Everything about Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve totally explained
Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve (usually known as
Wikwemikong or
Wiky) is an
Indian reserve in the north-eastern section of
Manitoulin Island in
Manitoulin District,
Ontario,
Canada. Wikwemikong is an
unceded Indian reserve in Canada, which means that it hasn't "relinquished title to its land to the government by treaty or otherwise."
The name Wikwemikong means "bay of beavers".
The reserve is occupied by
Ojibwa,
Odawa and
Potawatomi peoples, under the
Council of Three Fires. The current band chief is Bobby Corbiere.
Geography
Wikwemikong occupies a large peninsula on the eastern end of Manitoulin Island, which is connected to the rest of the island by an isthmus separating South Bay from Manitowaning Bay. The reserve's primary access is via Wiky Road, which continues off the reserve as Cardwell Street and connects to
Highway 6 at
Manitowaning.
History
From 1836 to 1862, the entirety of Manitoulin Island was set aside as the "Manitoulin Island Indian Reserve" under the
Bond Head Treaty. In 1862, most of the island was ceded to the government of Canada under the
MacDougall Treaty for new settlement by non-natives, resulting in the creation of new reserves at
West Bay, Sheguiandah, Sheshegwaning,
Cockburn Island and Sucker Creek. However, two bands which occupied the land that now comprises Wikwemikong refused to sign the treaty, and thus continued to exist as a remnant of the Manitoulin Island Indian Reserve.
Wikwemikong as it exists today was created in 1968, when the two unceded bands and the Point Grondine band amalgamated as the Wikwemikong band.
Communities
In addition to the primary settlement at Wikwemikong, smaller settlements on the reserve include Buzwah, Kaboni, Maiangowi, Murray Hill, South Bay, Two O'Clock, Wabozominissing and Wikwemikonsing. The Point Grondine reserve, on the mainland near
Killarney, also belongs to the Wikwemikong band.
The reserve is served by four churches, two elementary schools and Wasse Abin High School.
Wikwemikong is home to a professional theatre company,
De-ba-jeh-mu-jig Theatre Group, which stages and produces plays about
First Nations life and culture. The reserve is also home to the annual Wikwemikong Cultural Festival, one of the largest and oldest
pow-wows in Eastern Canada.
People
Notable people from Wikwemikong include visual artists
Leland Bell,
Jim Simon, and
Daphne Odjig and up and coming recording artist,
Crystal Shawanda.
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