Community

Shawanaga First Nation

First Nation

Pronunciation: Sha-wan-a-ga

Shawanaga First Nation is an Anishinaabe First Nation band government in central Ontario near Nobel. Its reserves include: Naiscoutaing 17A, Shawanaga 17, and Shawanaga 17B. The community is approximately 30 kilometres northwest of Parry Sound and approximately 150 kilometres southeast of Sudbury.

Shawanaga First Nation has maintained rights due to being a signatory of the Robinson-Huron Treaty of 1850.

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Territories

Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ
Mississauga

Treaties

Williams Treaties1923

Languages

Anishinaabemowin
Mississauga/Eastern Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe)
Mohawk (Kanienʼkehá꞉ka)

Indigenous businesses

Design de PlumeSudbury

Leadership stories

Jennifer TabackFounding Design de Plume: Jennifer Taback’s Entrepreneurial Career in Graphic Design