Neskantaga first nation in ontario is home to 374 people living on reserve Vulnerable community members from neskantaga first nation have returned home after spending 46 days in thunder bay, ont., due to a community evacuation, triggered by the closure of the remote first nation's only nursing station. The accompanying consolidated financial statements of neskantaga first nation are the responsibility of management and have been approved by the chief and council.
Quisses said evacuees returned to neskantaga last weekend, after indigenous services canada (isc) sent him a letter saying the federal government would no longer support its evacuation after. Neskantaga first nation's evacuation was cut short by indigenous services canada, prompting chief gary quisses to call for federal support to build a new, permanent nursing station due to ongoing infrastructure issues. The population of neskantaga first nation is about 400 people of whom 300 people live on the reserve
Now, he’s calling for support from the federal government to build a brand new, permanent nursing station in neskantaga to replace the existing health centre, which has been boarded up.
