Taykwa Tagamou Nation
Taykwa Tagamou Nation, formerly known as New Post First Nation, is a Cree First Nations band government whose reserve community is located in the Cochrane District in Ontario, Canada, along the Abitibi River. As of March, 2012, they had a total registered population of 440 people, of which 123 people lived on their own reserves.
Governance
The Nation is governed by a Custom Electoral System, in with a Chief and five Councillors are elected for a two-year term. The current council consists of Chief Linda Job, Deputy Chief Roger Archibald, and Councillors Bruce Archibald, Peter Archibald, Tina Gagnon and Tracey Prevost. Their term of office expires on September 29, 2013.
As a signatory to Treaty 9, the First Nation is member of Mushkegowuk Council, a non-political Regional Chiefs Council and Nishnawbe Aski Nation, a Tribal Political Organisation representing most all of the First Nations in northern Ontario.
Reserves
Taykwa Tagamou Nation have reserved for themselves two reserves:
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- 116.80 hectares (288.6 acres) New Post 69A, which serves as their main reserve Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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