South Indian Lake First Nation

Located in far northern Manitoba, about 130 kilometers or 80 miles north of Thompson, Manitoba, is the Anishinabe south indian lake first nation. It is now known as the o pipon na piwin 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. It was in December of 2005 when the O Pipon Na Piwin First Nation was established. They were once a part of the Nelson House Reserves. 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 11,300 hectares or 27,922 total acres. Total population is 1,100.