Chippewa Indians Ginoogaming First Nation

This band of chippewa indians live to the north of lake superior and east of lake nipigon. Their tribal history obviously includes war with the whites, and allowing large numbers of anishinabek from michigan, minnesota, and wisconsin to live on their land in the 19th century. They probably signed the 1850 robinson-superior treaty which ceded their land to the whites and established their reserve. Their total enrolled band population is 773, but supposedly only 168 lived on reserve. Their first nation covers 6,978 hectares or 17,243 acres. However, this chippewa reserve known as ginoogaming (it was once known as the long lake 77 first nation), which is located just south of longlac, ontario, is located in an isolated region. From the first nation to lake superior, it is about 70 miles, and from west to east, for nearly 200 miles, there are no white settlements. Many of the citizens of this reserve still fish, hunt, and trap for a subsistence.