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).
The AGGLFN Community Center 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 expiring closing dates we take down those job postings.
If you own a business or a 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 well then 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! Under this tab you’ll find our mailing address, office phone number and emails.
Useful Link:
Royal of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
NEW COMMUNITY IDENTIFICATION CARDS
Every different style of the old AGGLFN Community Identification Cards will no longer be accepted. As of September 1, 2025. we have started issuing new Algonquins of Greater Golden Lake First Nation Community Photo Identification Cards to the Certified Voting Members only.
You can stop by the office between Monday to Thursday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm to have your picture taken and same day pick up is available.
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.
Send photos as a (JPG or PNG and not as a PDF file) by email with full names, mailing addresses, email addresses and phone numbers to Denise Chaput : denise_chaput@hotmail.com
We require this information to update our Data Base, Newsletter Email List and make sure that we mail out the new Community ID Cards to the proper mailing addresses.
If pictures are sent in by email and you live within the area we will call you to let you know that your new Community ID Card is ready for pick-up.
It’s not necessary to call, our community members can just stop in and Denise Chaput will give you a pre-made-up package of Community Moose Meat.
Monday – Thursday between 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Ministry of Natural Resources – Fish and Wildlife
Do we have any creative Ontario Algonquin Students who love nature and art?
Well, we encourage you to enter and showcase your talents in this year’s MNR Kids’ Fish Art Contest.
The 23rd annual Kids’ Fish Art Contest runs from October 15, 2025 to January 2, 2026. To be eligible to enter, students must be a resident of Ontario, currently attending elementary or secondary school (or homeschool) and be between Grades 4 to 12.
The Kids’ Fish Art Contest is a wonderful opportunity to foster an appreciation for Ontario’s fish species and their habitats while giving young artists a chance to shine.
Students participating in the contest will choose one of this year’s two featured species: largemouth bass or splake to showcase in their artwork!
Contest Steps:
Select / Research / Learn. Use your ingenuity!
Create your 8.5″ x 11″ artwork. Artwork must not exceed ¼” in total thickness.
Excluding digital art, any medium or technique of their choosing is allowed.
Download and print the entry form
from: Kids’ Fish Art Contest | ontario.ca
The entry form and artwork submission must be postmarked and mailed to the address provided in the entry form by no later than January 2nd (late or email entries are not accepted). Entry forms must be completed, signed by a parent guardian and attached to the artwork. Artwork will not be returned.
One winner will be selected by a panel of judges for each grade category (Grades 4-6, 7-9, 10-12).
The 3 winners will be contacted by March 2026. All winning entries will be displayed online at ontario.ca/FishArtContest.
Learn more about the contest and how to enter, and be sure to follow on Facebook, X and Instagram for updates.
Get inspired by the incredible artwork from last year’s winners!
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
THE GGL COMMUNITY FOOD BANK IS OPEN
This Greater Golden Lake Food Bank is now open year-round and accessible to our community members during office hours. If you have a family member who is going through a tough time in their life; we can help! We are inviting you to come in to choose the items you would like to fill a few bags to take home. And you are welcome to come in as often as you’d like.
If you have any inquiries please feel free to contact Denise Chaput.
Phone: (613) 732-7777 – Email: denise_chaput@hotmail.com
Address: 856 PEMBROKE STREET E. PEMBROKE, ON. K8A 3M2.
Hours: Monday – Thursday – 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
MISSION STATEMENT
No Matter What!
We are here to ensure that every community member has the accessibility to have a healthy and sustainable diet today and from now on.
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 WANT TO HELP
We spearheading a brand new project that was never ever tackled by this AGGLFN Community.
This project took place at Sand Lake located at KM 9 just off Baron Canyon Road. It is proposed to be one of our Land Selects but at this time it is still deemed as Crown Land.
Our goal was to build and establish more community and public awareness.
Before we started we did our research, and we discovered 3 out of the 4 Species at Risk at this Sand Lake Project Site. The Eastern Whip-poor-will, The Monarch Butterfly and The Blanding’s Turtle. Then we began monitoring, planning and installing some recovery strategies to try to help save these 3 Species at Risk.
COMMUNITY AWARENESS: A power-point presentation was performed by the Program Coordinator Denise Chaput at our AGGLFN Community Meeting held on May 4, 2025.
COMMUNITY AWARENESS: Moving forward to the next AGGLFN Community Meeting on June 1, 2025, an additional power-point presentation was performed by the Program Coordinator Denise Chaput. It contained a review of the findings, an update of the work that has been done so far for The Blanding’s Turtle.
PUBLIC AWARENESS: This specially designed Species at Risk Flyer below was handed-out by Paul Laderoute at The Pembroke Expo held on May 9-10, 2025 in Pembroke, Ontario. And these Species at Risk Flyers were posted at our office.
PUBLIC AWARENESS: This specially designed Species at Risk Flyer below was handed-out by Paul Laderoute at The Indigenous 2025 Expo held on July 19-20, 2025 in Bancroft, Ontario.
This Species at Risk Project started in May 2025 and ran until September 2025. There was extensive research along with comprehensive analysis and strenuous physical work involved. So at this time I (Denise Chaput the Program Coordinator) would like to say “I think we did a pretty good job even through we ran into several unexpected circumstances.” And I’d also like to say, “Thank You Very Much!” to the volunteer community members who were involved, to the two monitors who did most of hard work and weekly monitoring and to the leader of our AGGLFN community who was involved with the MNR, OPP and the MECP quite often either by email or in person at the Sand Lake Project Site.
TO EDUCATE: We have posted 3 Power Point Presentations for our Species at Risk Project here on our website to promote AGGLFN Community and Public Awareness.
Power Point – Sand Lake Project 4 Species at Risk Progress & Final Report will be sent in by February 15, 2026 to CIER (Center for Indigenous Environmental Resources) supported by Environment and Climate Change Canada.
To view the first two power-point presentations just click on the download links below. Then click on downloads icon up in the top right corner and each power point presentation should open up immediately or with 2 mins in a new window.
To view this Sand Lake Project 4 Species at Risk Progress & Final Report – Click on Power Point 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 power point.
Sand Lake Project 4 Species at Risk Progress – Final Report-Website Only.pptx
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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