Board of Directors

Each Chief and Council from Wasaya-ownership communities appoints their First Nation Repesentative. The role of the WGI Board is to oversee the operations of all Wasaya entiites.

WGI Board of Directors

First Nation Reps:

Bearskin Lake First Nation - Wayne Brown
Kasabonika Lake First Nation- Gordon Morris
Keewaywin First Nation - John McKay
Kingfisher Lake First Nation - Hezekiah Sakakeep
Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation (KI) - Cecilia Begg
Muskrat Dam First Nation - Gary Beardy
Nibinamik First Nation - Raymond Sugarhead
Pikangikum First Nation - Brian Keeper
Wapekeka First Nation - Donnie Roundsky
Wunnumin Lake First Nation - Samuel Mamakwa

Officers:

Hez Sakakeep Chair - Kingfisher Lake
Raymond Sugarhead, Vice Chair, Pikangikum
Tom Kamenawatamin, President & CEO - Bearskin Lake
Sam Mamakwa, Secretary/Treasurer - Wunnumin Lake

Elders: (On a rotational basis)

Charlie Bighead, Wunnumin Lake
Harry Semple, Kasabonika
Simon Sakakeep, Kingfisher Lake
Rev. Alex Fox , Bearskin Lake
Moses Moskataywenene, KI
Josie McKay, KI
Georgina Neshinapaise, Nibinamik First Nation
Rev Buddy A. McKay, Thunder Bay

Board of Directors

Our Logo:

Wasaya means rising sun in the Oji-Cree dialect and the logo of Wasaya, which depicts a sunburst with eight sunrays, represents each original owner community.

Our First Nation Ownership Communities:

Bearskin Lake First Nation

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation

Wunnumin Lake First Nation

Nibinamik First Nation

Kingfisher Lake First Nation

Keewaywin First Nation

Pikangikum First Nation

Wapekeka First Nation

Muskrat Dam First Nation

Kasabonika Lake First Nation