Odanak, Quebec is an Indian reserve in the Centre-du-Québec region, Quebec, Canada. It is located near the mouth of the Saint-François River, neighbouring Saint-François-du-Lac and Pierreville. The word "Odanak" is the Abenaki word for "coming to the village". In Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band. ... Map of Quebec showing Centre-du-Québec in red Centre-du-Québec (french for Central Quebec) is a region of Quebec. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Saint-François River is a river which takes its source from the Lake Saint-François in Chaudières-Appalaches, southeast of Thetford-Mines. ...

Odanak is home to the Musée des Abénakis (Abenakis Museum), a museum dedicated to the history, culture and art of the Western Abenaki people. Several other businesses are present on reserve territory, including an independently owned gas station and a dairy specializing in the production of cheese (La Fromagerie d'Odanak). Abenaki couple The Western Abenaki (also Abenaki, Wabanaki), meaning people of the dawn, are a tribe of Native Americans/First Nations belonging to the Algonquian peoples of northeastern North America. ... Modern gas station A filling station, gas station or petrol station is a facility that sells fuel for road motor vehicles – usually petrol (US: gas/gasoline), diesel fuel and LPG. The term gas station is mostly particular to the United States of America and Canada, where petrol is known... Dairy farm near Oxford, New York A dairy is a facility for the extraction and processing of animal milk (mostly from cows, sometimes from buffalo, sheep or goats) and other farm animals, for human consumption. ... Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals. ...

Aboriginal filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin grew up in Odanak. Her latest film is a tribute to the people of Odanak, Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises[1]. Alanis Obomsawin (born August 31, 1932) is a Canadian filmmaker of Abenaki descent. ...

See also

• Western Abenaki
• Seven Nations of Canada

Abenaki couple The Western Abenaki (also Abenaki, Wabanaki), meaning people of the dawn, are a tribe of Native Americans/First Nations belonging to the Algonquian peoples of northeastern North America. ... The Seven Nations of Canada were a historic confederation of Canadian First Nations living in and around the Saint Lawrence River valley, who were allied to New France and often included substantial numbers of Roman Catholics. ...

External links

• Waban-Aki Nation, Quebec
• (French) Abenaki Museum, Odanak, Quebec
• Map of Odanak (Google Maps)

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