Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug

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The Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug ( ᑭᐦᒋᓇᒣᑯᐦᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐧᐊᐠ ) or Gichi-namegosib ininiwag , also known as the Big Trout Lake First Nation , are one of the Canadian First Nations in northwestern Ontario Province . Often their name is abbreviated as KI6 .

The group belonging to the Cree lives around 580 km north of Thunder Bay and speaks Oji-Cree (Anishininiimowin or Anishinini language) and English.

Their reserve , the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Aaki 84 Reserve , is 29,937.6 hectares and can only be reached by road in winter. There are flight connections. 1,327 people inhabited Big Trout Lake (on the lake of the same name ) in January 2007, in October 2014 1,083 of the 1,598 recognized tribesmen lived on the reservation. In October 2018, 1,172 of the 1,722 state-recognized tribesmen lived there. According to Statistics Canada, in 2001 only 435 people lived in the actual municipality. Chief is Donald Ian "Donnie" Morris (reaffirmed in 2017), Deputy Chief Jackie Mckay. Some tribesmen live with neighboring groups such as Sachigo Lake, Bearskin Lake, Muskrat Dam, Kasabonika, Wunnimun, Wapekeka, Kingfisher, and Wawakapewin.

history

- see the history of Ontario

The tribe signed the James Bay Treaty of 1905 and 1906, which is No. 9 of the so-called Numbered Treaties . This included agreements between the British royal family and 38 Indian groups from northern Québec , as well as the Abitibiwinni in Ontario . The area of ​​the tribe was determined in 1929-1930 by supplementing this treaty. The area only received full Indian reserve status in 1976.

Marion Anderson was elected tribal councilor (band councillor) in 1950 as the first woman in Ontario.

Current situation

The Platinex Inc. was forced by protests on the part of the tribe on 22 May 2007 the court to carry out the law in accordance with consultations including a protocol. In addition, the tribe was admitted that without funding, the consultation process would be too time-consuming for the community. However, it is unclear how this otherwise "unfair" procedure can be carried out.

The leaders of the protests against the exploration of raw materials in the Cree area are arrested
Chief Donny Morris

In 2008, six of the tribal leaders, Chief Donny Morris, Jack and Sam McKay, Darryl Sainnawap, Cecilia Begg and Bruce Sakakeep, were arrested for protests. As a result, a sacred fire was lit in front of the Thunder Bay prison, but police extinguished it on March 19. Chief Vernon Morris of the Muskrat Dam First Nation said it could not be that consultations were the prelude to exploration if the tribe refused to do so out of concern about serious disadvantages. Wapekeka First Nation's Chief Norman Brown said the company was not welcome on the tribal land. As a result, members of surrounding tribes joined together for a protest march from Kenora , to the provincial capital Toronto . The six tribal chiefs were acquitted by the Ontario Court of Appeal on May 28th.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ According to the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development .
  2. ^ S. Statistics Canada, Kenora District
  3. ↑ 150 km west of Big Trout, cf. Sachigo Lake First Nation , archive.org, March 12, 2010.
  4. ↑ They belonged to the Big Trout until 1975, cf. Chiefs of Ontario, Historical Notes , archive.org, April 20, 2010.
  5. ↑ They live around 110 km from Big Trout Lake and belonged to the Big Trout until 1976, when they were recognized as a tribe (see Muskrat Dam First Nation , archive.org, as of December 5, 2005).
  6. ↑ See The James Bay Treaty , archive.org, June 5, 2008 , and Schedule "C". Reserves Approved and Confirmed for Trout Lake Indians , archive.org, October 2, 2006.
  7. ↑ See Ontario Superior Court of Justice releases decision in Platinex Inc. v. Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation (PDF), archive.org, March 4, 2012.
  8. ↑ See press release Police extinguish sacred fire in Thunder Bay , SooToday.com, March 20, 2008 .