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The Anishinaabeg of Naongashiing, also known as Big Island, live along the southeast shore and on Big Island in Lake of the Woods, in the Rainy River District of Ontario. The people are descended from the Saulteaux Ojibway, who were once a semi-nomadic people living along the south edge of the Aulneau Peninsula. The community is part of Treaty 3 and belongs to the political organization Grand Council Treaty #3.

The community reached legal band status in the mid-1920s. In the early 1950s it moved to Big Island Mainland No. 93. In 1982, most members moved to Saug-a-gaw-sing No. 1 on the southeast shore of Lake of the Woods, where most of the community lives today.

Life here has long centred on the land and water. Trapping, fishing and forestry are the main occupations, along with wild rice harvesting. The Nation holds the largest commercial fishing quota in Treaty 3 and is building aquaculture (fish farming) facilities. Community programs include:

• Healthy Babies Healthy Children
• Brighter Futures
• Education and housing
• Ontario Works
• Lands department

The community's guiding motto is "to ensure, enhance, and protect the culture, traditions, land, language, resources, health, social and economic wellbeing of our community." Learn more at the official website.