Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Nishnawbe-Aski Nation
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Grand Council Treaty No. 9
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1973-
History
Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), known as Grand Council Treaty No. 9 until 1983, was established in 1973. It represents the legitimate, socioeconomic, and political aspirations of its First Nation members of Northern Ontario to all levels of government in order to allow local self-determination while establishing spiritual, cultural, social, and economic independence. In 1977, Grand Council Treaty No. 9 made a public declaration of the rights and principles of Nishnawbe Aski. NAN encompasses James Bay Treaty No. 9 and Ontario’s portion of Treaty No. 5, and has a total land-mass covering two-thirds of the province of Ontario spanning 210,000 square miles. The people traditionally speak four languages: OjiCree in the west, Ojibway in the central-south area, and Cree and Algonquin in the east.