Kitcisakik First Nation

Located in Quebec, the kitcisakik first nation is of Anishinabe origins. They live in a area in Quebec where a white poplation is almost non existent. Their nation is located in a area where wildlife is abundant. They are the only group of Algonquins who still live an entirely nomadic way of life. Though the other Algonquins of that Quebec region rely to some degree on fishing, hunting and trapping for subsistence, they also have other means of getting by. The Kitcisakik Algonquins live in dwellings which have no electricity and running water. There is a vast land around them which is not developed, thus the reason why they choose to live a nomadic way of life. Canada likely reserved large areas of land for the Kitcisakik Algonquins to be used for fishing, hunting and trapping, which more than a few obviously depend on. The weather or climate of their region, is one which has cold winter temperatures and warm summers. For examples, December, January and February's highs average from 16, 11 and 16 degrees (not celsius), while the average low temperatures for December, January and February range from -2, -11 and -9. Average highs for June, July and August range from 69, 74 and 71 degrees (not celsius), while the average lows for June, July and August range from 45, 50 and 48.

Historically, the Kitcisakik Algonquin were constantly at war against the invading whites (both English and French) from the 16th century to the early 19th century. Prophesy was the force which ignited the kitcisakik Algonquins to battle the invading whites. When the whites first sailed into the Saint Lawrence in the early 16th century, the Algonquins were living in the area between Montreal and Quebec City and not an Iroquois Tribe as some white historians have claimed. The Algonquin also claimed present day New York State, including all of the Adirondack Mountains. They also claimed parts of extreme western Massachusetts, northern Vermont, northern New Hampshire and northwestern Maine. The most recent population estimate for the kitcisakik indians is at 384. All probably still speak in the Anishinabe dialect the Algonquins speak in.