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👁 Weenusk First Nation is located in Ontario

👁 Weenusk First Nation

Weenusk First Nation

Location of Weenusk First Nation in Ontario

Weenusk First Nation (Cree: ᐐᓈᐢᑯ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ (wînâsko ininiwak); unpointed: ᐧᐃᓇᐢᑯ ᐃᓂᓂᐧᐊᐠ) is a Cree First Nations band government in the Canadian province of Ontario.^[1]^[2] Weenusk First Nation is an independent member of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN).^[3]

Weenusk First Nation's reserve is the 5,310 hectares (13,100 acres) Winisk Indian Reserve 90.^[4] Associated with the reserve is their Winisk Indian Settlement also known as Peawanuck, which also holds reserve status. Originally, the Weenusk First Nation was located within their reserve, but they were forced to move 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest to Peawanuck when on May 16, 1986, spring floods swept away much of the original settlement, which had been located 6 km (3.7 mi) upriver from Hudson Bay.

Demographics

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In the Cree language, "Peawanuck" means "a place where flint is found," while "Weenusk" means "ground hog". The community, being primarily Swampy Cree, speaks the n-dialect of the Cree language.^{[citation needed]} The 2021 Canadian census said that the community is composed of 247 people. Of these 220 people 220 wereFirst Nations, 10 Métis and about 25 non-Indigenous people. (Cree (120 people), Oji-Cree (10 people), and 60 First Nations not included elsewhere.^[5] In addition to Cree, Anishininiimowin and Ojibwemowin are also spoken there.

Governance

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Weenusk is governed by Chief Joseph (Joey) Edmund Charles Hunter and three councillors: Jeffrey Felix Hunter, Leah Carol Hunter, and Joseph (Paul) Koostachin.^[6]

References

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^ Long, John S. (2010-11-19). Treaty No. 9: Making the Agreement to Share the Land in Far Northern Ontario in 1905. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 978-0-7735-8135-7.
^ Foster, Karen R.; Jarman, Jennifer (2022-03-03). The Right to Be Rural. University of Alberta. ISBN 978-1-77212-595-5.
^ "First Nations in NAN". Retrieved 24 March 2026.
^ Reserves, settlements or villages of the Weenusk First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table Peawanuck, Indian settlement (S-É) Ontario [Census subdivision]". Statistics Canada. 10 December 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
^ Governance of the Weenusk First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 24 March 2026.

External links

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Detailed community profile from the Wakenagun Development Corporation (Peawanuck)

First Nation details for the Weenusk First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 24 March 2026.

55°01′13″N 85°42′28″W / 55.02028°N 85.70778°W / 55.02028; -85.70778

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
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

Anishinaabe culture

Family

Clan system
- Doodemen

Nations

Languages

Algonquian	Algonquin Ojibwemowin (list) Berens River Border Lakes Central Eastern Nakawēmowin / Saulteaux Nipissing North of Superior Northwestern Odaawaamwin Oji-Cree Southwestern Bodwéwadmimwen
Pidgin / Creole	Broken Oghibbeway Bungi
Hand Talk	Birch bark scrolls
Writing	Canadian Aboriginal syllabics Great Lakes Algonquian syllabics

Art

Housing

Tipi
Wigwam

Governance

Council of Three Fires

Religion, myth and stories

Education

Colonial	U.S. residential schools Canadian residential schools
Primary/Secondary	Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School Hannahville Indian School Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe School
Tertiary	Anishinabek Educational Institute Bay Mills Community College Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College

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 Wunnumin Lake First Nation

The Numbered Treaties: Treaty Nine

Numbered Treaties

Treaty Nine Nations

v t e Kenora District, Ontario
Cities	Dryden Kenora	👁 Image
Towns	Red Lake Sioux Lookout
Townships	Ear Falls Ignace Machin Pickle Lake Sioux Narrows–Nestor Falls
First Nations	Animakee Wa Zhing 37 Asubpeeschoseewagong Attawapiskat Bearskin Lake Big Grassy Buffalo Point Cat Lake Deer Lake Eabametoong Eagle Lake Fort Albany Fort Severn Iskatewizaagegan 39 Kasabonika Lake Kashechewan Keewaywin Kingfisher Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Lac Seul Marten Falls Mishkeegogamang Muskrat Dam Lake Naongashiing Naotkamegwanning Neskantaga Nibinamik Niisaachewan North Caribou Lake North Spirit Lake Northwest Angle 33 Obashkaandagaang Bay Onigaming Pikangikum Poplar Hill Sachigo Lake Sandy Lake Shoal Lake 40 Slate Falls Wabaseemoong Wabauskang Wabigoon Lake Wapekeka Wauzhushk Onigum Wawakapewin Webequie Wunnumin Lake
Indian reserves	Agency 30 Attawapiskat 91 Attawapiskat 91A Bearskin Lake Cat Lake 63C The Dalles 38C Deer Lake Eagle Lake 27 English River 21 Fort Albany 67 (part) Fort Hope 64 Fort Severn 89 Kasabonika Lake Kee-Way-Win Kenora 38B Kingfisher 2A Kingfisher 3A Kingfisher Lake 1 Kitchenuhmaykoosib Aaki 84 Lac Seul 28 Lake of the Woods 31B Lake of the Woods 31C Lake of the Woods 31G Lake of the Woods 35J Lake of the Woods 37 Lake of the Woods 37B Marten Falls 65 Muskrat Dam Lake Naongashing 35A Neskantaga North Spirit Lake Northwest Angle 33B Northwest Angle 34C & 37B Obabikong 35B One Man Lake 29 Osnaburgh 63B Pikangikum 14 Poplar Hill Rat Portage 38A Sabaskong Bay 35C (part) Sabaskong Bay 35D Sabaskong Bay 35F (part) Sachigo Lake 1 Sachigo Lake 2 Sachigo Lake 3 Sandy Lake 88 Shoal Lake 31J Shoal Lake 34B1 Shoal Lake 34B2 Shoal Lake 37A (part) Shoal Lake 39 (part) Shoal Lake 39A (part) Shoal Lake 40 (part) Swan Lake 29 Wabaseemoong Wabauskang 21 Wabigoon Lake 27 Wapekeka 1 Wapekeka 2 Wawakapewin Weagamow Lake 87 Webequie Winisk 90 Whitefish Bay 32A Whitefish Bay 33A Whitefish Bay 34A Wunnumin 1 Wunnumin 2 Yellow Girl Bay 32B
Indian settlements	Kashechewan Kee Way Win Lansdowne House McDowell Lake Peawanuck Slate Falls Summer Beaver
Unorganized areas	Unorganized Kenora
Local services boards	Greater Oxdrift KeeMan Melgund Minaki Pellatt, Pelican, Umbach, Gidley Redditt Round Lake Wabigoon
Unincorporated communities	Balmertown Borups Corners Central Patricia Cochenour Dyment Eagle River Eton–Rugby Hudson Jaffray–Mellick Keewatin Madsen McKenzie Island Minnitaki Nestor Falls Norman Oxdrift Pickle Crow Rat Portage Sioux Narrows Starratt–Olsen Superior Junction Vermilion Bay
See also Communities in Kenora District Census divisions of Ontario

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