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Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek

Coordinates: 49°26′38″N 88°07′52″W / 49.44389°N 88.13111°W / 49.44389; -88.13111
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The Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek (formerly known as Rocky Bay First Nation, and occasionally known as Biinjitiwaabik Zaagiing Anishinaabeg) is an Ojibway First Nation in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Their territory is located on the Rocky Bay 1 Indian reserve in Greenstone, Ontario, near Macdiarmid. In October 2008, they had a total registered population of 678 people, of which 327 people lived on their own Indian reserve. The Nation is led by Chief Bart Hardy. The council is a member of Nokiiwin Tribal Council, a Regional Chiefs' Council, and is member of Union of Ontario Indians, a Tribal Political Organization. The First Nation is also a member of Waaskiinaysay Ziibi Inc., an economic development corporation made up of five Lake Nipigon First Nations.

The first nation's television series Spirit Bay was filmed here in the 1980's.

49°26′38″N 88°07′52″W / 49.44389°N 88.13111°W / 49.44389; -88.13111