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Aln8ba en fête – Online Holiday Store
The arrival of winter marks the launch of Aln8bak en fête - the Abenaki Museum's online holiday boutique - created in partnership with community artisans. T ...
Act C-92 | Something’s New in Child and Family Services!
Have you heard about the new Act C-92? It is the recognition of the inherent rights and autonomy of Indigenous peoples in the area of child and family service ...
Joyce Echaquan, the Abenakis show their support
The Abenakis unite to support Joyce Echaquan's family and community in this terrible ordeal. Thus, the Waban-Aki Nation announces its financial support in the ...
Nouvelle passerelle DEC-BAC à l’Institution Kiuna (In French only)
Grâce à une association entre l’Institution Kiuna, seul centre d’études collégiales destiné aux Premières Nations au Québec, et l’Université Saint-Paul, si ...
UPDATE | Hearings for specific claims files of the W8banaki Nation
In February 2012, the First Nations of the Abenakis of Odanak and Wôlinak filed the three (3) files listed below with the Specific Claims Tribunal: SCT-2001 ...
Au cœur de la nation abénaquise (In French only)
Un article de Simon Roberge, initiative de journalisme local - La Tribune Photo La Tribune, Jessica Garneau Les visiteurs du Parc régional du Mont-Ham d ...
OUR MISSION
Le Grand Conseil de la Nation Waban-Aki Inc., founded in 1979, is a Tribal Council grouping the Abenaki bands Odanak and Wôlinak.
His primary mission, elaborated in December 1993, was revised and corrected at the request of the Administration Council, by a working committee comprised of members of Odanak and Wôlinak in March 1997.
From the eight goals set out in the letters patent of the Waban-Aki Corporation Inc., the appointed committee identified three main elements of its mission; representation, development and administration.


HISTORY
Of Algonquin[1] origin, the name for the Waban-Aki Nation comes from the terms “W8ban” (white light) and “Aki” (land), meaning, according to anthropologist Frank. G. Speck “People of the rising sun” or “People from the East”. Following the different ages and usages, the name was spelled many different ways. However today, the name “Abenaki” is most often used to identify Odanak and Wôlinak community members, who make up the Waban-Aki Nation in Quebec.
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