The Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek (formerly known as Rocky Bay First Nation) is an

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band government in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Their territory is located on the Rocky Bay 1

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, bordering on the community of

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. In October 2008, they had a total registered population of 678 people, of which 327 people lived on their own Indian reserve. The Nation is led by Chief Gladys Thompson. The council is a member of

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, a Regional Chiefs' Council, and is member of

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, a Tribal Political Organization. The First Nation is also a member of

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, an

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made up of five Lake Nipigon First Nations.

History

The first nation's television series ''

Spirit Bay ''Spirit Bay'' was an aboriginal family television show of 13 half-hour episodes that aired on CBC Television and TVOntario from 1982 to 1987. The show focuses on the lives of townsfolk on an Ojibwe reservation town near MacDiarmid, Ontario. Here, ...

'' was filmed here in the 1980s. A modern school in Rocky Bay has been named the "Spirit Bay School" after the series. In June 1994, the Chiefs at the Anishinabek Grand Council on the Rocky Bay First Nation, directed that the Education Directorate formally establish the Anishinabek Education Institute (AEI) in accordance with the post secondary education model that was submitted and ratified. (Res. 94/13)

References

External links

Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek First NationAANDC profileFirstNations.ca profile
First Nations governments in Ontario Ojibwe governments {{Ontario-geo-stub