wa-bi-goon | Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation
Community Profile
- Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation is an Indigenous community situated in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, with a strong connection to traditional Ojibway territories and cultural practices.
- Last Updated 2025-05-19 11:33:54 UTC
- Name: Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation (ISC Code: 157)
- Former Names: Wabigoon Lake First Nation
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Northwestern Ontario
- Indigenous Language: Ojibway
- Number of Registered Members: 1163
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 09/20/2025
- CHIEF: HENRY CLAYTON WETELAINEN
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:5
- HENRY CLAYTON WETELAINEN
- LOUIE "MAC" RICHARD PITCHENESE
- LAUREL MARGARET SPALDING
- RONALD WILLIAMS
- TYSON JAMIE WILLIAMS
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://firstnation.ca/wabigoon-lake
- PHONE NUMBER: (807) 938-6684
- FAX NUMBER: (807) 938-1166
- ADDRESS: RR 1, SITE 115, PO BOX 300, DRYDEN, ON
- EMAILS:
- Chief HENRY CLAYTON WETELAINEN:
- Councillor LOUIE "MAC" RICHARD PITCHENESE:
- Councillor LAUREL MARGARET SPALDING:
- Councillor RONALD WILLIAMS:
- Councillor TYSON JAMIE WILLIAMS:
- General Band Office:
- Media Contact:
- Referrals Contact:
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
- 2024 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2023 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2021 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2020 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2012 - Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation20122013.pdf
- 2011 - Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation20012002.pdf
Band Council Remuneration
- 2024 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
Laws, Bylaws, and Codes
Intergovernmental Agreements
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 6290
WABIGOON LAKE 27
5209.2 Hectares
19 KM SE/SE OF/DE DRYDEN
[49.6215675, -92.4764469]
- Wabigoon Lake watershed
- Northwestern Ontario forests and lakes
- Historically occupied lands around Dryden, Ontario
- Traditional hunting and fishing grounds in the region
- Encompasses areas of strategic ecological and cultural significance
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Nuclear industry selects site in northwestern Ontario for waste disposal amidst regional opposition
- NexGold Mining and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation Sign New Relationship Agreement for Goliath Gold Complex
- Wabigoon Lake votes to potentially support nuclear waste dump
- First Nations declare opposition to nuclear waste project
- Tensions with First Nations threaten to delay nuclear waste facility
- Canada picks a site for a deep geologic repository
- Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation votes to move forward with nuclear waste storage site process
- NexGold signs First Nation 'relationship' pact on northwestern mine project
- ‘A bit of anger, a bit of sadness’: First Nations in Northwest Ontario don’t want Canada’s nuclear waste but will be getting it anyway (probably)
- First Tee program aims to improve skills and attract diverse communities to game
- Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation votes to move forward with potential nuclear waste site in Ignace area
- Northwestern Ontario communities chosen for Canada's nuclear waste storage site
- Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and Ignace to Lead Long-Term Nuclear Waste Management Project
- Ontario First Nation challenging selection of underground nuclear waste site in court
- Canada Selects Northwestern Ontario for Deep Geological Repository for Nuclear Waste
- NWMO to proceed with Site Characterization Process in Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation Territory
- The growing movement of Indigenous leaders across Northern Ontario opposing nuclear waste dump
- Onigaming chief resigns from Treaty 3 panel
- The fight's not over, say anti-nuclear First Nations
- Opposition to potential nuclear waste storage site in northwestern Ontario mounts as decision nears
- Moving nuclear waste through traditional territories could face opposition, Ontario First Nation says
- Nishnawbe Aski Nation opposes possible site for storage of nuclear waste
- After years of hauling water, a Treaty 3 First Nation celebrates lifting of long-term boil water advisory
- Clean Water bill ‘just the first step,’ NAN grand chief says
- Man Who Threw Trailer Hitch at Barbara Kentner, an Indigenous Woman, Convicted of Manslaughter
- Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation supports moving forward to host a DGR
- Ontario Partnering with Indigenous Communities to Advance Economic Development
- NWMO reaffirms safety of Canada's 1st nuclear waste repository but there's still heavy pushback
- Saugeen Ojibway Nation wants the nuclear waste issue dealt with
- Meet the First Nations TikTok creators from northern Ontario making waves online
- Ignace council votes in favour of potential nuclear waste repository
- National Indigenous Peoples Day Events/Information
- Ontario sites short-listed for nuclear waste storage
- Impact statements focus on racism, lawyers argue length of imprisonment during Bushby sentencing hearing
- Photos: Summer updates in Wabigoon Lake
- Man convicted of manslaughter after throwing trailer hitch at Indigenous woman gets sentenced today
- Trial begins for Thunder Bay man accused in trailer-hitch death of First Nations woman
- One family’s fight to protect an Anishinaabe grave house
- Hydro One seeks approval to build Waasigan Transmission Line
- Man who threw trailer hitch at Indigenous woman found guilty of manslaughter
- Indigenous women react to the Brayden Bushby verdict
- Indigenous Leaders: Peter Collins to lead new economic era for First Nations
- Fort William Chief Peter Collins to helm new construction company
- The fight's not over, anti-nuclear First Nations leaders say
- THE NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION SELECTS SITE FOR CANADA'S DEEP GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY
- Historic deal will see spent nuclear fuel buried in Northern Ontario
- Eagle Lake First Nation challenges NWMO in court
- Eagle Lake says community will be impacted by underground nuclear waste repository
- Northern Ontario site selected for nuclear waste underground repository
- Ignace is the place for a nuclear waste storage site
- Canada’s nuclear waste could go to northwestern Ontario
- Eagle Lake First Nation to challenge nuclear waste repository
- Hydro One breaks ground on Waasigan Transmission Line
- 2016 Census Aboriginal Community Portrait – Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation
- Hydro One Networks Awards EPC Contract for Waasigan Transmission Line Project
- ‘In our culture, water is so much more. It’s sacred.’ New wave of Indigenous operators look to tackle drinking-water woes
- Equity partnership with transmission provider reflects what treaty stands for, says chief
- Indigenous Leaders: Peter Collins to lead new economic era for First Nations
- Racism killed Barbara Kentner, says Thunder Bay group rallying outside trial of man accused of killing her
- No Ring of Fire mining without consent, First Nations alliance demands
- Eagle Lake has a bone to pick with the NWMO
- Opposition strong to NWMO Proposal
- Ont. First Nation challenging underground nuclear waste site in court
- 'A great big smile' vs. disappointment in southern Ontario where nuclear waste bid lost
- NWMO responds to Land Defence Alliance protest
- Karen Drake
- Canada’s first deep geological repository site is selected
- Indigenous leaders show support for Kentner family after 8-year sentence for Brayden Bushby
- Justice for Barbara Kentner: Statement on the sentencing of Brayden Bushby
- Opposition to nuclear waste facility at ground level
- Updated: NWMO picks Northern Ontario to store nuclear fuel waste
- Agreement In Principle Executed With Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation For Mavis Lake
- Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation Gives Sizeable Donation To Dryden Friendship Centre
- Sentencing for man who threw trailer hitch at Indigenous woman to hear statements from victim's family
- NWO Indigenous opposition to nuclear waste storage site highlighted in report
- First Nations leaders continue to oppose Ontario nuclear waste burial projects
- First Nation in Ontario challenging selection of underground nuclear waste site in court
- First Nation members can apply for money from 'milestone payment'
- Day 1 at the First Nations Major Projects Coalition’s Annual Conference
- Acting police chief, city councillors among attendees at funeral for First Nations woman hit by trailer hitch
- Ignace and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation officially selected by NWMO as hosts for Deep Geological Repository
- Wabigoon Lake Donates $23,000 To Dryden Native Friendship Centre
- Advocates call for more input on northwest Ontario nuclear repository
- Wabigoon Lake Pow Wow starts this weekend
- Nuclear Waste Management Organization appoints new Indigenous, transportation rep
- Northwestern Ontario First Nations energy project funding
- Reduced charges for man who struck First Nations woman with trailer hitch spark outrage from chiefs
- Nuclear Waste Management Organization appoints new Indigenous, transportation rep
- Northwestern Ontario First Nations energy project funding
- Reduced charges for man who struck First Nations woman with trailer hitch spark outrage from chiefs
- Wabigoon Lake says yes to nuclear willingness
- How an Ontario paper mill poisoned nearby First Nations
Academic Research
Academic Research
- “Where the Moose Were”: Fort William First Nation's Ancestral Land, Two–Eyed Seeing, and Industrial Impacts
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Passing on Ojibway Lifeways in a Contemporary Environment
- Ojibway plant taxonomy at Lac Seul First Nation, Ontario, Canada
- Ojibwa Powwow World
- Food Production in the Wabigoon Basin: The First Nine Thousand Years
- … : Confronting environmental contamination in the traditional territories of Asubpeechoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows) and Wabauskang First Nation
- The River, the City, and the Yellow Line: Reimagining Associative Landscapes in Post-War Northwestern Ontario.
- The Mercury Contamination of the English-Wabigoon River System And Its Consequences on the
- Indigenous peoples in and beyond the state
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Notes on the Aborigines of the Province of Ontario
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Food Production in the Wabigoon Basin: The First Nine Thousand Years
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- History of the Ojibway nation
- History of the Ojibway people
- Human-wetland relations in an agricultural landscape: Ojibway and non-Indigenous perspectives from the Swan Lake region, Manitoba
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- History of the Ojibway nation
- History of the Ojibway people
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- History of the Ojibway nation
- History of the Ojibway people
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- History of the Ojibway nation
- History of the Ojibway people
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- History of the Ojibway nation
- History of the Ojibway people
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- History of the Ojibway nation
- History of the Ojibway people
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
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