Waaseyakosing: Wasauksing First Nation – Ojibway, Odawa & Pottawatomi – Parry Island, Ontario

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“Waaseyakosing”, “Wasauksing First Nation” is an Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi First Nation band government and community whose reserve is located on Parry Island, near Parry Sound, Ontario, one of the larger islands in the Great Lakes. The Island has year-round road access to the mainland via the Wasauksing Swing Bridge, that connects to Rose Point in Seguin Township. Our surveyed akii (lands) encompasses the majority of Parry Island, with the exception of Salt’s Point in the northeast. We are currently undergoing negotiations with the Federal Government to have Demiimgak-oodenaang (Depot Harbour) returned to our jurisdiction as an Addition to Reserve, as well as several peninsulas and pieces of akii in the zhawanoong (south) of the Island, in an ongoing Boundary Claim. Waaseyakosing means: “Place that shines brightly in the reflection of the sacred light”. It is also known as the Parry Sound region andhas been an important geographical and spiritual location for Indigenous people, for time immemorial. The Indigenous people first came to the shores of Mnidoo-gamii (The Great Lake of the Spirit) or, Georgian Bay, during a great travel from the waabanong (east).