Getting to know the community of Koocheching NW Ontario
Getting to know the community of Koocheching NW Ontario.
Info page on Koocheching First Nation
In the northern boreal forest, about a one-hour plane ride north of Sioux Lookout.
Do not confuse Koocheching First Nation with Couchiching First Nation. Both are in Ontario.
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Link to the Windigo alliance of communities
The name “Koochiching” comes from either the Ojibwe word Gojijiing or Cree Kocicīhk (recorded in some documents as “Ouchichiq”), both meaning “at the place of inlets,”..note the spelling is from Northern Minnesota.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koochiching_County,_Minnesota#History
Address:
East End Sandy Lake Sandy Lake. Postal Code: P0V 1V0. Ontario. Canada
Phone: (807) 774-1576,
Fax: (807) 774-1082
Alternate Names:
Koocheching First Nation
Chief: William Harper – williamharper@knet.ca in 2009.
Tribal Council: Windigo First Nations Council
Primary Tribal Organization: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation
Treaty: Treaty 9
http://www.firstnation.ca/koocheching
Tribal Council: Windigo First Nations
Political Territorial Organization: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN)
Treaty #9
Reserve is only accessible by air to Sandy Lake (65 km SW) year-round, by boat or floatplane in summer and a seasonal winter road from Keewaywin First Nation, 12 km (Winter road goes from Pickle Lake to Cat Lake to Keewaywin)
Alternate Band office fax number: 807-774-1082
Health Services from Health Canada and Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (SLFNHA)
Sandy Lake Band Office: Mon-Fri 9 am-12 noon, 1 pm-5 pm
Sandy Lake Band Office 807-774-3421
Sandy Lake Band Office 807-774-1040
Windigo First Nations Council 807-737-3133
E-Mail: koochechingfirstnation@knet.ca
Primary Executive
William Harper, Chief; Email: williamhharper@gmail.com (2017)
Site Location
Community is located at NE end of Sandy Lake approx 51 km E of Sandy Lake First Nation, 400 km N of Sioux Lookout
Located In Community
Provincial – Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) — North West Local Health Integration Network (NWLHIN) ; Federal – Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Elections
Chief and 2 Band Council members govern the community; Council members are Terry Harper and Ingrid Jane Harper
http://search.211north.ca/record/KEN0304
Articles of Koocheching
Local school was closed 2012
http://media.knet.ca/node/21687
Web site of Windigo alliance of communities
http://www.windigo.on.ca/article/history-3.asp
Koocheching on-line since 2006
http://media.knet.ca/node/1796
August 2011, Koocheching was evacuated due to forest fires. Source:
This is the school in Koocheching
The signs along the winter road to Bearskin Lake 2018
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