Band Name: | Mississauga First Nation |
Band Number: | 200 |
Endonym: | Misswezahging |
People: | Ojibwe |
Treaty: | Robinson Huron |
Headquarters: | P.O. Box 1299, Blind River |
Province: | Ontario |
Main Reserve: | Mississagi River 8 |
Area: | 160.75 |
Pop Year: | 2024 |
On Reserve: | 389 |
On Other Land: | 5 |
Off Reserve: | 1117 |
Total Pop: | 1511 |
Chief: | Brent Niganobe |
Council: | Denise Boyer-Payette Jubilant Sky Cada Crystal Dawn Chiblow Chance Counsell Gloria Daybutch Kenneth Macleod Laura Mayer Peyton Pitawanakwat Nancy Whitehead |
Tribal Council: | Anishinabek Nation Mamaweswen, The North Shore Tribal Council |
Website: | https://www.mississaugi.com/ |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Mississagi River 8 | |
Official Name: | Mississagi River Indian Reserve No. 8 |
Native Name: | Misswezahging |
Settlement Type: | Indian reserve |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Coordinates: | 46.2167°N -83°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Type3: | First Nation |
Subdivision Name2: | Algoma |
Subdivision Name3: | Mississauga |
Area Land Km2: | 18.41 |
Population Total: | 390 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Density Km2: | 21.2 |
Website: | www.mississaugi.com |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
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.[3]
The word Mississauga is an anglicized version of the Ojibwe word Misswezaagiing, which means ‘a river with many outlets.’ This name comes from the Mississagi River, which is a bird-foot delta, a haven for fish and waterfowl and is currently a jointly managed Provincial Park.
The people of Mississaugi have resided there since time immemorial.