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Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Child and Family Services workers on-reserve provided through Anishinaabe Abinooji Family Services in Kenora
• Hospital and ambulance services available at Dryden Regional Hospital in Dryden
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police; call 1-888-310-1122 for police services to be dispatched to reserve, or Kenora East Patrol Zone ph: 807-755-1540, fx: 807-755-1541
• Owns the first "healthy house" in North America, a home built using environmentally friendly technology and materials, and powered by the wind and sun
• Serviced by air through the Dryden Regional Airport, 42 km from community
• Operates a Bingo Palace
• Offers the P & R Convenience Store & Gas Bar, and Eagle Lake Contracting Heavy Equipment services
• Offers 3 private home-based catering service businesses and a Kels Photography business
• Provides a Community Hall, available for community members to book for activities and events
• Provides many cultural activities including Pow-wows, community sweats, sharing circles, arts and crafts, and traditional healing and elders activities
• Hosts community feasts, Family New Year's Eve dance, winter carnival, science fair, fish derbies and many sports activities such as hockey tournaments and baseball tournaments
• Offers chid care at the Early Childhood Development Center
• Administers education services and Migisi Sahgaigan School through the Education Department
• Provides health care and health programs at the Eagle Lake Health and Resource Centre

Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Child and Family Services worker on-reserve provided through Weech-it-te-win Child and Family Services in Fort Frances
• Hospital services available in nearby town of Fort Frances
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police; call 1-888-310-1122 for police services to be dispatched to reserve
• Community members conduct much of their business affairs and shopping in the nearby town of Fort Frances
• Offers Windey's Food Market, a small convenience store
• Offers a newly-constructed Health/Business Centre, completed in July 2016
• Provides the NiGiGoonSiWiiGiWaam Child Care Centre
• Provides seasonal language camps at the mouth of the Ottertail River in participation with the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis
• Serviced by air through the Fort Frances Airport located 2 miles NW of Fort Frances

Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Child and Family Services provided independently under the direction of Anishinaabe Abinoojii Family Services
• Hospital services available at Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Wabaseemoong Police Station, Treaty #3 Police Services; Wabaseemoong Patrol Zone ph: 807-927-2085, fax: 807-927-2235
• Provides the Whitedog Post Office
• Offers a Resource Centre which serves as a youth drop-in centre
• Provides a community water tower and treatment facility
• Participates in partnerships with Wincrief Homes and Miisun forest management
• Administers Mizhakiiwetung Memorial School for students from K-Grade 12 and the Wabaseemoong Independent Nation Day Care Centre
• Offers the Wab Shki Biney Seek Calai Health Centre
• Community members severely affected in 1960's-70's by mercury poisoning; federal gov't funding of $19.5 million announced in Sep 2020 for health facility for community members with mercury poisoning

Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Child and Family Services worker on-reserve provided through Weechi-it-te-win Child and Family Services in Fort Frances
• Hospital services available in Rainy River and Fort Frances
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police; call for police services to be dispatched to reserve
• Conducts business affairs mostly in towns of Emo and Fort Frances
• Hosts an Annual Sobriety Traditional Pow Wow each spring and an Annual Fish Fry in August
• Publishes a monthly newsletter, The Rapids Review
• Offers two community centres, a baseball diamond, an outdoor ice rink and an arena
• Provides the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre which offers cross country skiing and snowshoe trails during the winter months

Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Child and Family Services worker on-reserve provided through Weech-it-te-win Child and Family Services in Fort Frances
• Hospital services available at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police; call 1-888-310-1122 for police services to be dispatched to reserve
• Provides community facilities including a fire hall, water treatment building, community hall and gymnasium
• Provides the Naicatchewenin Community Store
• Community businesses include the Quonset Hut & Bus Storage and the Kish-Gon-Dug Cedar Factory which exports products to Europe as well as locally
• Owns and operates C & O Logging
• Serviced by air through the Fort Frances airport located 60 km SE of community

Functions as the governing centre for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to:

• Hospital services available at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police; call 1-888-310-1122 for police services to be dispatched to reserve
• Owns and operates Couchiching Bingo Palace
• Provides the Couchiching Child Care Centre also known as 4 C's Daycare
• Owns and operates the 18-hole Heron Landing Golf Course
• Offers recreational activities and events for community members including a fully-equipped men's and women's gym, a sportsfield and parks, summer day camps for youth and a Toy Lending Library
• Provides a community convenience store and gasbar

Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Child and Family Services worker on-reserve provided through Weech-it-te-win Child and Family Services in Fort Frances
• Hospital and ambulance services available in town of Rainy River
• Hospital services also available in Fort Frances at LaVerendrye Hospital
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police; call 1-888-310-1122 for police services to be dispatched to reserve
• Administers the Pegamigaabo School for students from JK to Grade 8 which houses the community library
• Offers the Esiniiwab Health Centre and a fitness centre with a full complement of equipment
• Offers Zig's Convenience Store for smaller items and J&J General Store in neighboring community of Naongashiing for a wider variety
• Community members conduct most shopping in nearby Morson, Rainy River and Fort Frances
• Operates Assabaska Ojibway Heritage Park

Functions as the governing centre for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Conducts business affairs in nearby towns of Morson and Rainy River
• Child and Family Services worker on-reserve provided through Weech-it-te-win Child and Family Services in Fort Frances
• Hospital and ambulance services available in Rainy River
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police; call 1-888-310-1122 for police services to be dispatched to reserve
• Offers employment for community members in trapping, fishing and forestry industries; seasonal employment available in summer resorts near community
• Owns and operates the largest commercial fishing license quota in Treaty #3
• Receives several radio stations, high-speed Internet and several newspapers

Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Hospital services available at Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police Services, Kenora Central Detachment; ph: 807-548-5474, fax: 807-548-8387
• Child & Family services provided by Anishinaabe Abinooji Child & Family Services; Kenora Office ph: 807-468-6224, fax: 807-468-6643
• City of Kenora Fire and Emergency Services entered into a Fire Protection Agreement with Obashkaandagaang First Nation to serve the community of Obashkaandagaang First Nation with fire protection services
• Provides community events and activities at Obashkaandagaang First Nation Community Hall
• Provides an Elder's Centre housing complex for community elders
• Serviced by air through the Kenora Airport located 9.3 km NE of Kenora
• Hosts an annual Pow Wow each summer
• No formal childcare on reserve; there are approximately 5-7 spots held for Obashkaandaang clients at the Wauzhusk Onigum Daycare

Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Child and Family Services worker on-reserve provided through Weech-it-te-win Child and Family Services in Fort Frances
• Hospital services available at La Verendrye General Hospital/Riverside Health Care in Fort Frances
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police; call 1-888-310-1122 for police services to be dispatched to reserve
• Offers a Multi-Use Facility for community events
• Shopping, banking etc are mostly conducted in the nearby town of Fort Frances

Functions as the governing centre for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Serviced by air through the Kenora Airport, located 9 km NE of Kenora
• Provides a Community Centre which is a hub for activities and events; available for community members to book for private events
• Provides many cultural activities including Pow-wows, community sweats, sharing circles, arts and crafts, and traditional healing and Elders activities
• Hosts community feasts, winter carnival, many sports activities such as hockey tournaments and baseball tournaments
• Child and Family Services workers on-reserve provided through Anishinaabe Abinooji Family Services in Kenora
• Hospital and ambulance services available at Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police; call 1-888-310-1122 for police services to be dispatched to reserve, or Kenora Central/West Patrol Zone ph: 807-548-5474, fx: 807-548-8387

Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Child and Family Services worker on-reserve provided through Weech-it-te-win Child and Family Services in Fort Frances
• Hospital services available in Atikokan and Fort Frances
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police; call for police services to be dispatched to reserve
• Provides the following facilities for community members: a Resource Centre, a Gym, a Learning Centre, the Roundhouse, a Water Treatment Plant and a Ball Park
• Serviced by air through the closest airport in the town of Fort Frances, located approximately an hour's drive away
• Hosts the annual Seine River First Nation Traditional Powwow in July
• Conducts most shopping and business affairs in Fort Frances

Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Community members conduct most shopping and business affairs in the city of Kenora which is within close proximity to Wauzhushk Onigum
• Child and Family Services worker on-reserve provided through Anishinaabe Abinooji Family Services in Kenora
• Hospital and ambulance services available at Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police
• Fire Prevention Services offered by Anishinaabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resource Council; ph 807-226-4445 Ext 224, fireprevention@akrc.on.ca
• Also contracts fire protection services from the City of Kenora Fire and Emergency Services
• Hosts the annual Honouring Our Children traditional powwow at the Wauzhushk Onigum owned Pow Wow Island
• Owns and operates the on-reserve Golden Eagle Casino & Gaming Centre
• Offers the Anishinabe of Wauzhushk First Nation Public Library
• Coordinates health care and health programs at the Wauzhushk Onigum Medical Clinic
• Administers Kinew Child Care Centre

Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Hospital/ambulance services available at Dryden Regional Hospital in Dryden
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police Services, Kenora East Region
• Child & Family Services provided by Anishinaabe Abinooji Family Services
• Provides the Wabigoon Lake Community Store/Gas Bar and Girly's Restaurant
• Coordinates community events, meetings and activities at Wabshki Penasi School Gymnasium
• Owns and operates a Wild Rice Processing Plant located on-reserve; the only one in Canada
• Owns a logging enterprise which builds forest access roads and supplies regional mills with logs
• Operates a tree nursery that supplies 6 million seedlings annually under contract to forestry companies
• Serviced by air through the Dryden Regional Airport located 34 km NW of community
• Administers Wabshki-Penasi School for students from JK to Grade 8 and offers the Abinooji Learning Centre
• Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation was the first community in the Treaty #3 region to hold an open and public "traditional powwow" in the 1970's

Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Closest hospital services available in Emo
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police; call 1-888-310-1122 for police services to be dispatched to reserve; on-reserve sub-office phone: 807-484-2795
• Child and Family Services worker provided through Weechi-it-te-Win Family Services, head office in Fort Frances
• Offers a new Multi-Purpose Facility which provides space for the Administration offices and Health Station
• Offers the Onigaming Convenience Store and Gas Bar
• Hosts an annual Traditional Pow Wow which has been held for over forty years
• Known originally as Sabaskong First Nation, it is still referred to by the old name of "Sab" by community resident
• Provides a Community Hall for events and activities as well as a Roundhouse
• Provides a Day Care Centre for pre-school children
• Administers education services and Mikinaak Onigaming School for students from JK-Grade 12 through the Education Authority
• Provides health care and health programs at the Medical Building/Nursing Station
• Offers a Public Library at Mikinaak School for community residents

Operates as the main Band Office for Northwest Angle 37 community members and oversees community programs, services and facilities

• Hospital services available at Lake of the Woods District Hospital, Kenora
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police Services, Kenora Central/West Detachment
• Child & Family services provided by Anishinaabe Abinoojii Family Services, Head Office in Kenora
• Fire Prevention Services offered by Anishinaabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resource Council
• Provides a recreation centre (Regina Bay) used for various recreational activities, community events and weekly bingos
• Offers health care and programs at the Zhaawanaabinesiik Health Centre
• Serviced by air through Sioux Narrows Airport located 5 miles SE of Sioux Narrows

Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Hospital services available at Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police Services, Grassy Narrows Patrol Zone; ph: 807-925-2221, fax: 807-925-2479
• Child & Family services overseen by Anishinaabe Abinooji Child & Family Services; Kenora Office ph: 807-468-6224, fax: 807-468-6643; Grassy Narrows took over administering Child & Family services themselves Apr 2013 under the name Kitapinoonjiiminaanik Family Services
• Community members conduct most shopping and business affairs in the city of Kenora
• Provides a community store called JB's Store which also serves as the Canada Post postal station and gas bar
• Provides the Sakatcheway Anishinabe School for students from JK-Grade 12 and the Migizi Wazason Child Care Centre
• Offers the Grassy Narrows Multipurpose Complex for communty events
• Publishes a community newsletter the "Ogagwejimaan"
• Community has endured much hardship: mercury poisoning in the water/fish from Dryden Pulp Mill, flooding of burial grounds/sacred sites and wild rice fields from Ont Hydro, clear-cutting of traditional lands by Weyerhauser and Abitibi, a forced relocation by Indian Affairs to present site near Kenora
• Environment Minister Glen Murray announced in Jun 2017: Ontario will spend $85 million to clean up industrial mercury contamination that is poisoning the people at Grassy Narrows and Wabaseemoong First Nations in NW Ont
• Federal government announced in Apr 2020 an award of $19.5 million for Grassy Narrows new Mercury Care Home construction

Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Child and Family Services workers on-reserve provided through Anishinaabe Abinooji Family Services in Kenora
• Hospital and additional ambulance services available at Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police; call 1-888-310-1122 for police services to be dispatched to reserve, or Kenora South Sub-Division, ph: 807-274-1565, fx: 807-274-1568
• Dedicated to practising cultural and spiritual Anishinaabe traditions and way of life with half of community members speaking Ojibway language
• Supports several local businesses including Wiisinin Cafe, White's Store and a Canada Post office
• Community members conduct most business affairs in Kenora
• Provides the Mino' Giizhigad Elder's Complex for senior community members
• Offers community emergency medical services through ambulance and paramedics
• Provides a youth and elder's cultural camp at Black River
• Publishes a community magazine called Naotkamegwanning Mazina'igan
• Serves as home for the Whitefish Bay singers, a cultural drum group established in 1970 who travel across the country and in Europe and have 15 recorded albums
• Provides child care at Sabatise Vision Child Care Centre
• Administers education services and Baibombeh Anishinabe School at the Naotkamegwanning Northwest Angle Education Authority office
• Offers an Aboriginal Headstart Program
• Offers health care and health programs through Netaawgonebiik Health Services and the Netaawgonebiik Community Clinic
• Provides a Women's Emergency Shelter for abused women and their children from the Treaty 3 territory

Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Wawakapewin affairs are mostly coordinated through the Sioux Lookout office
• Child and Family Services provided through Tikinagan Child and Family Services; served through the main Sioux Lookout office, ph 807-737-3466 fax 807-737-3543
• Hospital services available at Meno Ya Win Health Centre in Sioux Lookout and the Margaret Cochenour Hospital in Red Lake
• Reserve community is serviced by air through the closest airport in Kasabonika Lake, located 37 km to the NE of community
• Accesses health services through the Nursing Station in Kasabonika Lake First Nation
• Offers the Nadawehik Kakina Kedodumuk Wilderness Healing Program

Operates as a sub-Band Office for the community members of Lac Seul First Nation living in Whitefish Bay

• Provides a community gas/convenience store and a Pentecostal church
• Offers a Canada Post postal station
• Provides recreational facilities including a new baseball field and an outdoor hockey rink as well as Dora Thomas Memorial Complex
• Offers education services to students from JK-Grade 8 through Morris Thomas Memorial Christian School
• Provides Whitefish Bay Health Clinic

Offers several Band-owned tourist operations in Whitefish Bay including:

• Lac Seul Adventures
• Mahkoons
• Mahkwa Lodge
• Sleepy Bear Cabins

Functions as the governing/main Band office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Child & Family Services provided by Tikinagan Child & Family Services, head office in Sioux Lookout; local phone: 807-582-3490, fax : 807-582-3453
• Hospital services available at Meno Ya Win Health Centre in Sioux Lookout and the Dryden Regional Hospital
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Lac Seul Police Services, Box 39, Hudson, Ont; local ph: 807-582-3802; fax: 807-582-3576
• Consists of 3 separate communities, Frenchman's Head (over 500 residents) on the mainland, Whitefish Bay (close to 100 residents) on Post Island and Kejick Bay (close to 300 residents) on White Pine Island; all communities are connected by road, causeway and bridge
• Also includes the small community of Canoe River where 1 family lives
• Provides several private businesses and the Lac Seul Conference Centre/Arena
• Supports a public area known as Archie's Landing in Frenchman's Head which serves as an entry to Lac Seul First Nation and a focal point for community activities and gatherings
• Publishes the Tibaachimowin community newsletter
• Provides a community gas/convenience store and a few churches
• Offers the Sahkatcheway Access Centre which houses Ontario Works and a Canada Post postal station
• Provides an Arena/Conference Centre facility in Hudson known as the Lac Seul Events Centre
• Provides Obishikokaang Resources Corporation which oversees economic development activities
• Administers education services and three schools in the three separate communities through the Lac Seul Education Authority
• Provides health care and health programs at Health Clinics in each community
• Oversees housing and related programs through the Ke Nawind Housing Development Authority

Operates as a sub-Band Office for the community members of Lac Seul First Nation living in Kejick Bay

• Provides a community gas/convenience store and a few churches
• Offers a Canada Post postal station
• Provides a 5-unit Elder's housing complex
• Operates an independently managed rough lumber mill for purchase of product in construction of docks, sheds and other projects
• Offers a public beach and camping area on west side of island known as Sandy Beach
• Maintains an outdoor skating rink; hosts occasional special events such as Family Skate Day
• Provides Brian Brisket Memorial Complex as well as a Youth Drop-In Centre
• Offers education for students from JK-Grade 8 at Waninitawingaang Memorial School and child care through Paw Nah Headstart Program
• Offers a community health clinic and an Ontario Works access centre

Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Hospital services available at Dryden Regional Health Centre in Dryden
• Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police Services, Kenora East Region; main headquarters ph: 807-548-5474; fax: 807-548-2119
• Child & Family Services provided by Anishinaabe Abinoojii Family Services, Kenora office ph: 807-468-6224, fax: 807-468-6643
• Provides a Community Hall and hosts annual spring Community Feasts at hall
• Publishes a monthly newsletter
• Offers a wood products company called Makoose Wood Innovations, privately-owned by Wabauskang member
• Serviced by air through Ear Falls Airport, located 13 km NW of Ear Falls
• Offers a Day Care Centre for child care
• Administers education services under Bimose Tribal Council for students attending school outside of the community
• Supports a Public Library for community members
• Operates a Volunteer Fire Department
• Provides health care and health programs at Wabauskang Health Office

Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities

Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:

• Child and Family Services worker provided through Tikinagan Child and Family Services in Red Lake
• Hospital services available at Meno Ya Win Health Centre in Sioux Lookout and Margaret Cochenour Memorial Hospital in Red Lake
• Police services provided by Ontario Provincial Police, Red Lake detachment; local ph: 807-727-2418
• Offers health programs for members through the Health Department
• Operates a Lands and Resources Program
• McDowell Lake Chief, Council and members celebrated official opening in Jul 2015 of the 10 kW solar system installed on the new Band Office under construction on McDowell Lake land; the system which includes a battery solution generates enough electricity to power a community fridge and freezer and lights and electrical outlets in the Band Office and is the first source of electricity in the new community