Industries

Trapping, fishing and forestry are principal occupations. Local industries include: co-op store, The Bay store, corner store, pool hall, trucking business, t-shirt business, craft shop, carpentry shop, garage, coffee shop / restaurant, and stores and financial institutions in Sioux Lookout.

Educational Facilities

Elementary

• Michikan Day School, K-8 (First Nation Operated)

Secondary

• students board in Sioux Lookout and other communities
• WAHSA Distance Education Program (secondary education from Sioux Lookout via Wawatay radio)

Community Services and Facilities

• some firefighting equipment available on reserve
• one Anglican, one Mennonite and one United church
• library, outdoor skating rink, baseball field, community hall
• nursing station with two nurses and two Community Health Representatives
• access to Sioux Lookout Zone Hospital
• Child and Family Services worker provided through Tikinagan Child and Family Services in Sioux Lookout
• Ontario First Nations Policing Arrangements -- one full-time and one part time constable.

Communications

• telephone - Bell Canada
• radio - CBC (Winnipeg), CFBL-FM (Native-run community station), Wawatay Network
• newspapers - Wawatay News, Winnipeg daily received three times weekly, one monthly from Sioux Lookout
• television - CBC (Winnipeg), TVOntairo, two First Nations satellite dishes, Wawatay Network, CBC (Montreal)

Utilities

• water - separate water pressure system for the school, The Bay store and the nursing station; also four community wells
• sewage - separate septic systems for the school and the nursing station
• other waste - landfill site on reserve
• energy/electricity - three diesel generators operated by Ontario Hydro serve the entire community