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

Name Size
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

In the December 2021 election, Linda McVicar was elected chief, with Don Kavanaugh, Angel Andrushuk, Lorraine Major and Theresa Noonan as councillors.[3]

References

  1. ↑ https://mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca/bitstream/handle/1993/3684/Kinew,%20Manito%20Gitigaan.pdf
  2. ↑ "Registered Population, Animakee Wa Zhing #37". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 2015-01-23. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Governance, Animakee Wa Zhing #37". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 2015-01-23. Retrieved 17 February 2016.


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