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Rainy River First Nations (Ojibwe: Manitoo-baawidigoong) is an Ojibwe First Nation band government in Emo, Ontario, Canada.

History

The First Nation is an amalgamation of seven historical Rainy River Saulteaux bands. Six of them either sold or transferred their Reserves in 1914-1915 and then began the amalgamation into a single Band. The Canadian federal government made the amalgamation official in the 1960s. The seven historical Saulteaux bands forming the Rainy River First Nations (and their historical reserves) are:

• Hungry Hall 1 Band of Rainy River Saulteaux — Hungry Hall (Bishop) 14
• Hungry Hall 2 Band of Rainy River Saulteaux — Hungry Hall (Paskonkin) 15
• Little Forks Band of Rainy River Saulteaux (part) — Little Forks 10
• Long Sault 1 Band of Rainy River Saulteaux — Long Sault 12
• Long Sault 2 Band of Rainy River Saulteaux — Long Sault 13
• Manitou Rapids 1 Band of Rainy River Saulteaux — Manitou Rapids 11
• Manitou Rapids 2 Band of Rainy River Saulteaux — Manitou Rapids 11

Governance

The First Nation have an electoral system of government, consisting of a Chief and five councillors forming their council. Chief Robin McGinnis, and Councillors Marcel Horton, Shawn Brown, Garry Medicine, Kathy Bombay, and Will McGinnis are serving their two-year term that began in October, 2017.

The First Nation is a member of the Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing Ne-Yaa-Zhing Advisory Services, a regional Chiefs Council, which in turn is a member of the Grand Council of Treaty 3, a Tribal Political Organization serving many of the First Nations in northwest Ontario and southeast Manitoba.

Reserve

The First Nation have reserved for itself two Indian reserve tracts:

• 3 hectares (7.4 acres) Long Sault 12
• 2,267.1 hectares (5,602 acres) Manitou Rapids 11

With the "Rainy River First Nations Land Settlement Agreement", some of the former reserves and other lands within the First Nation's Customary Use Area lands are made available to have either additional lands set in Reserve or have the Crown oversee in Trust the land for the benefit of the First Nation.

Notable members

• Al Hunter, poet

Notes

1. Grand Council Treaty #3. “Pazaga'owin Reclaiming Our Wings: Transition to Nationhood.” Christian Aboriginal Infrastructure Developments, Pg 13. https://caid.ca/RecWing010308.pdf.

References

• INAC profile
• Official website

v t e Rainy River District, Ontario
Towns	Fort Frances Rainy River
Townships	Alberton Atikokan Chapple Dawson Emo La Vallee Lake of the Woods Morley
First Nations	Animakee Wa Zhing 37 Big Grassy Couchiching Lac La Croix Mitaanjigamiing Naicatchewenin Naongashiing Nigigoonsiminikaaning Onigaming Rainy River Seine River
Indian reserves	Agency 1 Assabaska Big Grassy River 35G Big Island 31D Big Island 31E Big Island 31F Big Island 37 Big Island Mainland 93 Couchiching 16A Lake of the Woods 31H Lake of the Woods 34 Long Sault 12 Manitou Rapids 11 Naongashing 31A Neguaguon Lake 25D Rainy Lake 17A Rainy Lake 17B Rainy Lake 18C Rainy Lake 26A Rainy Lake 26B Rainy Lake 26C Sabaskong Bay 32C Sabaskong Bay 35C (part) Sabaskong Bay 35F (part) Sabaskong Bay 35H Saug-a-Gaw-Sing 1 Seine River 23A Seine River 23B Sturgeon Falls 23
Unorganized areas	Unorganized Rainy River
Unincorporated communities	Arbor Vitae Barwick Bergland Black Hawk Blue Burditt Lake Calm Lake Crilly Devlin Finland Flanders Gameland Glenorchy Government Landing Kawene McGinnis Creek Minahico Mine Centre Morson Off Lake Corner Pinewood Rocky Inlet Sapawe Shenston Sleeman Stratton
See also Communities in Rainy River District Census divisions of Ontario

48°39′18″N 93°54′25″W / 48.65500°N 93.90694°W / 48.65500; -93.90694

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