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Nigigoonsiminikaaning means "place abundant with Little-Otter berries", from nigigoonsimin, the Ojibwe word for sand cherry. The Nation was formerly known as Nicickousemenecaning First Nation and as Red Gut First Nation, a name that comes from its main reserve on Red Gut Bay of Rainy Lake, in the Rainy River District of Northwestern Ontario. It is a Treaty 3 Nation. Its reserves are:

• Rainy Lake 26A (main reserve)
• Rainy Lake 26B
• Rainy Lake 26C
• Agency 1, shared with three other First Nations

Chief and Council govern the community and give respect to Elders and Youth in decision-making. The Nation belongs to Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing Ne-Yaa-Zhing Advisory Services, which is a member of the Grand Council of Treaty 3. In 1985 it was one of ten bands that co-founded the Seven Generations Education Institute. The community is working to revitalize the Ojibwe language through practical use, including seasonal language camps at the mouth of the Ottertail River run with the University of Minnesota.

Community life includes an annual pow wow that welcomes everyone, the NiGiGoonSiWiiGiWaam Child Care Centre, a Health/Business Centre finished in 2016, and a health department that runs Healthy Babies Healthy Children. Volunteers run the fire department and committees for recreation, education, housing and economic development. Members do much of their business and shopping in nearby Fort Frances.