- Whitesand First Nation
The Whitesand First Nation is an
Ojibwa First Nation inNorthern Ontario . They have reserved for themselves the 249 ha Whitesand reserve. The community of Armstrong Settlement is their main community, located coterminously withArmstrong, Thunder Bay District, Ontario . In June of 2008, their total registered population was 1086 people, of which their on-reserve population was 311.Originally located along the northwest shore of
Lake Nipigon near Mount St. John, Whitesand First Nation was without a home since 1942 when high water levels began eroding the shoreline and flooding out their buildings and burial grounds. Due to the economic influence of theCanadian National Railway , many Whitesand First Nation members settled along the CNR rail line. Largest of these settlements took place in Armstrong. Consequently, when a new Reserve was negotiated, it was located immediately north of that community.Whitesand is
police d by theNishnawbe-Aski Police Service , an Aboriginal based service.Governance
The current electoral leadership of the council consists of Chief Allan Gustufson and six councillors: Barbara Doblej, Jim Doblej, Raymond Kwandibens, Yvette Kwandibens-Toset, Wayne Matchiendagos and James Nayanookeesic. Their term began on October 27, 2007.
The First Nation is part of the
Independent First Nations Alliance of theNishnawbe Aski Nation , though Whitesand First Nation is located within theRobinson Superior Treaty area.Official address
Whitesand First Nation
PO Box 68
Armstrong, ON P0T 1A0
:Phone: 1-807-583-2177
:Fax: 1-807-583-2170External links
* [http://pse2-esd2.ainc-inac.gc.ca/FNProfiles/FNProfiles_Details.asp?Band_Number=190 INAC profile]
* [http://www.chiefs-of-ontario.org/profiles/pr_whitesand.html Chiefs of Ontario profile]
* [http://firstnation.ca/whitesand FirstNation.ca profile]
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