Pine Creek First Nation

This band of chippewa indians (the pine creek band), inhabit a region in manitoba where virtually no white settlements are located. Their history likely includes many of the anishinabek from minnesota, north dakota and wisconsin fleeing to that region to escape from the whites. Their first nation is situated just west of huge lake winnipegosis, and is surrounded by countless other lakes and a vast forest. We might want to call their reserve the entire western end of lake winnipegosis. The pine creek band of chippewa indians are probably more numerous than the 2,730 the whites claim their first nation population to be. Supposedly out of the 2,730, only 1,202 live on the reserve, which is difficult to accept as being the truth. However, the reserve is connected to far off white communites by a year round road. The size of the first nation is 8,112 hectares or 20,044 acres, but the surrounding land has very few white settlements so it offers pine creek citizens resources. Their history probably involves diasporas of anishinabek from other locations fleeing to that region. The seven fires prophecy led them to that region. Many of the band citizens still rely on fishing, hunting, and trapping for a living.