Sandy Bay First Nation

This band of chippewa indians supposedly includes mixed bloods, which could be incorrect, since the ojibway language is widely spoken. However, if their history is correct, then they willingly requested from the whites to have a reserve set aside for them. That occurred in 1871. But again, knowing how the whites looked upon mixed bloods (many mixed bloods were of predominantly non indian blood) we should not accept it as being fact. Their total enrolled population is 5,615, with 3,526 living on reserve, and the rest living off the first nation. That alone tells a story. When a chippewa first nation is surrounded by white communities, it usually means about half the band population lives in white communities. The reserve is located in a region where numerous white settlements are located. There is something suspicious about this chippewa indians first nation. They have a large band population, and the anishinabe language is thriving, and its supposedly largely mixed bloods.