Wa-sawk-sing | Wasauksing First Nation

Wasauksing First Nation is an Anishinaabe community located on Parry Island in Ontario, with a rich history of Indigenous governance and cultural preservation

POPULATION

1,471

Rank #247 nationally

GEOGRAPHY

74.9 KM²

Rank #167 nationally

BAND COUNCIL TERM

02/15/2027

Term Expiration

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Community Profile

Overview

Last Updated 2025-07-27 00:40:01 UTC

Name

Wasauksing First Nation (ISC Code: 136)

Former Names

Parry Island First Nation

Band Style

First Nation

Cultural Area

Great Lakes Region

Indigenous Language

Anishinaabemowin

Number of Registered Members

1471

Band Website

Not Available

Phone Number

(705) 746-2531

Fax Number

(705) 746-5984

Address

PO BOX 250, PARRY SOUND, ON

General Email

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Band Council

Governance Type

Not Applicable

Chief

SHANE RICHARD GEORGE TABOBONDUNG

Term Expires

02/15/2027

Number of Council Members

SHANE RICHARD GEORGE TABOBONDUNG

Chief

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DAVID MARTIN RICE

Councillor

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PAZHE-KEEZHIG RICE-MENOMINEE

Councillor

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NEIL THOMAS SWANSON

Councillor

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WALTER JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER TABOBONDUNG

Councillor

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ELIZABETH GEORGINA TAYLOR

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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2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

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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

Des Roches v. Wasauksing First Nation

Lee-Ann Turner v Wasauksing First Nation Deborah Peghamagabow

Des Roches v. Wasauksing First Nation

Council of the Wasauksing First Nation v. Wasausink Lands Inc.

Des Roches v. Wasauksing First Nation

Des Roches v Wasauksing First Nation

Luc Des Roches v. Wasauksing First Nation

Location Map

Reserves

ISC Code: 6205
PARRY ISLAND FIRST NATION
7486.8 Hectares
64 KM W/O OF/DE HUNTSVILLE ON EAST SHORE OF GEORGIAN BAY
[45.3269323, -79.2167539]

News Coverage Summary

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Media Reports

Premier Doug Ford Hosts Canada’s Premiers and Leaders of National Indigenous Organizations to Discuss Economic Development, Reconciliation and Building Prosperity for Future Generations

5 things to know about the Wasauksing swing bridge

PM CARNEY AT HEAD OF CANVAS TABLE AS NEW CANADIAN VISION DRAWN WITH PREMIERS, FIRST NATIONS CHIEFS IN MUSKOKA

Indigenous First World War hero commemorated in bronze

Oneida student shares legacy of Indigenous WWI soldiers in heritage fair project

Two area First Nations to receive Hydro One’s Ice Storm 2025 Recovery Grant

Ryerson holds ceremony and feast to honour the missing and murdered

Consultation sessions set for future of Wasauksing Swing Bridge

Mothers explain why it's important to give their children Ojibwe names

Celebrating Shawanaga, Wasauksing, Henvey Inlet, Magnetawan and Dokis on National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21

Teach your children

Fastball tournament coming to Wasauksing

Wasauksing firefighters go ‘beyond expectations’ with food donations to United Church

Wasauksing and Parry Sound celebrate 20 years positive friendship at annual Friendship Picnic

Wasauksing First Nation Circuit Riders take home first place during First Nations Housing Conference

WW I hero Francis Pegahmagabow receives long-awaited recognition

Campaign for a First Nations hero

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively donate $500,000 in support of Training, Education and Skills Development for Indigenous youth and young adults – Anishinabek News

Huntsville’s annual First Nations, Métis and Inuit Celebration

Waubgeshig Rice

Muskrat Magazine tells the real story of Pocahontas

Kicking off Indigenous history month

WWI Aboriginal hero honoured

Remembering war hero Francis Pegahmagabow of Wasauksing

Terry Glavin: The unbearable whiteness of Joseph Boyden’s aboriginal identity controversy

Joseph Boyden’s identity crisis opens up questions on who is part of a community

Anishinaabekwe appointed as new Near North District School Board Chair

'It will validate the treaty': Why 21 Ontario First Nations are challenging Canada over $4 payments

On-site chef at Pan Am Games from Wasauksing

Unveiling life size monument of the most decorated First Nation soldier

Toronto-based First Nations artist to begin new residency that will showcase city’s ravine network

Longtime Wasauksing chief dies

Native America Calling: Native Bookshelf with Waubgeshig Rice

Anishinabek Lifetime Achievement Awards honour Wasauksing, Dokis First Nations women

What were Indigenous soldiers fighting for?

Waubgeshig Rice has to tell real aboriginal stories

Celebration planned for opening of Parry Sound, Nipissing Indigenous Children’s Aid Society

Statue of First Nations WWI Hero unveiled

Highlights from National Indigenous Peoples Day 2022 at TMU

Francis Pegahmagabow brought to life on stage for next generation

Rez91 hosts retire after 17 years

Orange Shirt Day march and gathering honours National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

COLUMN: New website brings local Indigenous story to life

LIST: A selection of Indigenous Local stories from across Parry Sound-Muskoka

Q&A: Wasauksing First Nation reports potential cannabis store in the works

North Bay’s Tabobondung paddles to gold at NAIG 2017

Shawanaga First Nation honours heroic son

Another step out of the Indian Act: Wasauksing First Nation reconsiders Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement

Depot Harbour: Exploitation, Contamination and Indigenous Resistance - APTN | Our Stories

Indigenous Awareness Weeks Opening Ceremony & Keynote Address with Waubgeshig Rice

Wasauksing kids head to Mississauga for Little Native Hockey League

UWEC professor presents talk on Indigenous culture

Historic Niijaansinaanik agency to protect Indigenous children

Former Neskantaga contractor accused of cutting corners in other First Nations

Six First Nations celebrate Niijaansinaanik Indigenous Child Welfare Agency designation

Boundary issue to be settled soon

Wasauksing Swing Bridge: Preserving history and connections

A diploma with the wrong name

It was an apocalypse: a look at decolonizing Parry Sound’s history

WWI Aboriginal hero honoured – Indigenous, the Other Story

Petition by Wasauksing journalist calls for top Mountie’s removal

Toronto Maple Leafs sport work of Northern Indigenous artists

First Nations artist designed Leafs jersey for Indigenous Celebration game

A Tale of Two Bridges: Close-in-age Wasauksing First Nation swing bridge also due for replacement

Wonderworks: Wasauksing’s Waubgeshig Rice

Wasauksing First Nation Chief Warren Tabobondung re-elected to a fifth term

Bar on Indigenous consultation keeps rising

Wasauksing First Nation to receive $800,000 to enhance cultural-based mental health services for residential school survivors

First Nations ‘mobilizing’ to keep Toronto drug dealers out of communities

Francis Pegahmagabow, unsung WW I hero, to get overdue recognition

Robinson Huron First Nations at Supreme Court arguing for decision to be upheld

Wasauksing youth represents sole First Nation hockey team at world female hockey festival in Calgary

Wasauksing First Nation Chief underlines governmental violence against Indigenous peoples on National Day of Awareness for MMIWG2S

Aboriginal soldiers among Canada’s top snipers in First World War

Honouring Aboriginal veterans on Remembrance Day

Things Joseph Boyden Has Claimed To Be But Is Not

Waubgeshig Rice new host of CBC's Up North

Indigenous First World War hero commemorated in bronze

Waubgeshig Rice shares journey to Moon of the Crusted Snow

CBC’s Waubgeshig Rice to receive First Nations Storytelling award

Toronto Maple Leafs sport work of local Indigenous artists

Northern First Nations tap lobbying help to secure community funding

Monument to First Nations WW I hero underway

University unveils Tree Protection Zone art installation with Indigenous artists

AFN applauds First Nations veterans of Passchendaele

Ontario Expanding Mental Health Services for Indian Residential School Survivors

Legendary Ojibwa sniper unsung hero of WW I

Maple Leafs stage Indigenous Celebration game

Reforming the Indian Act to allow for online voting

Legacy of Shawanaga First Nation’s Francis Pegahmagabow lives on

First Nations artists process grief from Kamloops residential school discovery through their work

Francis 'Peggy' Pegahmagabow was an Ojibway sniper and war hero — This Place shares his story

Remembering a great hero

Waubgeshig Rice, Jennifer David’s new podcast Storykeepers is an audio book club on Indigenous lit

First Nations artist designed Leafs jersey for Indigenous Celebration game

The making of Joseph Boyden: Indigenous identity and a complicated history

17 books for kids and young adults to read for National Indigenous History Month

Indigenous students pay tribute to famed WWI sniper with portrait

First Nations artists score big with beaded medallions and jersey design for Toronto Maple Leafs

Former Neskantaga contractor accused of cutting corners in other First Nations

Residential schools ‘part of now,’ says Wasauksing survivor

Indigenous soldiers show up for battle from the Parry Sound

Academic Research

Wasauksing Women Sharing Strength

Women sharing strength for all generations: Aboriginal birth knowledge & new media creation

INDIGENOUS REFLECTIONS

Online voting in a First Nation in Canada: Implications for participation and governance

Indigenous Experiences of Pregnancy and Birth

" Sounding Thunder: The Stories of Francis Pegahmagabow (Book Review)" by Brian D. McInnes

Online voting in Indigenous Communities: lessons from Canada

'A better citizen than lots of white men': First Nations Enfranchisement-an Ontario Case Study, 1918-1940

Quarterly

INDIGENOUS REFLECTIONS

A54 INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE IN INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS: A SCOPING REVIEW

INDIGENOUS REFLECTIONS

Women sharing strength for all generations: Aboriginal birth knowledge new media creation

CONTEMPORARY NORTH AMERICAN INDIGENOUS FICTION

11 The Sacred Uprising: Indigenous Creative Activisms

Cultural connections

Band Publications

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Third Party Reports

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