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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 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 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 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 worker on-reserve provided through Weech-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 1-888-310-1122 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:

• 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

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 1-888-310-1122 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:

• 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:

• 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 1-888-310-1122 for police services to be dispatched to reserve
• NO fire services provided on-reserve but Pwi di Goo Zhing Advisory Services oversees fire services; ph 807-274-8531 Ext 227 or cell 807-275-7230
• Most shopping is done in Atikokan, an hour and half E on Hwy 11 or in Fort Frances, two hours W on Hwy 11
• Community has small convenience store and gas station

Operates a self government and is responsible for the day to day operations of the Animakee Wa Zhing #37 First Nation; offers a sub-office in Regina Bay

• Serves as the main administration office
• Offers a council-operated elementary school, Windigo Island School
• Coordinates health services for community members
• 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; Fire Prevention Officer, ph 807-226-4445 Ext 224, fireprevention@akrc.on.ca
• New water treatment plant for Windigo Island announced Mar 2020

Operates as a sub-office for Northwest Angle 37 community members and oversees community programs, services and facilities

• 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:

• 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