Oji-Cree

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Distribution of Anishinaabe peoples; the Oji-Cree are depicted by the northernmost purple band.

The Oji-Cree, Anishinini (plural Anishininiwag) or, less correctly, Severn Ojibwe, are a First Nation in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba, residing in a narrow band extending from the Missinaibi River region in Northeastern Ontario at the east to Lake Winnipeg at the west.

The Oji-Cree people are descended from historical intermarriage between the Ojibwe and Cree cultures, but are generally considered a distinct nation from either of their parent groups. They are considered one of the component groups of Anishinaabe, and reside primarily in a transitional zone between traditional Ojibwe lands to their south and traditional Cree lands to their north.

Their language and culture also derive from mixed Ojibwe and Cree traditions. Anishininiimowin (the Anishinini language) is more closely related to Ojibwe structurally, although its literary tradition more closely resembles Cree. Anishininiimowin has about 8,000 speakers.[1]

[edit] Oji-Cree Bands

• Aroland First Nation – Aroland Indian Settlement
• Big Trout Lake Band of Oji-cree (Historical)
  • Bearskin Lake First Nation – Bearskin Lake Reserve
  • Kasabonika Lake First Nation (ᑳᓭᐹᓇᐦᑳ ᓂᐢᑕᒼ ᐊᓂᐦᓯᓂᓂᐙᐟ (Gaa-zebaanikaa Nistam Anisininiwaad); unpointed: ᑲᓭᐸᓂᑲ ᓂᐢᑕᒼ ᐊᓂᓯᓂᓂᐗᐟ) – Kasabonika Lake Reserve
  • Kingfisher First Nation – Kingfisher Lake 1 Reserve, Kingfisher 2A Reserve, Kingfisher 3A Reserve
  • Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation – Kitchenuhmaykoosib Aaki 84 Reserve
  • Muskrat Dam Lake First Nation – Muskrat Dam Lake Reserve
  • Sachigo Lake First Nation - Sachigo Lake 1 Reserve, Sachigo Lake 2 Reserve, Sachigo Lake 3 Reserve
  • Wapekeka First Nation – Wapekeka Reserve 1, Wapekeka Reserve 2
  • Wawakapewin First Nation (ᐙᐙᑲᐯᐎᐣ ᓂᐢᑕᒼ ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓂᓂᐙᐟ (Waawaagabewin Nistam Anishininiwaad); unpointed: ᐗᐗᑲᐯᐎᐣ ᓂᐢᑕᒼ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐟ) – Wawakapewin Indian Reserve
  • Wunnumin Lake First Nation – Wunnumin 1 Reserve, Wunnumin 2 Reserve
• Deer Lake Band of Oji-cree (Historical)
  • Deer Lake First Nation – Deer Lake Reserve
  • Sandy Lake First Nation – Sandy Lake 88 Reserve
• Fort Hope Band of Oji-cree (Historical)
  • Eabametoong First Nation (also known as Fort Hope First Nation) – Fort Hope 64 Reserve
  • Neskantaga First Nation (also known as Lansdowne House First Nation) – Summer Beaver Settlement, Neskantaga Reserve
  • Nibinamik First Nation (also know as Summer Beaver First Nation – Summer Beaver Settlement
  • Webequie First Nation – Webiqui Indian Settlement, Webequi Indian Reserve
• Island Lake Band of Oji-cree (Historical)
  • Garden Hill First Nations – Garden Hill First Nation Reserve, Amik Wachink Sakahikan Indian Reserve, Wesha Kijay Wasagamach Indian Reserve, Seeseep Sakahikan Inidan Reserve, Pe-ta-waygamak Indian Reserve
  • Red Sucker Lake First Nation – Red Sucker Lake 1976 Reserve
  • St. Theresa Point First Nation – St. Theresa Point Indian Reserve, Mukwa Narrows Indian Reserve, Cantin Lake Indian Reserve
  • Wasagamack First Nation – Wasagamack Indian Reserve, Feather Rapids Indian Reserve, Naytawunkank Indian Reserve
• Keewaywin First Nation – Kee-Way-Win Indian Settlement, Keewaywin Reserve
• Marten Falls First Nation – Marten Falls 65 Reserve
• McDowell Lake First Nation – MacDowell Lake Indian Settlement
• North Caribou Lake First Nation (also know as Weagamow Lake First Nation or Round Lake First Nation) – Weagamow Lake Indian Reserve 87
• Slate Falls First Nation - Slate Falls Indian Settlement

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