Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation
The Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation (Anishinaabe language: Adikamegosheng Anishinaabeg, syncoped as Dikmegsheng Nishnaabeg), formerly known as the Whitefish Lake First Nation, is an Ojibwa First Nation in Ontario, Canada, who live mainly on the Whitefish Lake reserve, 20 km southwest of Sudbury.
Atikameksheng Anishnawbek have hunting and fishing rights within the Robinson-Huron Treaty Area. An annual pow-wow is held in July each year.
The current Ogimaa ("chief") of the First Nation is Steve Miller.
In May 2008, the Ogimaa and council of Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation announced litigation against Canada and Ontario for violating the Robinson-Huron Treaty, which states that the First Nation should have been granted a reserve much larger than Whitefish Lake 6.[1]
In 2010, the community was selected as the host community for Building Homes and Building Skills, a project by television personality Mike Holmes to train First Nations people in construction and building trades.[2]
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[edit] Further Reading
Higgins, Edwin and Whitefish Lake Indian Reserve No. 6 (Ont.), Whitefish Lake Ojibway Memories. Cobalt ON: Highway Book Shop, 1982.
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Coordinates: 46°18′07″N 81°15′40″W / 46.30194°N 81.26111°W
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