Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg (formerly Pic Mobert First Nation) is an

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. The First Nation has two

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Pic Mobert North Pic Mobert North is a First Nations reserve in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. It is one of two reserves of the Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg (Pic Mobert), alongside Pic Mobert South Pic Mobert South is a First Nations reserve in Thunder Bay Dis ...

and Pic Mobert South, both located approximately east of

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, along the eastern shores of White Lake. The community has year-round road access. As of October 2021, Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg had a registered population of 1064 members, 352 of whom live on-reserve.

Governance

Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg is currently led by Chief Johanna Desmoulin, and is governed by a Chi-Naaknigewin (Community Constitution) approved in 2016. The Nation is a member of the

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and of the

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History

The land that now encompasses Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg has been inhabited by the Anishinabek since at least 1876. The first

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post in the area was established in 1850, and the Anishinabek were noted to have participated in the

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there. In the 1940s, eight

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were established near the reserve.

References

External links

Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg official website

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