W8banaki, formerly the Grand Conseil de la Nation Waban-Aki Inc. was founded in 1979 and is a Tribal Council composed of the Abenaki bands of Odanak and Wôlinak. Its first mission, drawn up in December 1993, was revised and corrected, at the request of the Board of Directors, by a working committee composed of members of Odanak and Wôlinak, in March 1997. Based on the eight objectives set out in the letters patent of Waban-Aki Corporation Inc. the mandated committee identified three main elements of its mission; representation, development and administration.