Pauingassi First Nation
Band No. 327
PeopleSaulteaux
TreatyTreaty 5
ProvinceManitoba
Land[1]
Main reservePauingassi First Nation Indian Reserve
Land area2.605 km2
Population (2019)[1]
On reserve624
Off reserve66
Total population690
Government[1]
ChiefRoddy Owens
Tribal Council[1]
Southeast Resource Development Council[1]

Pauingassi First Nation (Ojibwe: Bawingaasi)[2] 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.[1]

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

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "SERDC - Pauingassi".
  2. ↑ Translate Ojibwe Online dictionary - "Pauingassi" https://www.translateojibwe.com/en/dictionary-english-ojibwe/Pauingassi

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

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