Wa-sawk-sing | Wasauksing First Nation
Community Profile
- Wasauksing First Nation is an Anishinaabe community located on Parry Island in Ontario, with a rich history of Indigenous governance and cultural preservation
- Last Updated 2025-05-15 15:25:10 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: 1462
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 02/15/2027
- CHIEF: WARREN LEE TABOBONDUNG
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:11
- WARREN LEE TABOBONDUNG
- SHANE RICHARD GEORGE TABOBONDUNG
- LINDSAY CATHERINE MAY MCCONNELL
- WALTER JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER TABOBONDUNG
- ALANA BESSIE KING
- DAVID MARTIN RICE
- PAZHE-KEEZHIG RICE-MENOMINEE
- NEIL THOMAS SWANSON
- CHRISTINA SUSAN VASILIOU
- ELIZABETH GEORGINA TAYLOR
- PAZHE-KEEZHIG DEBORAH RICE-MENOMINEE
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: /nations/91-wasauksing-first-nation
- PHONE NUMBER: (705) 746-2531
- FAX NUMBER: (705) 746-5984
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 250, PARRY SOUND, ON
- EMAILS:
- Chief WARREN LEE TABOBONDUNG:
- Chief SHANE RICHARD GEORGE TABOBONDUNG:
- Councillor LINDSAY CATHERINE MAY MCCONNELL:
- Councillor WALTER JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER TABOBONDUNG:
- Councillor ALANA BESSIE KING:
- Councillor DAVID MARTIN RICE:
- Councillor PAZHE-KEEZHIG RICE-MENOMINEE:
- Councillor NEIL THOMAS SWANSON:
- Councillor CHRISTINA SUSAN VASILIOU:
- Councillor ELIZABETH GEORGINA TAYLOR:
- Councillor PAZHE-KEEZHIG DEBORAH RICE-MENOMINEE:
- 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 - Wasauksing First Nation20122013.pdf
- 2011 - Wasauksing First Nation20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Wasauksing First Nation20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Wasauksing First Nation20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Wasauksing First Nation20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Wasauksing First Nation20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Wasauksing First Nation20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Wasauksing First Nation20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Wasauksing First Nation20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Wasauksing First Nation20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Wasauksing First Nation20022003.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: 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]
- Encompasses Parry Island and surrounding Georgian Bay regions
- Traditional lands include parts of Parry Sound District
- Historically used lands for fishing, hunting, and gathering
- Significant water and forest resources in traditional territory
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
- Des Roches v. Wasauksing First Nation
- Lee-Ann Turner v Wasauksing First Nation Deborah Peghamagabow
- 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
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- AFN applauds First Nations veterans of Passchendaele
- University unveils Tree Protection Zone art installation with Indigenous artists
- Legendary Ojibwa sniper unsung hero of WW I
- Ontario Expanding Mental Health Services for Indian Residential School Survivors
- Monument to First Nations WW I hero underway
- CBC’s Waubgeshig Rice to receive First Nations Storytelling award
- Feds providing $7M for Indigenous eco dev projects
- Supreme court says treaty rights are enforceable, constitutional
- Celebrating National Indigenous History Month and National Indigenous Peoples Day
- ‘We want to promote water’: Wasauksing First Nation’s 13th annual Water Walk May 30
- The Conversation: Native ceremony in the age of COVID-19
- The Great Change: Putting the spotlight on drug dealers profiting off trauma
- SPOTLIGHT: Parry Sound local spearheading Indigenous cultural awareness throughout the years
- Wasauksing First Nation’s John Beaucage receives appointment to Order of Canada
- Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
- Niijaansinaanik Child and Family Services honours former Wasauksing First Nation Chief
- Wasauksing ‘water protectors’ recreate first walk 10 years later
- Seguin approve road names in consultation with Wasauksing First Nation
- Francis Pegahmagabow National Historic Person (1889-1952)
- 'Archaic' government rules restricting Indigenous communities' control over elections: study
- Wasauksing First Nation, Seguin Township establish ‘first of its kind’ understanding
- Indigenous individual offering cultural awareness training to Parry Sound
- 'Missing Matoaka' Tells the True Story of Pocahontas from an Indigenous Perspective
- Couple from Wasauksing First Nation creates 'language nest' to help save Anishinaabemowin
- 'I grew up in an era where there was no Indigenous media' Meet creator Rebeka Tabobondung
- Indigenous Veterans Day honours service members like Parry Sound hero Francis Pegahmagabow
- Work underway to create a new generation of Anishinaabemowin speakers
- 'He took out all the spirit and meaning:' Emerging Indigenous artist accused of plagiarism
- In Waubgeshig Rice’s novel, the fall of civilization marks a new dawn for an Indigenous community
- Ontario Designates Niijaansinaanik Child and Family Services as an Indigenous Children's Aid Society
- Wasauksing artist designs Toronto Maple Leafs warm up jersey for Indigenous Celebration Games
- Return of pow wow a profound event for Parry Sound High School community
- Residential schools ‘part of now,’ says Wasauksing survivor
- Parry Sound hospice aims to offer culture-based care to nearby First Nations
- Indigenous soldiers show up for battle from the Parry Sound
- New research shows online voting could be transformative for Indigenous communities
- Waubgeshig Rice’s top reading picks for cottagers
- Archives
- Wasauksing launches Seven Grandfather Teachings campaign
- Indigenous artwork featured on Maple Leafs warm-up jerseys
- First Nations artist designed Leafs jersey for Indigenous Celebration game
- Former Neskantaga contractor accused of cutting corners in other First Nations
- The making of Joseph Boyden: Indigenous identity and a complicated history
- Francis 'Peggy' Pegahmagabow was an Ojibway sniper and war hero — This Place shares his story
- First Nations artists score big with beaded medallions and jersey design for Toronto Maple Leafs
- Indigenous students pay tribute to famed WWI sniper with portrait
- 17 books for kids and young adults to read for National Indigenous History Month
- Remembering a great hero
- First Nations artists process grief from Kamloops residential school discovery through their work
- Northern First Nations tap lobbying help to secure community funding
- Toronto Maple Leafs sport work of local Indigenous artists
- Waubgeshig Rice, Jennifer David’s new podcast Storykeepers is an audio book club on Indigenous lit
- Legacy of Shawanaga First Nation’s Francis Pegahmagabow lives on
- Maple Leafs stage Indigenous Celebration game
- Indigenous First World War hero commemorated in bronze
- Waubgeshig Rice new host of CBC's Up North
- Things Joseph Boyden Has Claimed To Be But Is Not
- Reforming the Indian Act to allow for online voting
- Waubgeshig Rice shares journey to Moon of the Crusted Snow
- Honouring Aboriginal veterans on Remembrance Day
- Aboriginal soldiers among Canada’s top snipers in First World War
- Robinson Huron First Nations at Supreme Court arguing for decision to be upheld
- Wasauksing First Nation Chief underlines governmental violence against Indigenous peoples on National Day of Awareness for MMIWG2S
- Wasauksing youth represents sole First Nation hockey team at world female hockey festival in Calgary
- Francis Pegahmagabow, unsung WW I hero, to get overdue recognition
- First Nations ‘mobilizing’ to keep Toronto drug dealers out of communities
- Wasauksing First Nation to receive $800,000 to enhance cultural-based mental health services for residential school survivors
- Bar on Indigenous consultation keeps rising
- Wasauksing First Nation Chief Warren Tabobondung re-elected to a fifth term
- Wonderworks: Wasauksing’s Waubgeshig Rice
- A Tale of Two Bridges: Close-in-age Wasauksing First Nation swing bridge also due for replacement
- First Nations artist designed Leafs jersey for Indigenous Celebration game
- Toronto Maple Leafs sport work of Northern Indigenous artists
- Petition by Wasauksing journalist calls for top Mountie’s removal
- WWI Aboriginal hero honoured – Indigenous, the Other Story
- It was an apocalypse: a look at decolonizing Parry Sound’s history
- A diploma with the wrong name
- Wasauksing Swing Bridge: Preserving history and connections
- Boundary issue to be settled soon
- Six First Nations celebrate Niijaansinaanik Indigenous Child Welfare Agency designation
- Former Neskantaga contractor accused of cutting corners in other First Nations
- Historic Niijaansinaanik agency to protect Indigenous children
- UWEC professor presents talk on Indigenous culture
- Wasauksing kids head to Mississauga for Little Native Hockey League
- Indigenous Awareness Weeks Opening Ceremony & Keynote Address with Waubgeshig Rice
- Depot Harbour: Exploitation, Contamination and Indigenous Resistance - APTN | Our Stories
- Another step out of the Indian Act: Wasauksing First Nation reconsiders Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement
- Shawanaga First Nation honours heroic son
- North Bay’s Tabobondung paddles to gold at NAIG 2017
- Q&A: Wasauksing First Nation reports potential cannabis store in the works
- LIST: A selection of Indigenous Local stories from across Parry Sound-Muskoka
- COLUMN: New website brings local Indigenous story to life
- Orange Shirt Day march and gathering honours National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
- Rez91 hosts retire after 17 years
- Francis Pegahmagabow brought to life on stage for next generation
- Highlights from National Indigenous Peoples Day 2022 at TMU
- Statue of First Nations WWI Hero unveiled
- Celebration planned for opening of Parry Sound, Nipissing Indigenous Children’s Aid Society
- Waubgeshig Rice has to tell real aboriginal stories
- Native America Calling: Native Bookshelf with Waubgeshig Rice
- Longtime Wasauksing chief dies
- Toronto-based First Nations artist to begin new residency that will showcase city’s ravine network
- Unveiling life size monument of the most decorated First Nation soldier
- On-site chef at Pan Am Games from Wasauksing
- 'It will validate the treaty': Why 21 Ontario First Nations are challenging Canada over $4 payments
- What were Indigenous soldiers fighting for?
- Anishinabek Lifetime Achievement Awards honour Wasauksing, Dokis First Nations women
Academic Research
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
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- 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
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