O"Bash'Kaan'Da'Gaang/Washagamis Bay First Nation is an
Ojibwe
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 ...
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 ...
in northwestern
Ontario
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, Canada. Before the signing of Treaty 3 agreement there were three Anishinabe tribes living near and around the
Kenora region. The smallest was O'Bash'Kaan'Da'Gaang (Washagamis Bay-38A), the second was Niisaachewaan (Dalles-38C) and the largest was Wauzhusk Onigum (Rat Portage-38B). It has two reserves;
Agency 30 and
Rat Portage near
Kenora. It is a member of the
Bimose Tribal Council
Bimose Tribal Council is a First Nations council, one of three such councils on the Grand Council of Treaty 3. Its members include:
* Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation
* Eagle Lake First Nation
* Iskatewizaagegan 39 Independent First Nation
* Lac d ...
and the
Grand Council of Treaty 3
Grand Council of Treaty 3 (GCT3) is a political organization representing 24 First Nation communities across ''Treaty 3'' areas of northern Ontario and southeastern Manitoba, Canada, and four additional First Nations, specifically in regard to thei ...
.
First Nations governments in Ontario
Communities in Thunder Bay District
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