Marcel Colomb First Nation

Located in far northwestern Manitoba, about 30 kilometers or 18 miles from Lynn Lake, Manitoba, is the Anishinabe marcel colomb first nation. In history, the Anishinabek probably first settled in this region of northern Manitoba in the 1870s or 1880s, under the guidance of ogima (chief) Kinistin. Ogima Kinistin probably first had to request from the Chippewan (Chipewyan) people for their permission for the Anishinabek to live on their land, or he had his soldiers force their way in. Anyway, a large group of Anishinabek did enter this region of far northern Manitoba and adjacent Saskatchewan to live, in the decades of the 1870s and 1880s. This First Nation was probably recently established because only 10 to 15 Anishinabek currently live on the Reserve. There are 290 Anishinabek living near the Reserve that is currently in the development process.