Tobique First Nation
Tobique First Nation (Malecite-Passamaquoddy: Wolastoqiyik Neqotkuk) is one of six Wolastoqiyik or Maliseet Nation reserves in New Brunswick, Canada.
Tobique First Nation
Wolastoqiyik Neqotkuk | |
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| Coordinates: 46.8°N 67.6°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Victoria County |
| Established | 1801 |
| Government | |
| • Chief | Ross Perley |
| • Council | Shane Perley-Dutcher Edwin Bernard Aaron Nicholas Julian Moulton Tim Nicholas-McDougall Tina Martin Adam Saulis Richard Moulton Brad Sappier Kim Perley Jasmine Pirie Donald Hafke |
| • MP | TJ Harvey (Lib) |
| • Provincial Representatives | Hon. Margaret Johnson (PC) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 27.24 km2 (10.52 sq mi) |
| Population (December 31, 2008) | |
| • Total | 1,948 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (Atlantic (AST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Postal code span: | |
The Tobique Reserve is located on the north side of the Tobique River. The reserve comprises two lots (The Brother's # 18, 4 ha; Tobique # 20, 2724 ha). The Tobique Reserve, established in 1801 with nearly 20,000 acres, was granted after a petition to the government by band members. Over the years, the reserve was reduced by surrenders to squatters and a major surrender in 1892. Roughly two-thirds of members of the Tobique First Nation reside on the reserve lands.
In 2009 the government accepted the Tobique Specific Land Claim related to 10,533 acres which they claimed to have lost in the invalid surrender of 1892. The federal government and First Nation, in collaboration with the provincial government, will be negotiating a settlement compensation package. No existing landowners will be disturbed.