Pikwakanagan First Nation

Located in Ontario, the pikwakanagan first nation is of Anishinabe origins. They live in a area in Ontario where the white population is few. The land is not well suited for agriculture operations. Their located near Golden Lake, Ontario. Their reserve land is not much, but the citizens of the Pikwakanagan First Nation do have access to land areas in close proximity to their Reserve, which offer them the opportunity to fish, hunt and trap. To the north, northwest and west, the Pikwakanagan were likely reserved a large land area to be used by them for fishing, hunting and trapping. 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 27, 21 and 24 degrees (not celsius), while the average low temperatures for December, January and February range from 8, -3 and 1. Average highs for June, July and August range from 75, 79 and 77 degrees (not celsius), while the average lows for June, July and August range from 51, 54 and 52.

Historically, the Algonquin Pikwakanagan 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 Pikwakanagan 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 pikwakanagan indians is at 1,871. Most probably still speak in the Anishinabe dialect the Algonquins speak in.