30 ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᐅᒋ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᐣᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ

Serving 30 First Nations

Niigaanshkaawin supports an area which stretches from Ogoki in the east to the Manitoba border in the west, and from Savant Lake in the south to Fort Severn in the north. Within this area, Tikinagan provides child and family services to 30 First Nations, as well as Pickle Lake, Savant Lake and Allanwater.

The communities range in size up to 3,000 people. The majority of these communities are regularly accessible only by air. The total population of the area is approximately 17,000. In addition to the Ministry designated jurisdiction, Tikinagan also has agreements with Kenora-Rainy River Districts Child and Family Services to provide child protection services to the families from our communities who reside in Atikokan, Dryden, Ear Falls, Fort Frances, Ignace, Kenora, Rainy River, Red Lake and Sioux Lookout.

Tikinagan Communities

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Indigenous legislation

This list below provides links to the child and family service Indigenous laws which have come into force from Tikinagan’s 30 First Nations.

Protocols with Tikinagan

This list below provides a list of communities that have signed a working protocol with Tikinagan.

  • Bearskin Lake First Nation

Notices of intent to exercise legislative authority

Subsection 20(1) of the Act provides that an Indigenous governing body, acting on behalf of an Indigenous group, community or people with rights affirmed by section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, may give notice of their intention to exercise its legislative authority in relation to child and family services to the Minister of Indigenous Services and the government of each province and territory in which the group, community or people is located. This list below are Tikinagan’s communities that have given their notice of intent.

  • Bearskin Lake First Nation

  • Mishkeegogamang First Nation

  • Pikangikum First Nation

  • Cat Lake First Nation

  • North Caribou Lake First Nation

  • Ojibway Nation of Saugeen