Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw

It is composed of the three Atikamekw bands: Manawan, Opitciwan and Wemotaci.

Together, the three bands have a total registered population of 7,747 members in 2016.

[4] The role of the CNA is to officially represent all Atikamekw Nehirowisiw.

[5] In September 2014, the CNA declared its sovereignty on its ancestral territory, the Nitaskinan, covering approximately 80,000 km2.

[6][7] This article relating to the Indigenous peoples of North America is a stub.

Constant Awashish during his swearing as the grand chief of the Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw, in the background the flag of the CNA