Pauingassi, Manitoba R0E 1M0 Phone: (204) 397-2371 Fax: (204) 397-2145

Current Chief & Council:

• Chief Harold Crow
• Robert T. Owens
• Moses Owens
• Nelson Owen

Location:

Approximately 280 kilometers northeast of Winnipeg & 24 kilometers north of Little Grand Rapids, on a peninsula jutting southward into Fishing Lake, a tributary of Berens River.

Reserve: I.R. Pauingassi First Nation

Area: 260.5 Hectares 

Language: Anishiinabe

Economic Base: Trapping, fishing and seasonal rice harvesting

Population:

• On-reserve - 557
• Off-reserve - 39
• Total Population - 596 (as of October 2010)

Transportation:

There is no permanent access road to the Pauingassi First Nation, although winter roads are constructed annually from Pine Dock and Bloodvein. There is a 3000 foot airstrip approximately 24 kilometers south of Pauingassi at Little Grand Rapids. Access to the community vial the airport is restricted to boat or float plane during the summer and by snowmobile during the winter.

Commercial Businesses and/or Services:

• Pauingassi Band Office
• Dojo's Store
• Northern Store
• Pauingassi Nursing Station
• Sanitation Service
• NDL Building (New Dream Lodge) 

Pauingassi

Pauingassi Store