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Assembly Of Manitoba Chiefs
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC; preceded by the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood) is an Advocacy association, association that advocates on issues affecting First Nations in Manitoba. Representing 62 of the 63 First Nations in Manitoba, the province, it advocates on behalf of over 151,000 First Nation citizens in Manitoba. The Grand Chief is Cathy Merrick of Cross Lake. History Preceding the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs was the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood (MIB; later renamed the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs), which was created in the late 1960s as a province-wide body to provide a common voice for First Nations in Manitoba. The MIB presented their landmark position paper—entitled, "Wahbung: Our Tomorrows"—in opposition to then-Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau's 1969 White Paper which proposed the abolition of the ''Indian Act.'' The federal government at the time argued that the ''Indian Act'' was discriminatory and that the special legal relationship between Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it the sixth-largest city, and eighth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Western Cree words for "muddy water" - “winipīhk”. The region was a trading centre for Indigenous peoples long before the arrival of Europeans; it is the traditional territory of the Anishinabe (Ojibway), Ininew (Cree), Oji-Cree, Dene, and Dakota, and is the birthplace of the Métis Nation. French traders built the first fort on the site in 1738. A settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers of the Red River Colony in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873. Being far inland, the local c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Stevenson (politician)
Peguis First Nation (formerly St. Peter's Band, oj, Oshki-ishkonigan meaning ''new reserve'') is the largest First Nations community in Manitoba, Canada, with a population of approximately 10,300 people (3,521 on reserve and 6,504 off reserve). The members of Peguis are of Saulteaux (Ojibway) and Cree descent. The main reserve, Peguis 1B, is located approximately 196 kilometres north of Winnipeg. The reserve is currently located about 170 km northwest of the original reserve (called St. Peter's). It was moved to its present location in 1907 after an illegal land transfer. The First Nation is named after Peguis, the chief who led a band of Saulteaux people from present-day Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, area to a Cree settlement at Netley Creek, Manitoba, and later to present-day East Selkirk, Manitoba. History Chief Peguis and his Band settled in an area north of present-day Selkirk in the late 1700s. Their history is documented in journals of the Hudson's Bay Company, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anishinaabe Tribal Political Organizations
A Tribal Political Organization is a political tribal council advocating the political interests of the First Nations and Tribes of their constituency. This list focuses on the TPOs to which the various Anishinaabe nations belong. List of Anishinaabe tribal political organizations * Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs * Southern Chiefs' Organization * Chiefs of Ontario * Grand Council of Treaty 3 * Grand Council of Treaty 8 * Great Lakes Inter-tribal Council ** Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa ** Forest County Potawatomi ** Ho-Chunk Nation ** Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa ** Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa ** Lac Vieux Desert Tribe of Michigan ** Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin ** Oneida Nation ** Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa ** Sokaogon Chippewa (Mole Lake) ** St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin ** Stockbridge-Munsee Indians of Wisconsin * Inter-tribal Council of Michigan ** Bay Mills Indian Community ** Grand Traverse B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross Lake, Manitoba
Cross Lake is the name of two closely related, adjoining but independent communities in the Canadian province of Manitoba. One of the Cross Lakes is the Cross Lake Indian Reserve (Pimicikamak Cree) of the Cross Lake First Nation where the main urban area is called Cross Lake. The other Cross Lake is on nearby provincial Crown land. The communities are located about 520 kilometres by air north of Winnipeg, and 120 kilometres by air south of Thompson. They are situated on the shores of the Nelson River where the river enters Cross Lake. An all-weather road, PR 374, connects the communities to PR 373 via the Kichi Sipi Bridge. In March 2016, Cross Lake appeared in the national news after First Nation officials declared a state of emergency because of an epidemic of suicides. The Canadian Press reported that there had been "six suicides in the last two months and 140 attempts in the last two weeks alone", and band councillor Donnie McKay said the community "is traumatized and need ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Manitoba First Nation
Lake Manitoba First Nation ( oj, Animo-ziibiing)Andy Thomas Thomas, Florence Paynter. The Significance of Creating First Nation Traditional Names Maps. Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Inchttps://mfnerc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/The-Significance-of-Creating-First-Nation-Traditional-Names-Maps.pdf/ref> is located on the Dog Creek 46 Indian reserve in Manitoba. The reserve, which lies on the northeast shore of the south basin of Lake Manitoba, is bordered by the Rural Municipality of Eriksdale and the Rural Municipality of Siglunes. The 2011 Census reported that the reserve had a population of 680 inhabitants. The main settlement in the reserve is located at . External links Map of Dog Creek 46 at Statcan References ''Dog Creek 46 - Lake Manitoba First Nation'' Interlake Reserves Tribal Council Lake Manitoba Lake Manitoba (french: Lac Manitoba) is the List of lakes of Canada, 14th largest lake in Canada and the List of lakes by area, 33rd largest lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathias Colomb First Nation
The Mathias Colomb Cree Nation (MCCN) ( cr, ᐸᑲᑕᐚᑲᐣ, pukatawâkan) —also known as Mathias Colomb First Nation, Mathias Colomb (Cree) First Nation, and Pukatawagan/Mathias Colomb Cree Nation—is a remote First Nations community in northern Manitoba, located north of The Pas and northwest of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It had two reserves under its jurisdiction, part of Treaty 6. The main community is at Indian Reserve 198 (Pukatawagan 198) in Pukatawagan, consisting of on the shore of Pukatawagan Lake, and lying about north of The Pas. The second reserve, Highrock reserve (Indian Reserve No. 199) (CSD), located on Highrock Lake, downstream from Pukatawagan, was dissolved by 2006. Demographics According to Statistics Canada and based on the 2016 Census the population of Pukatawagan 198 was 1,724, a decrease of 5.6% from 2011. Of the 2016 population 1,680 people were registered or Treaty Indian, 45 identified as neither and 25 people identified non-Aboriginal. No o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Creek First Nation
The Pine Creek First Nation is a Saulteaux First Nation in Manitoba, Canada. The First Nation's homeland is the Pine Creek 66A reserve, located approximately 110 kilometres north of Dauphin along the southwestern shore of Lake Winnipegosis between the communities of Camperville and Duck Bay. The Rural Municipality of Mountain (South) borders it on the southwest. The current chief of Pine Creek First Nation is Derek Nepinak. Pine Creek First Nation is part of Treaty 4. , the First Nation's registered population was 3,188, with 1,058 members living on reserves or crown land and 2,130 members living off reserve. The primary language spoken on the reserve is Saulteaux. History The community had a two-storey steeple church erected 1906-1910, but it was destroyed in a fire in 1930. A second church with a single steeple was reconstructed using the first building's salvageable stone walls. Pine Creek First Nation had a residential school on its Reserve, built 1894-1897. The large f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway House Cree Nation
The Norway House Cree Nation ( cr, Kinosao Sipi, ᑭᓄᓭᐏ ᓰᐱᐩ. SRO: kinosêwi-sîpiy) is based at Norway House, Manitoba, which is located on the Playgreen Lake section of the Nelson River system. The people are Swampy Cree from the Rocky Cree (Asinīskāwiyiniwak) band government. They are in possession of a number of reserves, but population is centered at IR Norway House 17 (06392). There are over 8300 members living on-reserve with another 1900 plus members at various locations off-reserve. The 2016 Census reported an official population of 7,927 inhabitants at Norway House 17 up from 4 7,758 in 2011. The Norway House Cree Nation school is the subject of a documentary by Alanis Obomsawin. History In 1816, Thomas Douglas sent Norwegians to build a road linking York Factory and Lake Winnipeg. In 1817, Norway House was built at Mossy Point, Manitoba. In 1821, Norway House became the principal inland fur trading depot for the Hudson Bay Company From then it became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Evans (politician)
Ron Evans (born 1957) is a former clergyman and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He is the former Chief for the Norway House Cree Nation and former Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs. A former priest in the Anglican Church of Canada, Evans is also a prominent figure in the Aboriginal community of northern Manitoba. He unsuccessfully sought election to both the Manitoba Legislature and the House of Commons of Canada, and has served as a band councillor and chief. Evans was born and raised in Norway House, Manitoba, and was educated in Winnipeg, Calgary and La Tuque, Quebec. Prior to his career with the clergy and politics, Evans was a truck driver and commercial fisherman. As a priest, Evans is a member of the Diocesan Council in the Anglican Diocese of Keewatin and a member of the ''Anglican Council of Indigenous People''. He served as a band councillor in Norway House from 1980 to 1988, and was the band's acting chief for two years during this period. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolling River First Nation
The Rolling River First Nation ( oj, Ditibineya-ziibiing) is an Ojibwe First Nations community in Manitoba, located south of Riding Mountain National Park. About half of the members are resident on its reserves, which are located south and east of Erickson, Manitoba. Reserve lands Rolling River First Nation is in possession of three reserves: * Rolling River 67 () — the main reserve, with a total size of . It is located north of Brandon. Bordered mostly by the RM of Harrison, it also has a significant border with the RM of Clanwilliam, as well as a much smaller border with the RM of Minto. * Rolling River 67A () — has a total size of * Rolling River 67B () — has a total size of * Rolling River 67C () — has a total size of * Treaty Four Reserve Grounds 77 The Treaty Four Reserve Grounds 77 are an Indian reserve in Saskatchewan, Canada, shared by 33 band governments from Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The Reserve Grounds are located adjacent to and west of Fort Qu'A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollow Water First Nation
Hollow Water First Nation ( oj, Waanibiigaaw also spelt as ''Wanipigow'') is an Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) First Nation located on the east side of Lake Winnipeg, Canada, north of Pine Falls, Manitoba, and north of Winnipeg. The main economic base of the community remains hunting, fishing, trapping and wild rice harvesting. Hole or Hollow Water 10 The First Nation has one reserve: Hole or Hollow Water 10 (), which has a total size of and contains the community of Wanipigow (itself meaning 'hollow water' or 'hole in the water' in Cree). The reserve is adjacent to and bounded in the southwest by Seymourville, and across the river from Aghaming. Governance Hollow Water First Nation is governed by the Act Electoral System of government. The current leadership, , is Chief Larry Barker and four Councilors: Furlon Barker, Geoffrey Bushie, Henry Moneas, and Maurice Williams. Hollow Water First Nation is a member of the Southeast Resource Development Council and a signatory to Treaty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Bushie
Rod Bushie ( – June 14, 2013) was a Canadian Anishinaabe elder who served as the Grand Chief of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, the largest First Nations organization in Manitoba, from 1997 to 2000. Bushie served as the Chief of the Hollow Water First Nation, his home community, prior to his election as head of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs in 1997. In August 1997, Bushie was elected Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, serving until 2000. Bushie was one of the creators of devolution, which transferred child welfare services to First Nation and Métis The Métis ( ; Canadian ) are Indigenous peoples who inhabit Canada's three Prairie Provinces, as well as parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and the Northern United States. They have a shared history and culture which derives ... authorities. In 2007, Bushie was defeated in an election to become head of the Southern Chiefs Organization. Bushie was a founder of the Aboriginal Curling Bonspiel and sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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