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Pauingassi First Nation
Band No. 327
PeopleSaulteaux
TreatyTreaty 5
ProvinceManitoba
Land
Main reservePauingassi First Nation Indian Reserve
Land area2.605 km
Population (2019)
On reserve624
Off reserve66
Total population690
Government
ChiefRoddy Owens
Tribal Council
Southeast Resource Development Council

Pauingassi First Nation (Ojibwe: Bawingaasi) is an Anishinaabe (Saulteaux/Ojibwa) First Nation community located approximately 280 kilometres (170 mi) northeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and 24 kilometres (15 mi) north of Little Grand Rapids, Manitoba, on a peninsula jutting southward into Fishing Lake, a tributary of Berens River.

The main economic base of the community remains hunting, fishing, trapping and wild rice harvesting.

The First Nation has one reserve land: Pauingassi First Nation Indian Reserve, spanning a total 260.50 hectares (643.7 acres), which serves as their main reserve and contains the eponymous settlement of Pauingassi at 52°09′20″N 95°22′26″W / 52.15556°N 95.37389°W / 52.15556; -95.37389.

Governance

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Originally part of Little Grand Rapids First Nation, the Pauingassi received reserve status in 1988 and became a separate First Nation from the Little Grand Rapids First Nation on 7 October 1991.

Today, Pauingassi First Nation is governed by the Custom Electoral System of government. Pauingassi First Nation is a member of the Southeast Resource Development Council and a signatory to Treaty 5.

References

  1. ^ "SERDC - Pauingassi".
  2. Translate Ojibwe Online dictionary - "Pauingassi" https://www.translateojibwe.com/en/dictionary-english-ojibwe/Pauingassi

External links

Southeast Resource Development Council
First Nations in the Northern Region of Manitoba
The Numbered Treaties: Treaty Five
Numbered Treaties
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Division No. 19, Manitoba (North East Manitoba)
First Nations
Indian reserves
Unorganized areas
Unincorporated communities

52°09′51″N 95°22′43″W / 52.16417°N 95.37861°W / 52.16417; -95.37861

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