The Algonquins of Greater Golden Lake First Nation
Welcome and thank you for checking in on us. We are one of the nine Algonquin First Nation Non-Reserve Communities under the Algonquins of Ontario (AOO).
Address: 856 Pembroke Street East, Pembroke, ON. K8A 3M2.
Career Opportunities
Are you seeking new employment? Well then please click on the “Career” tab. You never know, there might be something there that may interest you. We post new jobs opportunities for various fields of work for students and adults on a regular basis. The jobs posted are to work in different areas across Ontario and Quebec. Once the job postings reach their closing dates, they are removed from the website.
If you own a business or a local contracting company and you are looking to hire, well contact Denise Chaput and and she can post your job opportunities right here on our Career Tab. Just send an email with the Job Posting and any other required details to denise_chaput@hotmail.com. And please write “Job Posting” in the subject line of the email.
Educational Funding
If you are searching for some educational funding like grants, scholarships or bursaries to help you or your children go to college or university click on our “Education/Funding” tab.
Enrollment Applications
Are you interested in becoming a certified member of our AGGLFN Community? To apply you must fill out the Proposed Beneficiary Criteria Enrollment Application Form and provide a copy of your long form birth certificate or your baptismal certificate.
For more details click on the “Application” tab.
Contact Us
Do you have any questions or require more information? Please don’t hesitate to contact us. Click on the “Contact Us” tab to meet us! And you will find the mailing address, office phone number, employee names, and email addresses.
Useful Link:
Royal of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
NEW COMMUNITY IDENTIFICATION CARDS
All old AGGLFN Community Identification Cards are no longer accepted as of 2025/09/01. We are issuing new AGGLFN Community Photo Identification Cards to the Certified Voting Members.
Within The City
You can stop by the office between Monday to Thursday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm to have your picture taken and pick up your Photo ID Card in a matter of minutes.
Beyond The City Limits
If you live out of our area and you are not able to stop in then please just stand against a light-colored background (Wall or Door).
Ask a family member or a friend to take a clear photo of you from the shoulders up like a passport photo with a cell phone. No Headwear Accepted.
Send photos as a (JPG or PNG and not as a PDF file) with full names, mailing addresses, email addresses and phone numbers by email to Denise Chaput : denise_chaput@hotmail.com
We require this information to update our Data Base, Email Newsletter List and make sure that we mail out the new Community Photo ID Cards to the proper mailing addresses.
The AGGLFN Community Centre
856 Pembroke Street East, Pembroke, Ontario. K8A 3M2 – Phone # (613) 732-7777
We are located next to Culligan Water and just across the street from OK Tire Shop.
Look below for the blue roof in this aerial view. This is where the Centre is located.
In this aerial view you can see the Ottawa River which is known to the Algonquins as the Kichissippi, this translates to the Great River or La Grande Rivière.
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AGGLFN OFFICE HOURS
- Monday to Thursday – 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
- Friday – 8:30 am – 2:00 pm – By appointment only
- Closed – Saturday, Sunday, & Statutory Holidays
- We can be reached at (613) 732-7777
AGGLFN SPECIES AT RISK PROJECT
DID YOU KNOW THESE 4 SPECIES ARE AT RISK?
THE EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL
THE EASTERN WOLF
THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY
THE BLANDING’S TURTLE
WE WANTED TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT
We launched a groundbreaking project, the first of its kind for AGGLFN.
This project was conducted at Sand Lake which is located at KM 9 just off Baron Canyon Road. It is proposed to be one of the AGGLFN Land Selects despite this, it is currently designated as Crown land.
MISSIONS
Conserve these 4 Species at Risk and their habitat.
Foster community engagement and public understanding.
We undertook comprehensive online research and implemented continuous on site monitoring for these 4 Species at Risk. We discovered 3 species of the 4 Species at Risk. The Eastern Whip-poor-will, The Monarch Butterfly and The Blanding’s Turtle. However, we did not come across or hear the 4th Species at Risk, The Eastern Wolf.
We have no sightings of The Eastern Whip-poor-will, but we did manage to take several audio records on various evenings.
We were able to physically see and take multiple photos of The Monarch Butterfly and Caterpillars on the native wildflowers and milkweeds that thrive here to survive.
We discovered 6 Blanding’s Turtles nesting at this site and 1 Blanding’s Turtle nesting on the shoulder or side of Baron Canyon Road. For the nesting areas at site, we planned, monitored, posted various signage and installed recovery strategies for The Blanding’s Turtle and other turtle species we found nesting at this site during this period.
COMMUNITY AWARENESS: A PowerPoint presentation was performed by the Program Coordinator Denise Chaput at the AGGLFN Community Meeting held on May 4, 2025. The purpose of this presentation was to inform community members about our ongoing project and to educate them on Species at Risk.
COMMUNITY AWARENESS: The next AGGLFN Community Meeting was held on June 1, 2025, an additional PowerPoint presentation was performed by the Program Coordinator Denise Chaput. The presentation reviewed the findings and updated the recovery strategies implemented for the Blanding’s Turtle.
PUBLIC AWARENESS: The initial, specially designed “Species at Risk” flyer shown below; was on display and distributed by Paul Laderoute at The Pembroke Expo held on May 9-10, 2025 in Pembroke, ON.
PUBLIC AWARENESS: Subsequently the same “Species at Risk” flyer was on display and shared by Paul Laderoute at The Indigenous 2025 Expo held on July 19-20, 2025 in Bancroft, ON.
The Species at Risk Project was active between May to September 2025. There was extensive research along with comprehensive analysis and strenuous physical labor involved. The Program Coordinator Denise Chaput would like to say “We delivered a strong outcome despite navigating several unforeseen circumstances. We extend our gratitude to the community volunteers, particularly the two main monitors who executed the physical work and carried out several weeks of site trips and monitoring.” And a special “Thank You” goes out to the AGGLFN community leader Paul Laderoute for his support and intense involvement with the MNR, OPP and the MECP. Correspondence and reporting was performed either by email or in person after every human intervention or destructive incident that occurred at the Sand Lake Project Site.
TO EDUCATE: We have posted 3 PowerPoint Presentations for our Species at Risk Project here on this website to promote AGGLFN Community and Public Awareness.
To view the first two PowerPoint presentations just click on the download links below. Then click on the download icon up in the top right corner and each PowerPoint presentation should open up immediately or with 2 mins in a new window.
To view the 3rd PowerPoint Presentation – Sand Lake Project 4 Species at Risk Progress & Final Report – Click on the PowerPoint link below. Because this presentation is so large it will automatically open up in a different format in a new window. Then move your cursor over to the panel on the left and just click on each page consecutively to view the whole PowerPoint.
Presentation Link located below:
Sand Lake Project 4 Species at Risk Progress – Final Report-Website Only.pptx
PowerPoint Presentation – Sand Lake Project 4 Species at Risk Progress & Final Report will be sent in before February 15, 2026 to CIER (Center for Indigenous Environmental Resources) supported by Environment and Climate Change Canada.
WE ALL LOVE ANIMALS RIGHT?
SO LETS GET TOGETHER AND FIND IT IN OUR HEARTS TO TRY TO SAVE THEM EVERY YEAR!
EVERY LITTLE THING WE DO, COUNTS!
Next AGGLFN Community Meeting Date
Sunday, March 22, 2026
Alice and Fraser Recreation Centre – 1 Henan Road, Pembroke, On. K8A 6W8
Doors Open at 11:00 A.M.
Lunch at 12:00 P.M.
Meeting Starts at 1:00 P.M.
Community Members-Personal Contact Information
If you or any of your family members haven’t received any Emails or Canada Post Mail from us within the last 1-5 years; we highly recommend that our Community Members contact us as soon as possible with their new information.
New Information Such As:
Name Change / New Mailing Address / New Phone Number / New Email Address / Deceased
We strongly urge you to let us know, so we can update our Data Base with your new information or a family member’s information.
Please Contact: Denise Chaput
Email: denise_chaput@hotmail.com
Phone: 613-732-7777
Miigwetch / Thank you
We send out Community Newsletters via email to the people who are subscribed to our email.
What You’ll Receive From Us:
- Meeting Notices
- Information Packages
- Upcoming Cultural Workshops and Teachings
- Community Office Updates
- Other Important Information
So, do you want to stay involved and wish to join our Community Newsletter Email List?
Well contact Denise Chaput and let her know you are interested and want to be added.
All she needs from you is your full name and email address.
Denise Chaput (613) 732-7777 or Email: denise_chaput@hotmail.com
If you decide later you are not interested in receiving our Community Newsletter Email; you are free to unsubscribe at anytime.
The Bear – Industrious, instinctive, healing, power, sovereignty, guardian of the world, watcher, courage, willpower, self-preservation, introspection, and great strength.
The Anishinaabe, like most Algonquian-speaking groups in North America, base their system of kinship on clans or totems
The men established “a framework of social organization to give them strength and order” in which each totem represents a core branch of knowledge and responsibility essential to society. Today, seven general totems compose this framework.
- The Loon is the leadership, responsible for over-seeing and leading the people. And is a symbol of peace, tranquility and grace.
2.The Salmon are the scholars and mediators and are responsible for solving disputes between the crane and the loon.
3. The Raven is the creator, transformer and trickster, a symbol of knowledge and prestige. Legend says the raven released the sun and the moon from captivity and discovered mankind in a clamshell. The raven also brought the salmon and the water to man and taught them how to fish and hunt.
4. The Eagle is a symbol of power, prestige and wisdom. It has a strong connection to peace, with it’s sacred down representing friendship and it’s feathers being used for ceremonies and rituals. The eagle feathers are considered to have special meaning and distinction. Ruler of the sky and has the ability to transform itself.
5. The Bear is both police and medicine gatherers. The bear is the protector of the animal kingdom.
6. The Martens are hunters but also warriors as well.
7. The Moose are mediators and exemplify peace.
Clans are both a means of acquiring and retaining knowledge for the Anishinaabeg. Knowledge gained through experience and interactions with the natural world and other clan members is passed down and built upon through generations.
Some Algonquin tribes built longhouses of wood and bark large enough to house several families.
Truth and Reconciliation Vehicle
AGGLFN was introduced to this New Truth and Reconciliation Vehicle.
On the left – James O’Dell – Provincial Constable
- East Region Provincial Liaison Team
- Upper Ottawa Valley Detachment
- Indigenous Policing Bureau
- Ontario Provincial Police
On the right – David Laviolette – Sergeant
- Regional Coordinator
- East Region Headquarters
- Provincial Liaison Team
- Indigenous Policing Bureau
- Ontario Provincial Police
We would like to thank these two gentlemen for taking the time to stop by our office to show us this new Truth and Reconciliation Vehicle.
On Left: Constable James O’Dell and Paul Laderoute
On Right: Denise Chaput, Denise McCutcheon and Kirk McCutcheon
Results
Protests on The 14 Algonquin Ancestral Lines
Hearings Completed – Tribunal’s Final Decisions
ACCEPTED Recognized Algonquin Ancestor
Angelique Atkinson / Anna McDonald-McDonnell / Francois Kawitadijik
Jacques Kamiskwabininch / Louis Michiminanakwakwe / Mary Petrin
Toussaint Laronde
NOT ACCEPTED as a Recognized Algonquin Ancestor
The names of the Ancestors listed below have been removed from the Community
Cecile McDonnell-Mawiskak / Frederick Ferris and Walter Ferris
Hannah Mannell / Joseph Paquette / Michel McDonald
Sophie Emelie Jamme dite Carriere / Thomas Lagarde dit St. Jean
For more information on the outcome of the Tribunal Hearings on these 14 Ancestral Lines, click on the below Algonquin Tribunal Link which will take you to the AOO Website. Once you open this link below locate the tab “Algonquin Tribunal”.
Click on each Ancestor’s Name (listed on the left side) then a different page will open. There are links located at the bottom of each page with the initial reports, supporting documents, opposing documents and determination reports.
Algonquin Tribunal
Traditional Dream-catcher Protection
The Algonquin Headdress
It’s also called a War Bonnet.
This headdress is made of Eagle feathers. But not all headdresses are made of Eagle feathers.
No Soliciting and No Exceptions
Website created and updated by Denise Chaput.
AGGLFN Community Members
If there is any more information you would like to see added or removed from the website, please feel free to contact Denise.
(613) 732-7777
denise_chaput@hotmail.com
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