A member of Treaty 3, the First Nation is affiliated with Bimose Tribal Council and Kenora Chiefs Advisory.
The grievance against Hydro One was started because the company arbitrarily cut down trees, and misappropriated land without making any effort to consult the First Nation to install huge steel electricity pylons across the reserve.
Many years ago, again without notice or an effort to consult with the First Nation, what used to be called Ontario Hydro arbitrarily flooded over one thousand acres (4 km2) of reserve land and many more thousands of acres of traditional resource area by building the Whitedog Dam to provide electricity for sale by Ontario Hydro.
A rock sacred to the people of Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation was also completely destroyed by explosives to clear way for the water channel.
Through the Custom Electoral System, Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation elects a council for a two-year term consisting of a Chief and four Councillors.