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Windigo Island Health Office
Windigo Island Health Office
Northwest Angle 37 First Nation
Northwest Angle 37 First Nation
807-733-2900
Fax: 807-733-2690
Mon-Thu 9 am-12 noon, 1 pm-4:30 pm
Last updated: May 15, 2024: Suggest an edit
Application
Appointments required
Eligibility - Population(s) Served
Members of Animakee Wa Zhing #37 First Nation (Northwest Angle 37) residing on Windigo Island
Fees
None
Contacts
Asher Powassin - Community Health Representative
807-733-2900 * chr@nwa37.ca
807-733-2900 * chr@nwa37.ca
Languages
English
Language Note
Ojibway interpretation available upon request
Area(s) Served
Northwest Angle 37 First Nation
Accessibility
Not Wheelchair Accessible
Description of Services:
Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members of Windigo Island
- Coordinates appointments for community members with visiting Nurse Practitioners from Kenora Area Health Access Centre (KAHAC) twice per month
- Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
- Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Dental Hygiene, Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
- Coordinates foot care sessions through visiting specialists
- Identifies and attempts to correct health hazards
- Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
- Referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
- Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
- Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the community health representative
- Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
- Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments
Services and Programs:
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About Us
Tribal Council: Anishinaabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resource Council (AKRC)
Primary Tribal Organization: Grand Council of Treaty 3
Treaty #3
Windigo Island community is near Manitoba and Minnesota borders approximately 6 mi N of Angle Inlet, Minnesota and 100 mi SW of Kenora
Community is on island and only accessible by water during summer months and ice road across the lake during winter
Last updated: May 15, 2024: Suggest an edit
