First Nations in Ontario constitute many

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Anishinaabe The Anishinaabe (alternatively spelled Anishinabe, Anicinape, Nishnaabe, Neshnabé, Anishinaabeg, Anishinabek, Aanishnaabe) are a group of culturally related Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples in the Great Lakes region of C ...

Haudenosaunee The Iroquois ( ), also known as the Five Nations, and later as the Six Nations from 1722 onwards; alternatively referred to by the Endonym and exonym, endonym Haudenosaunee ( ; ) are an Iroquoian languages, Iroquoian-speaking Confederation#Ind ...

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Cree The Cree, or nehinaw (, ), are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people, numbering more than 350,000 in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada, First Nations. They live prim ...

. In southern portions of this province, there are reserves of the Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca and Tuscarora. * Aamjiwnaang First Nation * Alderville First Nation * Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation *

Attawapiskat First Nation The Attawapiskat First Nation ( Cree: , "People of the parting of the rocks"; unpointed: ) is an isolated First Nations in Canada, First Nation located in Kenora District in northern Ontario, Canada, at the mouth of the Attawapiskat River on J ...

* Batchewana First Nation * Bearfoot Onondaga First Nation * Beausoleil First Nation * Beaverhouse First Nation (non-Status) * Bkejwanong Territory * Brunswick House First Nation * Caldwell First Nation * Chapleau Cree First Nation * Chippewa of the Thames First Nation *

Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation frame, Map of York Region showing Fox, Snake, and Georgina islands. Georgina Island, Lake Simcoe, Ontario The Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation () are an Ojibwa (or Anishinaabeg) people located on Georgina Island in Lake Simcoe, Onta ...

* Chippewas of Kettle & Stony Point * Chippewas of Mnjikaning First Nation (Rama) * Chippewas of Nawash * Chippewas of Saugeen * Constance Lake First Nation * Curve Lake First Nation * Delaware First Nation * Dokis First Nation * Flying Post First Nation * Fort Severn First Nation *

Fort Albany First Nation Fort Albany First Nation ( , "lagoon Cree") is a Cree First Nations in Canada, First Nation in Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, within the territory covered by Treaty 9. Situated on the southern shore of the Albany River on th ...

* Ojibways of Garden River * Hiawatha First Nation * Iskutewizaagegan *

Kingfisher First Nation Kingfisher First Nation (Oji-Cree language: ᑮᐡᑭᒪᓂᐦᓰᐋᐧᐴᕽ (''Giishkimanisiiwaaboong'', "At Kingfisher-waters"); unpointed: ᑭᐡᑭᒪᓂᓯᐊᐧᐳᐠ) is an Oji-Cree First Nations in Canada, First Nation Indian reserve, r ...

* Koocheching First Nation *

Magnetawan First Nation The Magnetawan First Nation () is an Ojibwe First Nation community in Ontario, Canada. The community is situated on reserve lands in Britt, Ontario. Magnetawan Indian Reserve No. 1 Magnetawan No. 1 is a First Nation reserve 6 km east of ...

* Matachewan First Nation *

Mattagami First Nation The Mattagami First Nation is an Anishnaabe First Nations in Canada, First Nation band government - mainly Ojibwe, Oji-Cree and some Odawa people, Odawa - in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario situated along t ...

* M'Chigeeng First Nation * Michipicoten First Nation * Missanabie Cree First Nation *

Mississauga First Nation Mississauga First Nation, also spelt Mississaugi, is one of the six First Nations that make up the Mississauga Nations. It is located directly west of Blind River, Ontario, Canada, on the Mississagi River 8 Reserve.Mississaugas of the Credit * Mississaugas of Scugog Island * Mocreebec Indian Government * Mohawks of Akwesasne * Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte * Moose Cree First Nation * Moose Deer Point First Nation * Munsee-Delaware Nation * Namaygoosisagagun First Nation (non-Status) * Naotkamegwanning Anishinabe First Nation * Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg (Pic Mobert) *

Nipissing First Nation Nipissing First Nation (), meaning , is a long-standing community of Nishnaabeg peoples, who traditionally speak Anishinaabemwin, located along the shorelines of Lake Nipissing in northern Ontario. They are referred to by many names in Europea ...

* Ojibways of Sucker Creek *

Oneida Nation of the Thames The Oneida Nation of the Thames is an Onyota'a:ka (Oneida) First Nations band government located in southwestern Ontario, located about a 30-minute drive from London, Ontario, Canada. The Oneida Nation reports a total of 6,108 members, includin ...

* Poplar Point First Nation * Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation * Serpent River First Nation * Shawanaga First Nation * Sheguiandah First Nation *

Sheshegwaning First Nation Sheshegwaning First Nation is an Odawa First Nations in Canada, First Nation on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada. Its land base is located on the Sheshegwaning 20 Indian reserve, reserve. References

Odawa reserves in Ontario O ...

Six Nations of the Grand River Six Nations (or Six Nations of the Grand River) is demographically the largest First Nations reserve in Canada. As of the end of 2017, it has a total of 27,276 members, 12,848 of whom live on the reserve. The six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy ...

* Taykwa Tagamou *

Temagami First Nation The Temagami First Nation is located on Bear Island in the heart of Lake Temagami, the second largest in Lake Temagami after Temagami Island. Its community is known as Bear Island 1. Temagami First Nation (TFN) members are status Indians under t ...

* Thessalon First Nation * Wahgoshig First Nation * Wahnapitae First Nation * Wahta Mohawks *

Wasauksing First Nation Wasauksing First Nation (formerly named as Parry Island First Nation, , ''meaning: "Place that shines brightly in the reflection of the sacred light"'') is an Ojibwe, Ojibway, Odawa people, Odawa and Pottawatomi First Nations in Canada, First Nat ...

* Washagamis Bay First Nation * Whitewater Lake First Nation * Wikwemikong Unceded First Nation *

Zhiibaahaasing First Nation Zhiibaahaasing First Nation (formerly Cockburn Island First Nation) is a First Nation band government in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is a member of the United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin. An Odawa and Ojibwe community located in ...

First Nations in
Northwestern Ontario Northwestern Ontario is a secondary region of Northern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and west of Lake Superior and west of Hudson Bay and James Bay. It includes most of subarctic Ontario. Its western boundary is the ...

* Animbiigoo Zaagi'igan Anishinaabek First Nation * Anishinaabeg of Naongashiing * Aroland First Nation * Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation *

* Bear Lake First Nation *

Big Grassy First Nation Big Grassy First Nation (Mishkosiminiziibiing Anishinaabeg in the Ojibwe language) is an Ojibwe or Ontario Saulteaux First Nation band government located in Rainy River District, Ontario near Morson, Ontario. Together with the Ojibways of On ...

* Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek First Nation * Cat Lake First Nation * Couchiching First Nation *

Deer Lake First Nation Deer Lake First Nation (Oji-Cree: ᐊᑎᑯ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ) is an Oji-Cree First Nations band government in Northern Ontario, located north of Red Lake, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the few First Nations in Ontario to have signed Treaty 5. ...

Eabametoong First Nation Eabametoong, also known as Fort Hope or Eabamet Lake by Canada Post, is an Ojibwe First Nations band government in Kenora District, Ontario, Canada. Located on the shore of Eabamet Lake in the Albany River system, the community is located approxi ...

Eagle Lake First Nation Eagle Lake First Nation is an Ojibwe The Ojibwe (; Ojibwe writing systems#Ojibwe syllabics, syll.: ᐅᒋᐺ; plural: ''Ojibweg'' ᐅᒋᐺᒃ) are an Anishinaabe people whose homeland (''Ojibwewaki'' ᐅᒋᐺᐘᑭ) covers much of the Gr ...

* Fort Severn First Nation *

Fort William First Nation Fort William First Nation () is an Ojibwa First Nation reserve in Ontario, Canada. The administrative headquarters for this band government is south of Thunder Bay. , the First Nation had a registered population of 1,798 people, of which thei ...

* Ginoogaming First Nation * Grassy Narrows First Nation * Gull Bay First Nation * Hornepayne First Nation * Kasabonika Lake First Nation * Kashechewan First Nation *

Keewaywin First Nation Keewaywin (Oji-Cree:ᑮᐌᐎᐣ (''Giiwewin''), unpointed ᑭᐌᐎᐣ) is a small Oji-Cree/Anisisinew First Nation band government in Northern Ontario, located north of Red Lake, Ontario. It is connected to Sandy Lake First Nation by Sandy La ...

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (Oji-Cree language, Oji-Cree: ᑭᐦᒋᓇᒣᑯᐦᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐧᐊᐠ (''Gichi-namegosib ininiwag''); unpointed: ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐧᐊᐠ or ᑭᐦᒋᓇᒣᑯᐦᓯᐱᐎᓂᓂᐗᐠ (''Gichi- ...

Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation The Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation, also known as Nizaatikoong (from ''Ne-azaadiikaang'' meaning "At a Point of Land Abundant with Poplars"), is a Saulteaux Ojibwe First Nation band government. The nation owns two reserves in the Thunder Bay D ...

* Lac La Croix First Nation *

Lac Seul First Nation Lac Seul First Nation is an Ojibwe First Nation band government located on the southeastern shores of Lac Seul, northeast of the city of Dryden, Ontario. Though Lac Seul First Nation is a treaty signatory to Treaty 3, the First Nation is a me ...

* Long Lake First Nation * Marten Falls First Nation * McDowell Lake First Nation *

Mishkeegogamang First Nation Mishkeegogamang First Nation is an Ojibway band government ( First Nation) in the Canadian province of Ontario. Until 1993, the band was called the Osnaburgh First Nation, with various settlements at times being called New Osnaburgh, Osnaburgh Ho ...

Muskrat Dam Lake First Nation The Muskrat Dam Lake First Nation () is an Oji-Cree First Nation band government in Northern Ontario. They reside on the Muskrat Dam Lake reserve, located on Muskrat Dam Lake in the Kenora District. The community of Muskrat Dam, Ontario, is ...

Naicatchewenin First Nation The Naicatchewenin First Nation, also known as the Anishinaabeg of Nagaajiwanaang and formerly known as Northwest Bay First Nation, inhabited a region in Ontario that was cited in the Northwest Angle Treaty of 1873, also known as Treaty 3. Nagaajiw ...

* Neskantaga First Nation *

Nibinamik First Nation Nibinamik First Nation ( Ojibway language: ᓃᐱᓇᒥᐦᐠ (''Niibinamik'', "Summerbeaver"); unpointed: ᓂᐱᓇᒥᐠ), also known as Summer Beaver Band, is a small Oji-Cree First Nation reserve in Northern Ontario, located on the Summer ...

Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation, formerly known as the Nicickousemenecaning First Nation and as the Red Gut First Nation, is a Saulteaux First Nations in Canada, First Nation band government who inhabit the banks of Rainy Lake of the Rainy River ...

Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation, formerly but still commonly—and incorrectly—known as the Dalles First Nation and Ochiichagwe'Babigo'Ining Ojibway Nation, is an Anishinaabe/Ojibway First Nation in Kenora District, Ontario about 15 kilometres ...

* North Caribou Lake First Nation * North Spirit Lake First Nation * Northwest Angle No. 33 First Nation * Northwest Angle No. 37 First Nation * Ojibways of Onigaming * Ojibways of the Pic River First Nation * Pays Plat First Nation * Pikangikum First Nation * Poplar Hill First Nation *

Rainy River First Nation Rainy River First Nations ()Grand Council Treaty #3. “Pazaga'owin Reclaiming Our Wings: Transition to Nationhood.” Christian Aboriginal Infrastructure Developments, Pg 13https://caid.ca/RecWing010308.pdf is an Ojibwe First Nation band governme ...

* Red Rock Band * Sachigo Lake First Nation * Sand Point First Nation * Sandy Lake First Nation * Saugeen First Nation *

Seine River First Nation Seine River First Nation (), previously known as the Rivière la Seine Band, is an Ojibwe First Nation reserve located roughly west of Thunder Bay, Ontario. As of November 2011, the First Nation had a total registered population of 725, of whic ...

* Shoal Lake First Nation * Slate Falls First Nation * Stanjikoming First Nation * Wabaseemoong Independent Nation *

* Wabigoon First Nation * Wapekeka First Nation * Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation * Wawakapewin First Nation * Webequie First Nation * Weenusk First Nation * Whitesand First Nation * Wunnumin Lake First Nation

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Northwestern Ontario Northwestern Ontario is a secondary region of Northern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and west of Lake Superior and west of Hudson Bay and James Bay. It includes most of subarctic Ontario. Its western boundary is the ...