schools, Wasse Abin Junior School (JK, SK, Grades 1-4) and Wasse Abin Pontiac School (Grades 5-8) and Wasse Abin High School. Two health clinics provide basic services: Nadmadwin Mental Health Clinic Wiikwemkoong Health Centre Transportation Wiikwemkoong Way is the key route in the communities and connects with Ontario Highway 6. The closest airport is Manitowaning/Manitoulin East Municipal Airport in Manitowaning, Ontario. There is no commercial service from this airport. Ontario Northland operates a twice daily bus that connects to other places on Manitouland Island as well as the nearest major city, Sudbury, Ontario. Gordies Pontoon Rides Culture The reserve is also home to the Wiikwemkoong Cultural Festival (Wiikwemkoong Pow-Wow) which is held annually every Civic Holiday weekend (first weekend in August). This annual event is touted as the largest and oldest pow-wow in Eastern Canada. Considered to be one of the major pow wows in North America, it is attended by many aboriginal dancers who participate in competition of all age ranges, demonstrating traditional, grass, jingle and fancy dancing. Wiikwemkoong is also home to a professional theatre company, De-ba-jeh-mu-jig Theatre Group, which stages and produces plays about First Nations life and culture, within the missions ruins next to Holy Cross Church. Notable people Jeannette Corbiere Lavell, Indigenous women's rights advocate Leonard S. Mandamin, Federal Court of Canada judge Daphne Odjig, artist Autumn Peltier, water activist Sladen Peltier, active Peggy Margaret Pitawanakwat, first woman chief, in 1997 Joseph Shawana, chef Crystal Shawanda, country music singer/song writer Chris Simon, NHL hockey player Shayne Corson, NHL hockey player References External links Wiikwemkoong Unceded Indian Reserve Wiikwemkoong Heritage Organization Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada profile Map of Wiikwemkoong Unceded at Statcan Communities in Manitoulin Island Anishinaabe reserves in Ontario First Nations history in Ontario Odawa reserves in Ontario Potawatomi reserves in Ontario First Nations governments in Ontario Unceded territories in Ontario