodian Gymnasium X and on weekends 5- Custodians - Baseball - Basketball EFN Education Authority - Staff (homemade, good Phone: 807-242-1305 Sports Field X condition but needs TITLE TEL improvement). Education Coordinator Ext. 24 Pow-Wow Finance Controller Ext. 25 Grounds X Once per year Finance Clerk Ext. 26 - 4 kms along Administrative Assistant Ext. 21 Recreation Trails X shoreline. O&M Coordinator 242-1567 - East of Maintenance Worker 242-1567 Beach X community by the Bay John C. Yesno Education Centre Phone: 807-242-8421 EDUCATION Fax: 807-242-1592

Eabametoong First Nation Education Authority Eabametoong has a relatively new school “John C. Yesno Education Centre” rebuilt in 1998-2000, which Eabametoong First Nation Education Authority handles grades K4-10. The authorized capacity of the consists of many components, including a Board of school as per INAC guidelines is 289 students. Directors. Under the direction of the Board are the Head Office Staff: Education Coordinator, Accounts Secondary and post secondary students attend schools Payable/Receivable Clerk, and Receptionist/Secretary. in Thunder Bay, Sioux Lookout and Sault Ste. Marie, Also important to mention is the staff of Operations & etc. Maintenance who are responsible for the smooth operation of the school. These hard working Eabametoong First Nation employees ensure that the school is maintained and Education Authority cleaned daily. P.O. Box 294 Eabamet Lake, Ontario EFN Education Authority – Board of Directors P0T 1L0

Phone: 807-242-1305 TITLE Fax: 807-242-1313 Board Member Board Member Eabametoong First Nation Board Member Education Authority Branch Office: Board Member Board Member 202-135 Syndicate Ave. N. Thunder Bay, ON P7C-3V6 O & M Staff Phone: (807) 623-5943 Phone: (807) 242-1567 Counsellors: (807) 623-5943 Fax: (807) 623-8437 4 Eabametoong First Nation Community Profile 1-Nurse TITLE TEL 2-P.S.W. Counsellor (807) 623-5943 2-P.A.W. Part-time Worker (807) 623-5943 2-H.S.W. 2-H.M.W.

HEALTH *All Crisis Team staff can be reached through the coordinator Kevin S.C. Sagutcheway Nursing Station Brighter Futures Phone: 807-242-7401 Phone: 807-242-1333 Fax: 807-242-1344 Fax: 807-242 1506

Elderly Care – Eabametoong has facility “Mang- Alcohol & Drug Abuse Program Otawin” which provides shelter care for the elderly Phone: 807-242-1151 people from within and outside the community. Home support services through Homemakers are also EABAMETOONG HOUSING AUTHORITY available to elderly and disabled persons living at home. Phone: (807) 242-1332

. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Before modern housing was available through the . Tikinagan Child Welfare Government, most everybody constructed their own . Youth Foot Patrol dwelling made of earth, bark, hide, logs, lumber, . Prenatal Nutrition tarpaper, and canvas. The first two houses constructed . Women’s Wellness in the new community (1962) were made of local . Youth Coordinator lumber frame with sawdust for insulation. Eventually, . Mental Health Brighter Futures plywood 2x4 frame housing units were built with . Homemakers/Home Support fiberglass insulation. . Healthy Babies/Healthy Children Today, all newly constructed houses are made of . Suicide Intervention/Prevention R2000 construction. . Diabetes Worker The Housing Authority oversees all habitable housing units on-reserve, which currently consists of 267 units Social Programs / Services of which 155 units are older (1975-95) and 112 units are newer (1997-2004). The newer units are Social Services Office: 807-242-1484 mortgaged houses, which are rented out to tenants. The older houses (non rental units) are maintained Program Name YES NO and repaired for health and safety then eventually Meal Planning-Preparation X replaced when condemned. Personal Care X All new units are covered for fire loss while the older Respite Care X units are not. All homes use wood for heating, the Home Management X newer units have forced air furnaces while the older homes use radiant heaters. Crisis Team Coordinator There are currently 246 occupied First Nation homes Phone: 807-242-1333 or 807-242-1232 most of which are built under Government subsides – INAC Minor capital funding or Private Lending The Crisis Team is staffed by the following positions: Financing (Bank). Eabametoong First Nation adopted a 10-year Rental 1-Coordinator Housing Program in 1997 to construct 100 new houses and renovate 150 existing homes. 5 Eabametoong First Nation Community Profile Activity to date includes: . NAPS (police) ------242-8561  1997 - 33 new homes built . NAC ------242-8434  1998 – 8 renovated homes Or ------1-800-856-6075  1999 – 9 renovated homes . Northern Store Nakina ------1-800-775-6443  1999 – 4 new homes built . Nursing Station ------242-7401  2000 – 20 new homes built Or ------242-1224  2003 – 15 new homes planned Or ------242-1134 All these new and renovated housing are on rent-to- . Tikinagan Child & Family Services ------242-1596 own basis. . Waboose Toys ------242-1074 . Wasaya Air ------242-1524 SPIRITUAL SERVICES Or ------1-800-492-7292 . Water Treatment ------242-1285 Four active churches service Eabametoong. . St. Anglican Church Eabamet Lake Construction . Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church . Fort Hope Full Gospel Church Phone: 242-1318 Fax: 242-1245 . Fortress of Hope Ministries There is also a group of people that practice traditional Eabamet Lake Construction employs the following 8 and culture way of life. positions:

Business and Commerce Manager Field Supervisor Eabametoong has the following active businesses. Cook . Albany North Kitchen ------242-1308 Cook . Bell Canada ------310-2355 Housemaid . Canada Post ------242-1573 Mechanic . CEHR ------242-8454 Mechanic . CHR ------242-1131 Heavy Equipment . Corny’s Variety ------242-1316 . Corny’s Variety (convenience) ------242-7265 Matawa Employment & Training Program . Education Authority ------242-1305 . EFNEA O&M ------242-1567 P.O. Box 298 . Eabamet Lake Construction ------242-1318 Eabamet Lake On . ELC Kitchen ------242-1318 P0T 1L0 . Eabametoong Cable/Internet ------242-1595 Phone: 807-242-7468 Fax: 807-242-1440 . Eabametoong Radio Station ------242-7511 . Family Drop-In Centre ------242-1232 Employment Counsellor - Gordon Yellowhead . Fire Hall ------242-1300 . Health & Social Service ------242-1333 / 1484 Matawa Employment & Training . Home & Community Care ------242-1157 . Housing Authority ------242-1157 Matawa Employment & Training (MET) is a new . Keewaytinook H.S. ------242-1554 division of Matawa First Nations Management. . Kids Help Line ------1-800-668-6868 Located at the Matawa First Nations Management . LakeView Store ------242-8177 office in Thunder Bay, our goal is to help Matawa First . Mangotawin ------242-1277 Nation people of all ages to achieve their personal career goals through improved access to employment . MTO ------242-8151 and training initiatives. . Nakina Air Service ------242-7497 Or ------1-800-797-4424 Matawa Employment & Training Contact Info

6 Eabametoong First Nation Community Profile 233 South Court Street Fax: 807-242-1039 Thunder Bay, ON P7B 2X9 NAPS Headquarters Northwest Region Phone: 807-344-4575 Toll Free: 1-800-463-2249 2027 Derek Burney Drive, Suite 300 Fax: 807-344-2977 Thunder Bay, Ontario P7K 0A1 Telephone: 1-800-654-NAPS Fax: 1-800-404-4093 MET Department Staff: Provincial Court Administrator/ The Ontario Provincial court comes in four times a Community Development Officer year; January, April, July, and September. Court is usually held at the EABAMETOONG FIRST Program Assistant NATION Community Hall.

Fire Protection JUSTICE SECTOR Fire Hall ------242-1300 Protection Services Fire Chief ------John Slipperjack Jr.

Eabametoong has three (3) full time constables, trained Eabametoong has a fire pumper truck along with street by the Ontario Provincial Police at the Police College fire hydrants throughout the community, maintained by in Aylmer Ontario. Our police service jurisdiction is the water and sewage maintenance workers employed under Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service. by Eabametoong First Nation. The Eabametoong Fire Department is run by John Slipperjack Jr. (Fire Chief) Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service along with 12 man volunteer Fire Brigade. A new fire hall was built in 1999 and is now in operation. . NAPS is the largest First Nations police service in Canada Most homes have smoke detectors and maybe a fire . NAPS is the 2nd largest First Nations police service extinguisher. Roadside fire hydrants, a fire pumper in North America vehicle and a volunteer fire brigade service the . NAPS polices’ 35 communities across the NAN community. territory which encompasses nearly 2/3 of the Province of Ontario. Thunder Bay to Hudson’s Bay; Manitoba to Quebec. . NAPS’ officers are sworn Constables with authority throughout the Province of Ontario. . There are several tribal affiliations within NAN which result in 3 distinct languages including: Ojibwe, Oji-Cree and Cree. . NAPS has operation linkages to federal, provincial and municipal police services

Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service General Delivery Fort Hope P0T 1L0 Tele: 807-242-8561 7