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Program: Community Support Services
Organizations: Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation
Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation - Band Office
Phone Numbers: 807-481-1110
Fax: 807-481-1026
Website: www.nigigoonsiminikaaning.ca
Address: PO Box 68
Fort Frances, ON
P9A 3M5
Street
Address: 		Band Office
Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation
Location:
  • Band Office is located in the community of Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation
  • Community is 40 km E of Fort Frances on Hwy 11
  • Situated on the shores of Red Gut Bay on NE Rainy Lake
Accessibility: Not Wheelchair Accessible      Not Wheelchair Accessible
Hours: Band Office: Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm


Payday Fri bi-weekly 8:30 am-2 pm
Contacts: Nora Johnson - Child in Care Worker
807-481-1110
Service Description: Operates a self government and is responsible for the day to day operations of the Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation
  • Tribal Council: Pwi-di-goo-zing Ne-yaa-zhing Advisory Services
  • Political Territorial Organization: Grand Council Treaty #3 (GCT3)
  • Treaty #3


Delivers child care and protection services and family support services to community members for Weechi-it-te-Win Family Services
Prevention Services
  • Teaches parenting skills and assisting children through difficult times
  • Develops and administers healthy social and recreational programs for families
  • Hosts community forums to address issues such as youth drug abuse, inadequate housing, schooling problems and after school activities
  • Organizes elders meetings that address traditional child rearing methods
  • Provides information sessions about understanding substance dependency and resulting family violence, and overcoming oppression by understanding cultural realities
Repatriation Services
  • Processes requests to have children in external foster care brought back to homes within the community
  • Provides advocacy on behalf of the child and family
Outreach Services
  • Provides the option to children adopted by outside families to discover their birth family and heritage
  • Provides records and information to Tribal Agency and external resources
Fees: None
Application: Intake assessment required
Eligibility - Population(s) Served:
  • Members of Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation

  • Children younger than 18 years of age and their families
Languages: English

This information was last completely updated on: 6-23-2025


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