Wasagamack First Nation
Wasagamack or Wasaagomach is an Oji-Cree First Nation in Manitoba, Canada. The First Nation is located about 600 km (370 mi) north of Winnipeg. The population in 2001 was 1,122 of which 1,105 were of First Nations ancestry. As of November, 2011, registered population was 1,881, of which 1,706 lived on their own reserve.
Historically, the peoples of Wasagamack were part of the Island Lake Band of "Cree", which also included nearby First Nations of Garden Hill, St. Theresa Point and Red Sucker Lake. They are a signatory to the 1909 adhesion to Treaty 5.
Read more about Wasagamack First Nation: Reserves, Governance, Services, Notable Peoples
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