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{{Location map|Canada Ontario|lat=55.0113|long=-85.4228|width=200|caption=Location of Weenusk First Nation in [[Ontario]]|label=Weenusk First Nation}}'''Weenusk First Nation''' ({{langx|cr|ᐐᓈᐢᑯ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ|italic=no}} ({{lang|cr-Latn|wînâsko ininiwak}}); unpointed: ᐧᐃᓇᐢᑯ ᐃᓂᓂᐧᐊᐠ) is a [[Cree]] [[First Nations in Canada|First Nation]] [[band government]] in the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Ontario]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Long |first=John S. |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Treaty_No_9/tuTKFT8r1l8C?hl=en |title=Treaty No. 9: Making the Agreement to Share the Land in Far Northern Ontario in 1905 |date=2010-11-19 |publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |isbn=978-0-7735-8135-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Foster |first=Karen R. |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Right_to_Be_Rural/1LEWEAAAQBAJ?hl=en |title=The Right to Be Rural |last2=Jarman |first2=Jennifer |date=2022-03-03 |publisher=University of Alberta |isbn=978-1-77212-595-5 |language=en}}</ref> In September, 2007, its total registered population was 516.  Weenusk First Nation was an independent member of the [[Nishnawbe Aski Nation]] (NAN) but now have joined the [[Mushkegowuk Council]], a regional tribal council, who is also a member of NAN.

Weenusk First Nation's [[Indian reserve|reserve]] is the 5310 ha [[Winisk 90|Winisk Indian Reserve 90]].  Associated with the reserve is their Winisk Indian Settlement also known as [[Peawanuck]], which also holds reserve status.  Originally, the Weenusk First Nation was located within their reserve, but they were forced to move {{convert|30|km|0|abbr=on}} southwest to Peawanuck when on May 16, 1986, spring floods swept away much of the original settlement, which had been located {{convert|6|km|0|abbr=on}} upriver from [[Hudson Bay]].

In the [[Cree language]], "Peawanuck" means "a place where flint is found," while "Weenusk" means "ground hog."  The community, being primarily [[Swampy Cree]], speaks the n-dialect of the Cree language.  Being that the community is composed of [[Cree]], [[Oji-cree]], [[Ojibwa]] and [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] peoples, in addition to Cree, ''[[Oji-Cree language|Anishininiimowin]]'' and ''[[Ojibwa language|Ojibwemowin]]'' are also spoken there.

==Governance==
Weenusk is governed by Chief Joey Hunter and his three councillors: Jeff Hunter, Leah Hunter, and Paul Koostachin.

==External links==
* [http://www.chiefs-of-ontario.org/profiles/pr_weenusk.html Chiefs of Ontario profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017023820/http://www.chiefs-of-ontario.org/profiles/pr_weenusk.html |date=2010-10-17 }}
* [http://www.wakenagun.ca/PDF/Peawanuck%20Profile.pdf Detailed community profile from the Wakenagun Development Corporation]
* [https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=146&lang=eng AANDC profile]

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