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Communities

There are over 25 First Nation communities in Wasaya Airways' service area, with each ranging in population from 300 to 1500 people.  The majority of communities house modern day conveniences  while  still maintaining  traditional cultural activities such as hunting, fishing and trapping.  Each community has it's own traditions and customs. 

Click on the listed communities for further information:

Bearskin Lake     
Cat Lake
Deer Lake
Eabametoong  (Fort Hope)
Fort Severn    
Kasabonika Lake     
Keewaywin
Kingfisher Lake    
Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug  (Big Trout Lake)
Muskrat Dam
Neskantaga (Lansdowne House)    
Nibinamik (Summer Beaver) 
North Spirit Lake 
Pikangikum 
Poplar Hill    
Sachigo Lake         
Sandy Lake
Wapekeka (Angling Lake)       
Webequie         
Weagamow (Round Lake)
Wunnumin Lake

Dialect

The two languages spoken by the First Nation people in Northwestern Ontario are Ojibway and Cree.  Both belong to the Algongkian group of languages.  Ojibway is primarily spoken by the interior groups, while Cree is spoken by the coastal people.  Within both of these languages there are many dialects and each is associated with a particular First Nation and their location.  In Northwestern Ontario there are approximately 30 Ojibway and Cree dialects. 

The following are a list of words that have both the Oji-Cree and English translation:

thank you - meegwetch
airplane - pemesawin
freight (cargo) - posdasin
ticket - pemosapapan
airport - pemosapakochewin
passenger - kapomonakanoch
snow - kon
raining - kimowin
river - sipi
spring - siikwan
lake - saakaahiikan

 

 
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