Chippewa Indians Cote First Nation

Ogima Gabriel Cote, signed the 1874 treaty which ceded his land and created the cote first nation for the band of chippewa indians he was leader of. The reserve is a few miles from the manitoba border and has a total population of 2,487 enrolled citizens. Most of the chippewa indians, however, live off the cote reserve. The 670 chippewa indians who live on the reserve, continue to speak in the dialect of the anishinabe language their ancestors did. I know very little about the band and its history with the whites. However, it appears they peacefully ceded their land then settled down to live on their first nation. Since the reserve is located around numerous white settlements, many of the first nations citizens move to white cities in search of employment. The size of the reserve land is 8,088 hectares or 19,986 acres.