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Band Office

1800 Pawitik St
Naotkamegwanning/Whitefish Bay First Nation
Naotkamegwanning/Whitefish Bay First Nation

807-226-5411

Fax: 807-226-5389

Mon-Fri 8:30 am-12 noon, 1 pm-4:30 pm
Last updated: Aug 20, 2024: Suggest an edit
Application
Call for information
Eligibility - Population(s) Served
Members of Naotkamegwanning First Nation
Fees
None
Contacts
Receptionist
Laura Kakeeway - Band Manager
laura.kakeeway@bellnet.ca
Laura Kakeeway - Band Manager
laura.kakeeway@bellnet.ca
Languages
English
Language Note
Ojibway, available upon request
Accessibility

Description of Services:
Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities
Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:
Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:
- Child and Family Services workers on-reserve provided through Anishinaabe Abinooji Family Services in Kenora
- Hospital and additional ambulance services available at Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora
- Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police; call 1-888-310-1122 for police services to be dispatched to reserve, or Kenora South Sub-Division, ph: 807-274-1565, fx: 807-274-1568
- Dedicated to practising cultural and spiritual Anishinaabe traditions and way of life with half of community members speaking Ojibway language
- Supports several local businesses including Wiisinin Cafe, White's Store and a Canada Post office
- Community members conduct most business affairs in Kenora
- Provides the Mino' Giizhigad Elder's Complex for senior community members
- Offers community emergency medical services through ambulance and paramedics
- Provides a youth and elder's cultural camp at Black River
- Publishes a community magazine called Naotkamegwanning Mazina'igan
- Serves as home for the Whitefish Bay singers, a cultural drum group established in 1970 who travel across the country and in Europe and have 15 recorded albums
- Provides child care at Sabatise Vision Child Care Centre
- Administers education services and Baibombeh Anishinabe School at the Naotkamegwanning Northwest Angle Education Authority office
- Offers an Aboriginal Headstart Program
- Offers health care and health programs through Netaawgonebiik Health Services and the Netaawgonebiik Community Clinic
- Provides a Women's Emergency Shelter for abused women and their children from the Treaty 3 territory
Services and Programs:
- Extended Health Benefits
- Housing Department
- Ontario Works
- Operations and Maintenance
- Netaawgonebiik Health Services - Health Centre
- Sabatise Vision Child Care Centre - Aboriginal Head Start Program
- Sabatise Vision Child Care Centre - Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program
- Sabatise Vision Child Care Centre - Healthy Babies Healthy Children
- Women's Shelter
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Last updated: Aug 20, 2024: Suggest an edit
