Chippewa Indians Constance Lake First Nation

This band of chippewa indians live north of lake superior, and on the fringes of the few white settlements located north of lake superior. They do have year round road access to the white settlements and they are paying for it. Some of the citizens from constance lake still fish, hunt, and trap for a livelihood. Their tribal history probably includes many of the anishinabek from michigan and southern ontario, fleeing to that region to escape from the whites. Their leaders signed the 1929 and 1930 treaty's with canada, which established their first nation band. Their total enrolled population is 1,504, but nearly half, 729, live off reserve. The size of their first nation is 6,218 hectares or 15,365 acres. However, their real reserve is the 10,000s of sq. mi. surrounding them, which they exploit for a subsistence.