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Mocreebec Indian Government
P.O. Box #4
MOOSE FACTORY, ON
POL 1WO

Chief Randy Kapashesit (Small)
Ph: (705) 658-4769
Fax: (705) 658-4487
randyk@mocreebec.com
On-Reserve Population:  950
(MoCreebec First Nation Office)
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Land Base:
The population is split between Factory Island (area in and around Moose Factory) and the Municipality of Moosonee. (There is not consolidated land base as the community is in a state of transition.)

Languages
Linguistic Affiliation: Coastal Cree
(James Bay East Coast dialect)
Mother Tongue: English and Cree

Affiliations
TC: Mushkegowuk Tribal Council
PTO: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation

Electoral Ridings
(F) Cochrane - Superior
(P) Cochrane North
 
Historical Notes

The MoCreebec First Nation represents Status Indians and Metis living in the Moose Factory and Moosonee area, and many of the community members are from Quebec, as there has traditionally been much travel back and forth across the border. The people of MoCreebec are not signatories to the James Bay Treaty of 1905 - Treaty No. 9.
 
 

Industries

The majority of First Nation members are employed in government sector services. Local industries include: non-profit housing association (funding and construction), development corporation, diaper service, cable television service (offered to Moosonee and Moose Factory), Tamarack goose decoy-making enterprise, craft shops, tourism, fishing, hunting and trapping.

 
 

Educational Facilities

Elementary

  • grades JK-8 students attend provincially-operated school off reserve in Moose Factory

Secondary

  • students bused to Moosonee
 
 

Community Services and Facilities

  • fire hall with a team of volunteers on reserve
  • hospital service available in Moose Factory
  • alcohol and drug abuse rehabilitation centre on reserve
  • Child and Family Services worker provided through Payukotayno Child and Family Services in Moosonee
  • Ontario First Nations Policing Arrangements
  • O.P.P. Moosonee Detachment
 
 

Communications

  • telephone - Bell Canada, Ontario Northland Transportation Commission
  • radio - Wawatay Network
  • newspapers - Freighter from Moosonee, Mushkegowuk newsletter
  • television - Wawatay Network
 
 

Utilities

  • water - water pumping station
  • sewage - sewage lagoon
  • other waste - landfill site
  • energy/electricity - Ontario Hydro; some homes use wood stove heating
 
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