Ginoogaming First Nation Community Profile Road X Road – Winter X Air X Boat X Ginoogaming First Nation is located on the northeast shore of Long Lake, 1 km south of the town of Long Lac, with access through the town from Highway 11 Ginoogaming First Nation occupies an area of 70 sq. km or 26 sq. miles (17,280 acres). Ginoogaming First Nation Community Profile PTO: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation TC: Matawa First Nations Management Population: 718 On Reserve: 160 Off Reserve: 616 CONTACT INFORMATION Ginoogaming First Nation LANGUAGES P.O. Box 89 Longlac, ON P0T 2A0 Linguistic Affiliation: Ojibway / Oji-Cree Phone: 807-876-2249 Mother Tongue: English Toll Free: 1-888-570-8942 Fax: 807-876-2495 Traditional languages of Ojibway and Oji-Cree are spoken. Many young people are not fluent in their OVERVIEW language and English is most commonly used. GOVERNANCE Election System YES NO Electoral X Custom X Term of office: 2 years ELECTORAL RIDINGS (F) Thunder Bay - Superior North (P) Thunder Bay - Superior North CHIEF & COUNCIL ACCESSIBILITY TITLE Chief Accessible by YES NO Councilors 1 Ginoogaming First Nation Community Profile Councilors Transportation X Councilors Councilors Councilors Councilors Community Band Office Staff Recreation YES NO COMMENTS Facilities Phone: 807-876-2249 or 876-2242 Outdoor rink Toll Free: 1-888-570-8942 Real ice – Fax: 807-876-2495 Arena X needs improvement- TITLE TEL not useable Finance Department Calls to all Band Needs Bingo Manager Office staff are Community Hall X improvement Welfare Administrator referred through Playground X Janitor reception Available after Office Manager Gymnasium X school hours Secretary & weekends Housing Manager Baseball field Rocky Shore Development Sports Field X – needs Corporation improvement Youth Worker Pow-Wow WSO Grounds X Once per year Maintenance Recreation Trails X Home Maker Beach X Employment Community Counsellor (807-876-1295) EDUCATION Legal Aid (807-876-1672) COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE BOARD STAFF TITLE TEL Community Director of Education 807-876-1270 Infrastructure YES NO COMMENTS Finance Manager 807-876-4914 Basic Programs Coordinator/ 807-876-4482 Electricity X Executive Assistant to Water X the Director Sewage X Board/High School 807-876-1270 Waste Disposal X Secretary Communications Canada Post X 5 days/week Nimiki Migizsi Seconday School Telephone X Bell Telephone 100 Balsam Road Ginoogaming First Nation X Chronicle P.O. Box 360 Newspapers Journal Longlac, ON Wawatay P0T 2A0 Television X Radio Stations X Phone: 807-876-1270 Internet X Fax: 807-876-4151 2 Ginoogaming First Nation Community Profile Migizi Wazisin Elementary School Nimiki Migizi Secondary School Staff Tel Title Grades JK/SK to grade 7 school follows Ontario Calls to all Nimiki Principal curriculum. Sports & co-curricular activities Migizi Secondary Secretary offered. Special Education for students with School Staff are referred Guidance Counsellor learning exceptionalities offered through Program through reception. Teacher Support Department. Teacher Teacher Biimaadiziwin Centre Teacher Grade 8 Phone: 807-876-4482 Custodian & Board Fax: 807-8764128 Maintenance The Biimaadiziwin Centre assists students with Mimiki Migizi Secondary School behavioral exceptionalities. The centre is staffed by the following positions: Grades 9-12 - designated a private high school under Ministry of Education offers an array of Tel Title curriculum course areas according to the Ontario Calls to all Coordinator Curriculum. Also, offer on-line ILC courses and Biimaadiziwin Centre Teacher will be offering video-conference courses in spring staff are referred through Tutor of 2008. Sports & co-curricular offered. The high reception school houses the grade 8 students. Ojibway Program Support Language is taught as a recognized course offering Title through grade 11. Coordinator & Resource Teacher Migize Wazisin Elementary School Instructor 201 Poplar Crescent Education Assistant / Ginoogaming First Nation Cultural Art P.O. Box 360 Native Language Longlac, ON Instructor P0T 2A0 The Biimaadiziwin Center also has a support staff Phone: 807-876-4482 consisting of 6 Education Assistants and 3 Tutor Fax: 807-876-4128 Escorts. Migize Wazisin Elementary School Staff All teachers on staff @ both schools are OCT Tel Title certified or qualified NTEP/ATEP teachers. Calls to all Migize Principal Wazisin Elementary Secretary HEALTH School Staff are referred JK / SK through reception. Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 3 Ginoogaming First Nation Community Profile Title TEL Acting Supervisor / Teacher Calls to all Supervisor Ginoogaming FSW Aboriginal Head Secretary Start staff are Teachers (6 positions) referred through Relief Staff (4 positions) reception Cook Driver SOCIAL PROGRAMS/SERVICES Ginoogaming Medical Health Centre Program Name YES NO Ginoogaming Medical Clinic Housing Department X Education Department X 203 Balsam Rd. Economic Development & Ginoogaming First Nation Training X P.O. Box 89 Finance Department X Longlac, ON Social Servies Department X P0T 2A0 Indian Registry Department X Health Department: Family Phone: 807-876-2732 support, Diabetes nurse X Fax: 807-876-1614 NALS Department: NAN X Ginoogaming First Nation TITLE TEL Timber claims Trust X CHR Calls to all Transportation / Ginoogaming Medical INTERNET SERVICES Referral Clerk Clinic staff are referred FSW through reception General Internet Connectivity Medical Driver Residential Internet Access Dial-In Part Time Medical Availability No Charge Driver % of households that subscribe to Crisis Intervention the internet 76-100 Worker % of Households that subscribe to NDAP worker satellite TV 76-100 Ginoogaming 1-807-876-1678 Expected Internet availability by Dial-in Timber Claims Trust the end of 2007 No Charge Band administration office Dial-in internet connectivity type No charge Ginoogaming Aboriginal Head Start Is that internet access available to 107 Poplar Crescent community members No Ginoogaming First Nation Health Centre connectivity status Broadband P.O. Box 89 SchoolNet internet connectivity Longlac, ON type N/A P0T 2A0 Police detachment internet access Dial-in availability No charge Phone: 807-876-5437 Fax: 807-876-1181 4 Ginoogaming First Nation Community Profile EMERGENCY SERVICES Phone: 807-876-1678 Toll Free: 1-866-882-0305 Fire Emergency Calls: 807-876-4442 (Longlac) Fax: 1-807-876-2982 There is a hospital in the town of Geraldton and ambulatory service is procured from the town of BAND HISTORY Longlac. Additional medical, dental and hospital services are provided in Thunder Bay Our band, Long Lake #77 was established on August 9, 1906. The band was officially surveyed in Ambulance Emergency Calls: 807-876-2867 1910 and has been known to have several names as (Longlac) Marten Falls band of Indians and Making #77 officially changed the name of the community to JUSTICE SECTOR Ginoogaming First Nation. We are a member of the Anishnawbe-Aski Nation Treaty #9 area. Programs & Services: TRADITIONS Anishinabek Police Service Ginoogaming Detachment We believe in the unwritten, but incontestable rules 103 Poplar Cresent, Box 1079 of nature. We have our own government, traditional Longlac, ON laws and governing principles. In the past we had P0T 2A0 our own traditional medicine man that lived among the people. Our traditions provided us with systems Phone 807-876-1606 for education and training of our youth as well as Fax: 807-876-2993 health, social, economic, spiritual and cultural systems. Program Name YES NO Anishinabek Police Service X Pow-Wows For the last decade, we have adopted the hosting of Staffing: an annual traditional Pow-Wow in memory of our late medicine man, Mr. David Charles Sr. This is 1 Sergeant where the Ojibway language, drumming, singing, 2 Constables traditional dancing and traditional medicine is 1 Court Officer/Secretary taught. The gathering is part of the community’s spiritual, physical and mental healing. Legal Aid Worker Phone:807-876-1672 Businesses & Services Ginoogaming Timber Claim 203 Balsam St. Longlac, ON P.O. Box 868 P0T 2A0 5 .