Nipissing First Nation

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Nipissing 10
Indian reserve
Nipissing First Nation
Administration Building/Community Centre in Garden Village
Nipissing 10
Coordinates: 46°22′N 79°46′W / 46.367°N 79.767°W / 46.367; -79.767
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Nipissing
First Nation	Nipissing
Government
• Chief	Cathy Bellefeuille
• Deputy Chief	Muriel Sawyer
Area [1]
• Land	61.22 km2 (23.64 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	1,450
• Density	23.7/km2 (61/sq mi)
Website	www.nfn.ca

Nipissing First Nation (Ojibwe: Nipissing, Niipsing, Nbisiing), meaning "place of little waters", is a long-standing community of Nishnaabeg peoples, who traditionally speak Anishinaabemwin,^[2] located along the shorelines of Lake Nipissing in northern Ontario. They are referred to by many names in European historical records, since the colonists often adopted names given to them by other nations.

The Nbisiing Anishinaabeg have roots in both the Ojibwe and Algonquin nations, making up part of the wider grouping of Anishinaabe peoples. Their heritage is a result of the fact that the Nipissing homeland sits at a geographical crossroads, existing between the traditional territories of the Ojibwe around the Great Lakes and the Algonquin country covering much of the Kitchi-sipi watershed.