Pauingassi First Nation
{{Infobox First Nation
| band_name = Pauingassi First Nation
| band_number = 327
| people = Saulteaux
| treaty = Treaty 5
| province = Manitoba
| main_reserve = Pauingassi First Nation Indian Reserve
| area = 2.605
| pop_year = 2019
| on_reserve = 624
| off_reserve = 66
| total_pop = 690
| chief = Roddy Owens
| tribal_council = Southeast Resource Development Council
| footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://www.serdc.mb.ca/communities/pauingassi|title = SERDC - Pauingassi}}
}}
Pauingassi First Nation ({{langx|oj|Bawingaasi}})Translate Ojibwe Online dictionary - "Pauingassi" [https://www.translateojibwe.com/en/dictionary-english-ojibwe/Pauingassi https://www.translateojibwe.com/en/dictionary-english-ojibwe/Pauingassi] is an Anishinaabe (Saulteaux/Ojibwa) First Nation community located approximately {{convert|280|km|mi}} northeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and {{convert|24|km|mi}} north of Little Grand Rapids, Manitoba, on a peninsula jutting southward into Fishing Lake, a tributary of Berens River.
The main economic base of the community remains hunting, fishing, trapping and wild rice harvesting.
The First Nation has one reserve land: Pauingassi First Nation Indian Reserve, spanning a total {{convert|260.50|ha|acres}}, which serves as their main reserve and contains the eponymous settlement of Pauingassi at {{coord|52|09|20|N|95|22|26|W|scale:10000|display=inline}}.
Governance
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Originally part of Little Grand Rapids First Nation, the Pauingassi received reserve status in 1988 and became a separate First Nation from the Little Grand Rapids First Nation on 7 October 1991.
Today, Pauingassi First Nation is governed by the Custom Electoral System of government. Pauingassi First Nation is a member of the Southeast Resource Development Council and a signatory to Treaty 5.
References
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External links
- [https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=327&lang=eng AANDC profile]
- [https://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/wno/status-report/fa-8.15_pauingassi.pdf 2004-2005 First Nations Community Profiles - MB Region]
- [http://www.seed.mb.ca/pauingassi.html Southeast Community Futures Development Corporation profile]
- [http://geodepot.statcan.ca/GeoSearch2006/GeoSearch2006.jsp?resolution=H&lang=E&otherLang=F&census=Yes&DisplayData=Yes&NewImage=yes&layer=csd&IdentName=Pauingassi%20First%20Nation%20(IRI)&IdentUID=4619079 Map of Pauingassi First Nation at Statcan]
{{Southeast Resource Development Council}}{{First Nations in the Northern Region of Manitoba}}
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{{Coord|52|09|51|N|95|22|43|W|type:city_region:CA-MB|display=title}}