Mathias Colomb First Nation

Located in far northern Manitoba, about 210 kilometers or 130 miles north of The Pas, Manitoba, and 217 kilometers or 134 miles west of Thompson, Manitoba, is the Anishinabe mathias colomb first nation which is also known as pukatawagan. Granville Lake is also a part of this first nation. In history, the Anishinabek probably first settled in this region of northern Manitoba possibly between the 1860s 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 between the 1860s and 1880s. Total area covered by this First Nation is 11,742 hectares or 29,015 total acres. Total population is 2,977, with most (2,043) living on the Reserve, while 833 live off reserve, and 98 live on crown land.