Chippewa Indians Moose Factory First Nation

This band of chippewa indians live in the eastern portion of northern ontario. They live next to james bay. Their tribal history probably involves many of the anishinabek from minnesota and wisconsin, fleeing to their land to escape from the whites. Leaders from moose factory 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. There are some crees living on this reserve. They claim the population of moose factory is 2,548, 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.