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Animakee Wa Zhing 37 First Nation

{{Short description|First Nation in Ontario, Canada}}

Animakee Wa Zhing 37 First Nation (formerly Northwest Angle 37 First Nation, Ojibwe language: Animikii-wajiing, meaning Sacred place of the Thunderbirds{{cite thesis |last= Kinew|first= Kathi Avery|date= 1995|title= Manito Gitigaan : governing in the Great Spirit's garden : wild rice in Treaty #3|url= http://hdl.handle.net/1993/3684|degree= PhD|chapter= |publisher= University of Manitoba|docket= |oclc= |access-date=2024-01-25}} ) is an Anishinaabe First Nation in northwestern Ontario. It is a part of the Anishinabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resource Council, which is in turn part of the Grand Council of Treaty 3.

As of 2015, the First Nation had a registered membership of 405 people, 179 of whom were living on Animakee Wa Zhing 37 reserve lands.{{cite web|url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNRegPopulation.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=152&lang=eng |title=Registered Population, Animakee Wa Zhing #37 |date=2015-01-23 |website=Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=17 February 2016 }}

Reserve lands

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Name

! Size

Agency 30 (shared with other First Nations)

| {{convert|sortable=on|379|ha}}

Big Island 37

| {{convert|sortable=on|787.50|ha}}

Lake of the Woods 34

| {{convert|sortable=on|259.40|ha}}

Lake of the Woods 37

| {{convert|sortable=on|1137|ha}}

Lake of the Woods 37B

| {{convert|sortable=on|106|ha}}

Northwest Angle 34C

| {{convert|sortable=on|303.50|ha}}

Northwest Angle 34C & 37B

| {{convert|sortable=on|792.80|ha}}

Northwest Angle 37C

| {{convert|sortable=on|279.20|ha}}

Shoal Lake 34B1

| {{convert|sortable=on|259|ha}}

Shoal Lake 37A

| {{convert|sortable=on|777|ha}}

Whitefish Bay 34A (the most populated site)

| {{convert|sortable=on|609|ha}}

Leadership

In the December 2021 election, Linda McVicar was elected chief, with Don Kavanaugh, Angel Andrushuk, Lorraine Major and Theresa Noonan as councillors.{{cite web|url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNGovernance.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=152&lang=eng |title=Governance, Animakee Wa Zhing #37 |date=2015-01-23 |website=Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=17 February 2016 }}

References

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{{Grand Council of Treaty 3}}

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Category:First Nations in Ontario

Category:Anishinaabe tribal political organizations

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