sheh-sheh-gwan-ing | Sheshegwaning First Nation
Community Profile
- The Sheshegwaning First Nation is an Anishinaabe community situated on Manitoulin Island in Northern Ontario, with a rich cultural heritage and strong connection to traditional lands.
- Last Updated 2025-05-14 10:37:39 UTC
- Name: Sheshegwaning (ISC Code: 178)
- Former Names: Sheshegwaning First Nation, Sheshegwaning Reserve
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Great Lakes Region
- Indigenous Language: Anishinaabemowin
- Number of Registered Members: 515
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 11/21/2025
- CHIEF: ALANA ELISE ENDANAWAS
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:5
- ALANA ELISE ENDANAWAS
- ANGELA RACHEL MCLEOD
- MARIE ELMA MCLEOD
- ANN SHEILA CADA-HAMELIN
- ROBIN ANN MALLEY
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.sheshegwaning.org/
- PHONE NUMBER: (705) 283-3292
- FAX NUMBER: (705) 283-3481
- ADDRESS: 1079A SHESHEGWANING ROAD, SHESHEGWANING, ON
- EMAILS:
- Chief ALANA ELISE ENDANAWAS:
- Councillor ANGELA RACHEL MCLEOD:
- Councillor MARIE ELMA MCLEOD:
- Councillor ANN SHEILA CADA-HAMELIN:
- Councillor ROBIN ANN MALLEY:
- 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 - Sheshegwaning20122013.pdf
- 2011 - Sheshegwaning20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Sheshegwaning20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Sheshegwaning20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Sheshegwaning20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Sheshegwaning20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Sheshegwaning20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Sheshegwaning20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Sheshegwaning20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Sheshegwaning20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Sheshegwaning20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Sheshegwaning20012002.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: 6178
SHESHEGWANING 20
2023.5 Hectares
24 KM SW/SO OF/DE BLIND RIVER NEAR N WEST OF MANITOULIN ISL
[46.1847168, -82.9539729]
Sheshegwaning Traditional Territory
- Encompasses regions of Manitoulin Island
- Traditional hunting, fishing, and gathering lands
- Includes significant water and forest ecosystems
- Historical migration routes and seasonal settlement areas
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
- Sheshegwaning First Nation celebrates historic Governance Agreement approval signing
- Michigan Native citizens move to reclaim and preserve Indigenous ways of life
- Missanabie Cree First Nation begins training for First Nations emergency management teams
- Sheshegwaning First Nation pushes historical change in voting protocol
- 'Long time coming': 5 Manitoulin chiefs welcome apology and settlement from Canada
- Why this First Nation bought a shipping container during COVID-19
- Future of food is fresh and green for Manitoulin First Nation
- Minister apologizes for government’s handling of First Nations’ money in 1800s
- Communities on the Move: Sheshegwaning taking the lead on development possibilities
- Stan Wesley helps Sheshegwaning hold a special community check-in
- Age is just a number: the stories of 4 northeastern Ontario communities that go deeper than the census data
- UCCM Anishnaabe Police launch new unit to combat drug trafficking, gang activity
- Haliburton Highlands resident Larry O’Connor will never stop sharing stories of Indigenous culture
- Sheshegwaning First Nation man connects with family through art
- First Nations assert jurisdiction over education
- Minister apologizes for government's handling of First Nations' money in 1800s
- Communities on the Move: Sheshegwaning taking the lead on development possibilities - North Bay News
- United Chiefs and Councils of Mnidoo Mnising Tribal Council and Canada sign framework for moving forward in partnership to advance reconciliation – Anishinabek News
- Construction of new school in Sheshegwaning First Nation to be complete for 2024 school year
- Communities on the Move: Northern Ontario Heritage Fund rains $16.8 million across the region
- Communities on the Move: Sheshegwaning taking the lead on development possibilities
- New programs and projects demonstrate Indigenous communities taking a leading role in Ontario’s Energy Sector
- Public confusion still reigns over settlement funds source
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Academic Research
Academic Research
- Filter to Retrieve Articles Related to Indigenous Peoples of Ontario from the Ovid MEDLINE Database
- Wise practices for cultural safety in electronic health research and clinical trials with indigenous people: secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial
- Number Eleven, in Particular
- Architecture through a lens: re-framing narrative sovereignty, landscape and indigenous film pedagogy
- An application of two-eyed seeing: Indigenous research methods with participatory action research
- Supporting self-determined indigenous innovations: Rethinking the digital divide in Canada
- Learning through language: academic success in an Indigenous language immersion kindergarten
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Envisioning the Future of Gikinoo'amaagewin Wiigwaam: Urban Land Stewardship at M'wikwedong Indigenous Friendship Centre
- The lived experience of Anishinaabe people with cancer: A focus on Indigenous healing, Western medicine and Minobimaadiziwin
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Shingwauk Narratives: Sharing Residential School History
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Architecture through a lens: re-framing narrative sovereignty, landscape and indigenous film pedagogy
- Supporting self-determined indigenous innovations: Rethinking the digital divide in Canada
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- The lived experience of Anishinaabe people with cancer: A focus on Indigenous healing, Western medicine and Minobimaadiziwin
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- The role of Mother Earth in shaping the health of Anishinabek: a geographical exploration of culture, health and place
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
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