Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw
The Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw (CNA) (French for "Council of the Atikamekw Nation"), officially named Atikamekw Sipi - Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw, is a tribal council in Quebec, Canada. It is composed of the three Atikamekw bands: Manawan, Opitciwan and Wemotaci. Together, the three bands have a total registered population of 7,747 members in 2016.[1][2][3] It is headquartered in La Tuque, Quebec.[4] The role of the CNA is to officially represent all Atikamekw Nehirowisiw.[5] In September 2014, the CNA declared its sovereignty on its ancestral territory, the Nitaskinan, covering approximately 80,000 km2.[6][7]
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Constant Awashish during his swearing as the grand chief of the Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw, in the background the flag of the CNA
References
- "Registered population | Les Atikamekw de Manawan". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- "Registered population | Atikamekw d'Opitciwan". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- "Registered Population | Conseil des Atikamekw de Wemotaci". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- "Tribal Council Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- "Les Attikameks". Secrétariat aux affaires autochtones Québec (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- "Les Atikamekw déclarent leur souveraineté". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). 8 September 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- Pierre Trudel (2014). "Entrevue avec Constant Awashish, Grand Chef du Conseil de la Nation atikamekw". Recherches amérindiennes au Québec (in French). 44: 119–121. doi:10.7202/1027887ar. ISSN 1923-5151.
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