Wahnapitae First Nation

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The Wahnapitae First Nation is an Ojibwa First Nation in the Canadian province of Ontario, who primarily reside on the Wahnapitae (or Wanapitei) 11 reserve on the northwestern shore of Lake Wanapitei, surrounded by the city of Greater Sudbury. The First Nation is a signatory to the Robinson-Huron Treaty of 1850 as the Tahgaiwenene's Band. Total membership of the First Nation as of June, 2003, was 326, with an on-reserve population of 36.

The Wanapitei reserve is considered part of Greater Sudbury's Census Metropolitan Area. The main business on the reserve is Rocky's, a bar and restaurant with camping facilities and snowmobiling trails which is popular with recreational and permanent residents of the Lake Wanapitei area.

[edit] Governance

The current chief of the First Nation is Ted Roque, with Peter Recollet as a councillor. The First Nation is a member of the Waabnoong Bemjiwang Association of First Nations, a regional tribal council.