Animakee Wa Zhing 37 First Nation
Animakee Wa Zhing 37 First Nation (formerly Northwest Angle 37 First Nation, Ojibwe language: Animikii-wajiing, meaning Sacred place of the Thunderbirds[1]) is an Anishinaabe First Nation in northwestern Ontario. It is a part of the Anishinabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resource Council, which is in turn part of the Grand Council of Treaty 3.
As of 2015, the First Nation had a registered membership of 405 people, 179 of whom were living on Animakee Wa Zhing 37 reserve lands.[2]
Reserve lands
[edit]Name | Size |
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Agency 30 (shared with other First Nations) | 379 hectares (940 acres) |
Big Island 37 | 787.50 hectares (1,946.0 acres) |
Lake of the Woods 34 | 259.40 hectares (641.0 acres) |
Lake of the Woods 37 | 1,137 hectares (2,810 acres) |
Lake of the Woods 37B | 106 hectares (260 acres) |
Northwest Angle 34C | 303.50 hectares (750.0 acres) |
Northwest Angle 34C & 37B | 792.80 hectares (1,959.1 acres) |
Northwest Angle 37C | 279.20 hectares (689.9 acres) |
Shoal Lake 34B1 | 259 hectares (640 acres) |
Shoal Lake 37A | 777 hectares (1,920 acres) |
Whitefish Bay 34A (the most populated site) | 609 hectares (1,500 acres) |
Leadership
[edit]In the December 2021 election, Linda McVicar was elected chief, with Don Kavanaugh, Angel Andrushuk, Lorraine Major and Theresa Noonan as councillors.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Kinew, Kathi Avery (1995). Manito Gitigaan : governing in the Great Spirit's garden : wild rice in Treaty #3 (PhD thesis). University of Manitoba. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ "Registered Population, Animakee Wa Zhing #37". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 2015-01-23. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ "Governance, Animakee Wa Zhing #37". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 2015-01-23. Retrieved 17 February 2016.