Pinaymootang First Nation (also spelt in

Ojibwe The Ojibwe (; Ojibwe writing systems#Ojibwe syllabics, syll.: ᐅᒋᐺ; plural: ''Ojibweg'' ᐅᒋᐺᒃ) are an Anishinaabe people whose homeland (''Ojibwewaki'' ᐅᒋᐺᐘᑭ) covers much of the Great Lakes region and the Great Plains, n ...

as ''Binemoodaang'', meaning ''Partridge Crop Place'') is a First Nations people whose home location is on Fairford 50 Reserve at Fairford in the

Rural Municipality of Grahamdale Grahamdale is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It lies in the Interlake Region. It was incorporated as a Local Government District (LGD) on 1 January 1945, and became a Rural Municipality in 1997. The m ...

Manitoba Manitoba is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

. They are situated on Provincial Trunk Highway 6 (PTH 6) in the

Interlake Region The Interlake Region is an informal geographic region of the Canadian province of Manitoba that lies roughly between Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The region comprises 14 rural municipalities, one city ( S ...

of Manitoba about 220 kilometres from Winnipeg. The Rural Municipality of Grahamdale forms most of the reserve's land boundary, although it also has a short border with the

Little Saskatchewan First Nation Little Saskatchewan First Nation () is a First Nations community in the Interlake Region of central Manitoba. Its main reserve is the Little Saskatchewan 48. It is a signatory of Treaty 2 Treaty 2 was entered in to on 21 August 1872 at Mani ...

as well as significant lakeshore on Lake St. Martin, which is considered as being outside the reserve. The main settlement on the reserve is located at . The geographically separate second part of the Fairford 50 reserve is located on Dunsekikan Island () in Lake St. Martin, and is about ten miles east of the main section of the reserve. The registered population on Fairford 50 is about 1300 people while an additional 1600 live in various other locations. The 2011 Census showed an official population of 989 persons living at Fairford 50. The Chief of the First Nation for over 40 years was Levi Bruce. In December 2023 Cindy Woodhouse was elected National Chief of the

Assembly of First Nations The Assembly of First Nations (, AFN) is an assembly of Canadian First Nations ( Indian bands) represented by their chiefs. Established in 1982 and modelled on the United Nations General Assembly, it emerged from the National Indian Brotherhood ...

References

''Pinaymootang First Nation''

''Inac statistics''

External links

Map of Fairford 50 (part in Census Division No. 18) at Statcan

Map of Fairford 50 (part in Census Division No. 19) at Statcan
(Dunsekikan Island) {{coord, 51, 36, 54, N, 98, 38, 25, W, type:city_region:CA-MB_scale:250000, display=title Interlake Reserves Tribal Council First Nations governments in Manitoba