Chippewa Indians Kasabonika Lake First Nation

This band of chippewa indians live in the northern portion of the northwestern part of ontario. Their tribal history probably involves many of the anishinabek from minnesota and wisconsin, fleeing to their land to escape from the whites. Leaders from kasabonika lake signed the 1905,1929 and 1930 treaies with canada, but they did not cede their land to canada. What they agreed to when they signed the treaties, was to acknowledge they had commenced a nation to nation relationship with canada, and certain other terms which possibly included their lands minerals and timber supplies. This chippewa reserve and the citizens, rely on fishing, hunting, and trapping for a subsistence, as well as to a lessor degree, the tourism industry, and, of course, government. There are no year round roads to the reserve. Their total enrolled band population is much higher than what the whites claim. They claim the population of kasabonika lake is 591, but since they have 10,000s of sq. mi. of land surrounding them, they have more than enough resources to allow for a population growth to continuously occur.