Ginoogaming First Nation (formerly the Long Lake 77 First Nation) is a small

Anishinaabe The Anishinaabeg (adjectival: Anishinaabe) are a group of culturally related Indigenous peoples present in the Great Lakes region of Canada and the United States. They include the Ojibwe (including Saulteaux and Oji-Cree), Odawa, Potawatomi, ...

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Ojibway The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people in what is currently southern Canada, the northern Midwestern United States, and Northern Plains. According to the U.S. census, in the United States Ojibwe people are one of ...

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First Nation Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...

reserve Reserve or reserves may refer to: Places * Reserve, Kansas, a US city * Reserve, Louisiana, a census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish * Reserve, Montana, a census-designated place in Sheridan County * Reserve, New Mexico, a US vi ...

located in

Northern Ontario Northern Ontario is a primary geographic and quasi-administrative region of the Canadian province of Ontario, the other primary region being Southern Ontario. Most of the core geographic region is located on part of the Superior Geological Provi ...

, located approximately 40 km east of Geraldton, Ontario, Canada, on the northern shore of Long Lake, immediately south of

Long Lake 58 First Nation Long Lake 58 First Nation ( oj, Ginoogamaa-zaaga’igan 58) is an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe, Ojibway) First Nations in Canada, First Nation band government located in Northern Ontario, located approximately 40 km east of Geraldton, Ontario, Canada ...

and the community of Longlac, Ontario. As of September, 2006, their total registered population was 773 people, of which their on-Reserve population was 168.

Government

Governance

The leadership of the First Nation is determined through the Act Electoral System. The current Chief is Celia Echum, who is serving along with six councillors: Blaine Martin, Gwen O'Nabigon, Maurice Waboose, Jerry Echum and David Charles Jr, and Joseph Dore Jr. Their two-year elected terms began in August 2009. The First Nation is a member of

Matawa First Nations Matawa First Nations (Ojibwe: ᒫᑕᐙ (''maadawaa'', "to fork, to confluence"); unpointed: ᒪᑕᐧᐊ), officially as the Matawa First Nations Management, Inc., is a non-profit Regional Chiefs' Council representing Ojibway and Cree First Natio ...

, a Regional Chiefs Council, which in turn is a member of the

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Nishnawbe Aski Nation (ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯ ᐊᔅᑭ ᐃᔥᑯᓂᑲᓇᓐ ᐅᑭᒫᐎᓐ (''Anishinaabe-aski Ishkoniganan Ogimaawin''), unpointed: ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᔅᑭ ᐃᔥᑯᓂᐊᓇᓐ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᓐ; NAN for short) is a political orga ...

, a Tribal Political Organization representing many of the First Nations in northern Ontario.

Services

Government services are provided by the First Nation, the Matawa First Nations and by the

. Services include: * Dilico Child & Family Services Health Program

References

External links

AANDC profile

FirstNation.ca profile
First Nations governments in Ontario Communities in Thunder Bay District Nishnawbe Aski Nation Anishinaabe reserves in Ontario {{NorthernOntario-geo-stub