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First Nation of Ontario, Canada

The Whitesand First Nation (Severn Ojibwa: ᐗᐱᓀᑲ) is an Ojibway First Nation reserve in Northern Ontario, Canada. They have reserved for themselves the 249-hectare (615-acre) Whitesand reserve. The community of Armstrong Settlement is their main community, located coterminously with Armstrong, Thunder Bay District, Ontario. In June 2008, their total registered population was 1,086 people, of which their on-reserve population was 311.

Originally located along the northwest shore of Lake Nipigon near Mount St. John, and near the Whitesand River which gives name to the group, Whitesand First Nation was without a home from 1942 when high water levels began eroding the shoreline and flooding out their buildings and burial grounds. Due to the economic influence of the Canadian 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 policed by the OPP an agreement made between chief and council and OPP (OPP: Ontario Provincial Police)

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. There will be an election held this year on the 28th and 29 October 2011.

The First Nation is part of the Independent First Nations Alliance of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, though Whitesand First Nation is located within the Robinson Superior Treaty area. The First Nation is also a member of Waaskiinaysay Ziibi Inc., an economic development corporation made up of five Lake Nipigon First Nations.

References

Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation - Annual Report 2013-2014, https://nanlegal.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/nalsc-annual-report-2013-14.pdf

External links

The Whitesand First Nations Community Website - whitesandfirstnation.com
AANDC profile
Chiefs of Ontario profile Archived 2009-10-26 at the Wayback Machine

v t e Thunder Bay District, Ontario
Cities	Thunder Bay
Towns	Greenstone Marathon
Townships	Conmee Dorion Gillies Manitouwadge Neebing Nipigon O'Connor Oliver Paipoonge Red Rock Schreiber Shuniah Terrace Bay
First Nations	Animbiigoo Zaagi'igan Anishinaabek Aroland Biigtigong Nishnaabeg Biinjitiwabik Zaaging Anishnabek (Rocky Bay) Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek (Sand Point) Fort William Ginoogaming Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek (Gull Bay) Lac des Mille Lacs Long Lake 58 Mishkeegogamang Namaygoosisagagun Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg (Pic Mobert) Ojibways of Saugeen Pays Plat Red Rock (Lake Helen) Whitesand
First Nations reserves	Fort William 52 Ginoogaming (Long Lac 77) Gull River 55 Lac des Mille Lacs 22A1 Lac des Mille Lacs 22A2 Lake Helen 53A Lake Nipigon Long Lake 58 Ojibway Nation of Saugeen (Savant Lake) Osnaburgh 63A Pays Plat 51 Pic Mobert North Pic Mobert South Pic River 50 Red Rock 53 Rocky Bay 1 Sand Point First Nation Whitesand
First Nations settlements	Armstrong Aroland Collins Lake
Unorganized areas	Unorganized Thunder Bay
Local services boards	Armstrong East Gorham Hurkett Kaministiquia Lappe Nolalu Rossport Shebandowan Upsala
Unincorporated communities	Amethyst Harbour Ancliff Auden Baird Beardmore Bowker Burchell Lake Caramat Carters Corners Cloud Bay English River Finmark Flint Fort William Geraldton Gorham Harstone Hemlo Hillside Hume Hymers Jackfish Jacques Jarvis River Jellicoe Kakabeka Falls Kashabowie Lee Leeblain Leeper Longlac Loon Macdiarmid Mackenzie McCluskeys Corners Millar Mokomon Moose Hill Murillo Nakina Navilus Nolalu Ombabika Orient Bay Pass Lake Pays Plat Pearl Port Arthur Raith Rosslyn Savanne Savant Lake Scoble West Sellers Shabaqua Shabaqua Corners Silver Harbour Silver Islet Silver Mountain Slate River Valley South Gillies Stanley Sorrell Lake Suomi Twin City Wamsley Wild Goose
See also Communities in Thunder Bay District List of census divisions of Ontario

v t e Nishnawbe Aski Nation
Independent First Nations Alliance	Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Lac Seul Muskrat Dam Pikangikum Whitesand
Keewaytinook Okimakanak Council	Deer Lake Fort Severn Keewaywin McDowell Lake North Spirit Lake Poplar Hill
Matawa First Nations	Aroland Constance Lake Eabametoong Ginoogaming Hornepayne Long Lake 58 Marten Falls Neskantaga Nibinamik Webequie
Mushkegowuk Council	Attawapiskat Chapleau Cree Fort Albany Kashechewan Missanabie Cree Moose Cree Taykwa Tagamou Weenusk
Shibogama First Nations Council	Kasabonika Lake Kingfisher Wapekeka Wawakapewin Wunnumin Lake
Wabun Tribal Council	Beaverhouse Brunswick House Chapleau Ojibway Flying Post Matachewan Mattagami Wahgoshig
Windigo First Nations Council	Bearskin Lake Cat Lake Koocheching North Caribou Lake (Weagamow Lake) Sachigo Lake Slate Falls Whitewater
Independent NAN Communities	Mishkeegogamang Mocreebec Council Sandy Lake

v t e The Numbered Treaties: Treaty Nine
Numbered Treaties	Treaty 1 Treaty 2 Treaty 3 Treaty 4 Treaty 5 Treaty 6 Treaty 7 Treaty 8 Treaty 9 Treaty 10 Treaty 11
Treaty Nine Nations	Abitibiwinni First Nation (Quebec) Aroland First Nation Attawapiskat First Nation Bearskin Lake First Nation Brunswick House First Nation Cat Lake First Nation Chapleau Cree First Nation Chapleau Ojibway First Nation Constance Lake First Nation Eabametoong First Nation Flying Post First Nation Fort Albany First Nation Fort Severn First Nation Ginoogaming First Nation Kasabonika First Nation Keewaywin First Nation Kingfisher First Nation Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation Marten Falls First Nation Matachewan First Nation Mishkeegogamang First Nation Missanabie Cree First Nation Neskantaga First Nation Nibinamik First Nation Mattagami First Nation Muskrat Dam Lake First Nation McDowell Lake First Nation Moose Cree First Nation North Caribou Lake First Nation Sachigo Lake First Nation Slate Falls First Nation Taykwa Tagamou Nation Wahgoshig First Nation Wapekeka First Nation Wawakapewin First Nation Webequie First Nation Weenusk First Nation Wunnumin Lake First Nation

The Numbered Treaties: Treaty Nine

Numbered Treaties

Treaty Nine Nations

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