Anishinabek Nation
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Lands
39 First Nations across Ontario, Canada, from Pikwàkanagàn in the east and Aamjiwnaang in the south to Lake Nipigon in the north
Countries Canada
Facts 3
Population
The Anishinabek Nation speaks for 39 First Nations in Ontario with about 70,000 citizens, roughly one third of the province's First Nation population.
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Governance
It is Ontario's oldest political organization, with roots in the Confederacy of Three Fires that long predates European contact.
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History
In 1949 the Nation set up the Union of Ontario Indians as its secretariat, replacing the Grand General Indian Council, which first met under that name in 1870.
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