zhaawanong-ziibi-gaa-zhaazhaawendamang | Little Grand Rapids First Nation

A Saulteaux First Nation community situated in northeastern Manitoba, known for its strong cultural preservation and connection to traditional lands

POPULATION

1,911

Rank #192 nationally

GEOGRAPHY

20.1 KM²

Rank #329 nationally

BAND COUNCIL TERM

11/28/2025

Term Expiration

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Community Profile

Overview

Last Updated 2025-07-02 02:33:46 UTC

Name

Little Grand Rapids (ISC Code: 270)

Former Names

Pauingassi

Band Style

First Nation

Cultural Area

Boreal Forest

Indigenous Language

Ojibwe/Saulteaux

Number of Registered Members

1911

Band Website

http://www.seed.mb.ca/little_grand_rapids.html

Phone Number

(204) 397-2264

Fax Number

(204) 397-2340

Address

PO BOX 129, LITTLE GRAND RAPIDS, MB

General Email

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Band Council

Governance Type

Not Applicable

Chief

CLINTON KEEPER

Term Expires

11/28/2025

Number of Council Members

CLINTON KEEPER

Chief

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CLINTON KEEPER

Councillor

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DIANE KEEPER

Councillor

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ROY DUNSFORD

Councillor

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CHER KEJICK

Councillor

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WENDY LEVEQUE

Councillor

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BLAIR OWEN

Councillor

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Administrative Contacts

Financial Overview

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Band Financial Statements

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Band Council Remuneration

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Band Owned Corporations

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Laws, Bylaws, and Codes

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Intergovernmental Agreements

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Active Court Cases

No active court cases at this time.

Downloadable Court Records

Owen v. Little Grand Rapids First Nation

Owen v. Little Grand Rapids First Nation et al

Little Grand Rapids First Nation Traditional use Planning Area Regulation

Location Map

Reserves

ISC Code: 6376
LITTLE GRAND RAPIDS 14
2005.8 Hectares
257 KM NE/NE OF/DE WINNIPEG
[51.9979282, -95.4161743]

News Coverage Summary

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Media Reports

Explore over 50 Little Free Libraries located around Grand Rapids

Priority restoration continues for Little Grand Rapids and Pauingassi

Inside One Couple’s Quest to Protect Canada’s Boreal Forest

Weather co-operating with evacuation of fire-threatened communities in Manitoba

Former Big Rapids thrower to compete in Olympic Trials

Dec 2023: Caregiver guilty in death of Little Grand Rapids toddler

Marijuana, 203 bottles of liquor seized on dry First Nation

Michigan tribe’s 30-year quest for ‘justice’ gets new legislative push

Skilled, Indigenous: Floating down the Grand Canyon

‘Stars Wars’ in Ojibwe set to premiere in Canada

Looking Back: Doctor risked much to help feed starving Native Americans

Popular year-round costume store in West Michigan closing after 30 years

Former Assistant Secretary Bryan Newland to Join Fireside Chat at Grand Valley State University

‘Record year’ for Indigenous talent at Canadian Screen Awards

Morning review: Grand Rapids native chosen to be NASA astronaut

Grand Rapids native chosen to be NASA astronaut

Welch native sets sights on 2028 Olympics then medical school

West Michigan tribe seeking federal recognition will have to wait longer as feds announce delay

Manitoba RCMP are investigating a suspected arson

Grand Valley American Indian Lodge Powwow Observes a Moment of Silence to Remember Those Lost on 9/11

Grand Rapids native Peter Quillin eyes title shot, works with Manny Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach

Drinking water advisories lifted for two Manitoba First Nations

How Ada became a 'snug little place' instead of the major city in West Michigan

Thunder Bay unveils memorial for students of former residential school

Where to go to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day

'I want justice': Little Grand Rapids, Man. councillors seek answers in toddler's death

First Nations may be without power for three months as Hydro crews work to restore power

Manitoba - Government Announces New Resources to Promote Indigenous Inclusion in Schools

Ojibwe version of Star Wars premieres Aug. 8

‘Wake-up call:’ Manitoba chief says increasing COVID-19 cases on reserves concerning

AMC Condemns Stay of Charges Against Priest Accused of Sexual Assault

The Wildfire Effects Most People Don’t See

Manitoba RCMP investigate Little Grand Rapids sexual assault involving priest

‘Little Bird’ flies high at Canadian Screen Awards

Pretending to be Native Was Not Pretty in My Hometown

Fire at Little Grand Rapids knocks out power, evacuation effort continues

Dr. Nel Wieman on being an Advocate and Canada's First Female Indigenous Psychiatrist- RBC Healthcare

Grand Rapids march for missing and murdered Indigenous people held for the third year

Rehabilitation sciences, MPAS students ready for virtual convocation

NDP calls for emergency preparedness funding for First Nation communities

Ottawa says it’s stepping up efforts to evacuate two Manitoba First Nations threatened by wildfire

Professional boxer, Grand Rapids native readies to fight in Detroit

Little Grand Rapids wants Roman Catholic church to leave amid sexual assault allegations, chief says

Grand Rapids Native Tweets Photo of Michigan from Space

Roque Star: How Michigan hockey helped indigenous woman reach Olympic fame

Little Grand Rapids Far North Community Based Land Use Planning Terms of Reference

A New Hope for Anishinaabemowin

Indigenous advocates call for more culturally informed addictions treatment in B.C.

First Nation Members of AMC

Aug 2016: Province failing to consult indigenous people on $3-B road, Métis leader says

Dr. Nel Wieman

This coach is ensuring Renfrew County youths compete at Indigenous games

Jun 2023: Opinion: Mermen movement makes a splash in Indigenous communities

Life expectancy for First Nation people in B.C. drops 6 years according to report

Remarkable Indigenous Scientists and Researchers in Canada

A chance to forge a fiscal relationship with Indigenous peoples

Ojibwe-dubbed version of Star Wars premieres

Beyond Breakfast: Little Africa | Grand Rapids, MI

Skilled, Indigenous: Floating down the Grand Canyon

Grand Rapids native, GVSU hoops junior donates dunk contest earnings to hospital

A LITTLE HELP: Northwestern University adds a special “Helper” version of national news and healthcare survey for Natives who need a hand

Professional boxer, Grand Rapids native readies to fight in Detroit

Grand Rapids Public Museum ensuring Indigenous voices, perspectives reflected in programming, exhibits

'This is going to be huge,' Manitoba actress says as premiere of Ojibwe-dubbed Star Wars film nears

Price Faculty of Engineering | Civil capstone project partners with First Nation to tackle soil contamination

‘Stars Wars’ in Ojibwe set to premiere in Canada

Native American Heritage Day is Friday. What does it mean? How can you celebrate?

Evacuees from Little Grand Rapids say they're excited, surprised to be going home

Grand Rapids museum honors Indigenous Peoples’ Day with focus on Anishinabek culture

Management fees eat up First Nation casino profits

Canada launches Indigenous-led nature conservation partnership

Indigenous communities need better emergency preparedness. NDP calls on feds to do more

New series tells story of Sixties Scoop survivor learning about her past

Despite adversity, Grand Rapids native Peter Quillin on the rise among boxing's middleweights

Dog attack killed young woman on Manitoba First Nation, RCMP confirm

How Indigenous people are rebuilding child welfare to lift up the whole family

First Nation chief in Manitoba charged with sexual assault, luring minor

Wahlburgers partners with Little River Band to expand burger chain ‘throughout Indian Country’

Ojibwe-dubbed version of Star Wars premieres

Murder charges for deaths of homeless Native men in Manitoba

Colorado’s next wild horse helicopter roundup begins Wednesday, against the governor’s wishes

Chief says feds delaying crew from assessing damage in fire-threatened First Nation

Evacuees from Little Grand Rapids say they're excited, surprised to be going home

Here's Whats Going On In Indian Country: Native American Heritage Month

Murdered or missing in Grand Rapids: 17 women, little justice

Inside One Couple’s Quest to Protect Canada’s Boreal Forest

Sanders appeals to indigenous, environmental activists at Grand Rapids rally

‘Gi-ga-miinigoowiz Mamaandaawiziwin’: Ojibwe ‘Star Wars’ movie to open in Winnipeg

Southeast Collegiate celebrates grand opening of $24M campus

Winter is here, Manitoba: Current pandemic snapshot is grim, but there are encouraging signs

Newest UNESCO World Heritage Site is boreal forest important to First Nations cultures

Ottawa gives $6-million for access roads to two remote Manitoba First Nations

More than 1,600 evacuees leaving 4 Manitoba First Nations as wildfires burn near Ontario border

Reserves in Manitoba

All charges stayed on 2nd day of trial against Manitoba priest accused of sexually assaulting girl

'Wake-up call:' Manitoba chief says increasing COVID-19 cases on reserves concerning

Drinking water advisories hit more than half of Manitoba First Nations

Stray dog problems on First Nations could be reduced by bands passing laws

Feb 2015: Feds spending $6M on road between Pauingassi and Little Grand Rapids

Sep 2017: First Nations to receive clean water

Some wildfire evacuees return home to northeast Manitoba, but more than 2,000 stuck in limbo

‘Stay calm and move forward’: Indigenous doctors on strength, resilience in the face of pandemics

7 eastern Manitoba communities without power due to wildfires amid more evacuations

Manitoba children in care reclaim traditional skills at canoe camp

First Nations may be without power for three months as Hydro crews work to restore power

Ojibway-dubbed Star Wars film brings 'a new hope' for endangered language, say cast members

Canada's first female Indigenous psychiatrist on healing the hearts and minds of her people

New report finds 'significant gaps' in emergency response to remote First Nations during wildfires

More than 700 dogs left stranded in Manitoba First Nations following wildfires

“The most devastating year for First Nation people,” with toxic drug crisis, says FNHA

Indigenous churches in northern Manitoba a world apart from south

Oct 2016: Indigenous entrepreneur growth fund's 'star client'

COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: 'alarming rise' in new and active cases

Amid Manitoba's COVID-19 surge, First Nations response team leads fight in hard-hit Indigenous communities

Chief, vet urge dog cull after mauling death that rescue group says was preventable

Weather co-operating with evacuation of fire-threatened First Nations communities in Manitoba

Mermen of Manitoba First Nations a new species surfacing on social media

'We were treated like little kids': First Nations want better relationship with government on East Road

Indigenous entrepreneurs take to the sky with new aviation initiatives

First Nation fire evacuees could be 'cooped up' in Winnipeg hotels for a month

A brief history of Native Americans in Grand Rapids

Exhaustion, concern and relief on board first Hercules airlift for Manitoba fire evacuees

OP-ED: Who are the main sexual abusers of indigenous women and children?

Feds give $6M to build access roads to 2 remote Manitoba First Nations

New social media challenge sees mermen surface from First Nations across Manitoba

First Nations girl told RCMP priest touched her inappropriately

Isolation tents, Red Cross deployed to Manitoba First Nations battling COVID-19

'Most of them are scared': Hundreds airlifted from 2 Manitoba First Nations as wildfire grows

Priest arrested in sexual assault of 8-year-old girl in Little Grand Rapids First Nation, RCMP say

Pimachiowin Aki is Canada’s newest UNESCO World Heritage Site

Hundreds of wildfire evacuees brace for extended stay in Winnipeg hotels

'I am not to blame here,' says Little Grand chief about delay in fire evacuations

Survivors group points to cracks in visa system for foreign priests after 8-year-old First Nations girl abused

Woman found dead on Manitoba First Nation was mauled by dogs, family says

'All hands on deck' after 19 people contract COVID-19 on Little Grand Rapids First Nation: grand chief

Grand Rapids Is Officially Christmas Town, Thanks To 'The Polar Express'

Canadian First Nations Seek to Protect Forest Homeland

Little Grand Rapids evacuees to be flown back home starting Saturday

Evacuation of communities threatened by fire 'came too late,' airline manager says

'A new beginning' as 3 Manitoba First Nations set to break ground on new schools

Manitoba's families minister calls for review of boy's death after caregivers charged

Charges against priest further erode relationship between Roman Catholic church and First Nations

Eastern Manitoba First Nations evacuated as huge fire approaches

Evacuations from fire-threatened Little Grand Rapids complete: Red Cross

Northern First Nation won't extend 'dry' policy after 'very negative aspects' surface during brief experiment

Power restored to Little Grand Rapids, Pauingassi First Nation, allowing hundreds to return home

Busted pipe leaves residents in Little Grand Rapids with no water

First Nation fire evacuees eager to return home as power restored, cleanup underway

Forest fire smoke forces about 200 evacuees out of 2 Manitoba First Nations

Little Grand Rapids COVID-19 cases self-isolating in Winnipeg, response team says

Priest charged with sexual assault in Little Grand Rapids released from custody

New bill would provide ‘long awaited justice’ to West Michigan tribe seeking federal recognition

Little Grand Rapids wants Roman Catholic church to leave amid sexual assault allegations, chief says

Grand Rapids American Indian Community Celebrates Michigan Indian Day

Pimachiowin Aki

How to observe Native American Heritage Month around Grand Rapids

First Nations designer from Manitoba included in Toronto fashion show

Court hears from 9-year-old girl who says she was sexually assaulted by Manitoba priest last year

Academic Research

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Just Food? Navigating Collective Visions for Food Justice in Grand Rapids, MI

Meeting place and crossroad: the Grand Rapids of the Assiniboine

The town that lost its name: the impact of hydroelectric development on Grand Rapids, Manitoba

First nations mapmaking in the Great Lakes region in intercultural contexts: a historical review

Local food and power dynamics in Southeast Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

Developing food justice policy solutions and educational resources to address food apartheid in Grand Rapids, MI

Making the MexiRican City: Migration, Placemaking, and Activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids Musical Life at the Turn of the 20th Century: An Archival Study

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican City: Migration, Placemaking, and Activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican City: Migration, Placemaking, and Activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican City: Migration, Placemaking, and Activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican City: Migration, Placemaking, and Activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican City: Migration, Placemaking, and Activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican city: Migration, placemaking, and activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican city: Migration, placemaking, and activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican city: Migration, placemaking, and activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican city: Migration, placemaking, and activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican city: Migration, placemaking, and activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican city: Migration, placemaking, and activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

Courting the First Nations Vote: Ontario's Grand River Reserve and the Electoral Franchise Act of 1885

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican city: Migration, placemaking, and activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican city: Migration, placemaking, and activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican city: Migration, placemaking, and activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican city: Migration, placemaking, and activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican city: Migration, placemaking, and activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican city: Migration, placemaking, and activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican city: Migration, placemaking, and activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican city: Migration, placemaking, and activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican city: Migration, placemaking, and activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries

The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Making the MexiRican city: Migration, placemaking, and activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

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