Community

M'Chigeeng First Nation

First Nation

Pronunciation: Shi-geeng

M'Chigeeng First Nation, also known as West Bay, is an Ojibwe First Nation band government in the Manitoulin District of Ontario, Canada. The total registered population as of December 2018, was 2623 people, of which their on-reserve population was 939The First Nation have reserved for themselves the 3094.7 ha M'Chigeeng 22 Indian Reserve located on Manitoulin Island.

Territories

Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ
Odawa

Treaties

Manitoulin Island Treaty 451836
Manitoulin Island Treaty No. 941862

Languages

Anishinaabemowin
Odawa

Leadership stories

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