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Topic: Wikwemikong


In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

  
  Wikwemikong Community Forestry Management: W.I.K.Y. - Woodlands in Keeping for Our Youth - Indian and Northern Affairs ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Wikwemikong's approach to forestry management is effective because it blends the technical and scientific nature of long-range planning with short-term benefits, effecting the concept of sustainable development.
The LRC and the Wikwemikong Forestry Department are in the process of reviewing the timber policy, and the LRC is developing a bylaw to enforce it.
Wikwemikong is hoping to expand these activities, and is submitting a proposal for additional training and services in fire fighting.
www.ainc-inac.gc.ca /pr/pub/ep/envir2_e.html   (2419 words)

  
 This is Manitoulin
Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve occupies the large peninsula on the eastern end of Manitoulin Island, accessible across the isthmus between Manitowaning Bay and South Bay.
In 1845, the Holy Cross Mission at Wikwemikong was entrusted to the Jesuits under whose supervision the mission developed to include schools, a training centre in agriculture and the trades, a grist mill and a church.
Wikwemikong (the name is usually translated as "bay of the beaver") presents a striking mix of traditional culture and modern convenience.
www.manitoulin.ca /TIM/wikki.html   (1021 words)

  
 Manitoulin Island
Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve No. 26 is located on the eastern side of beautiful Manitoulin Island and spans across both Georgian Bay and Lake Huron.
The main settlement of the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve is on Wikwemikong(Smith) Bay.
The village of Wikwemikong is the first permanent settlement on Manitoulin Island and has a rich history and culture.
www.manitoulin-island.com /wikwemikong   (169 words)

  
 Ontario Birchbark - The Aboriginal Newspaper of Ontario - 2006.
Members of cultural organizations on Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve will be able to spend less time trying to raise funds and more time planning and holding events in 2006, thanks to funding from Canadian Heritage.
The money-a maximum of $500,000 according to the press release from Canadian Heritage-comes along with the community's designation as one of five Cultural Capitals of Canada for 2006 and is to be used to fund cultural and artistic activities.
The Wikwemikong Agricultural Society will be hosting a rodeo as a way of recognizing the important role agriculture played in the history of the community, Peltier said.
www.ammsa.com /birchbark/birchbark-Jan1-2006.html   (632 words)

  
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Overlooking the community of Wikwemikong, the war memorial was erected in 1930 in memory of those veterans who served their country.
So the Wikwemikong harbour was a busy place prior to the arrival of the Jesuits and their churches.
The Holy Cross Parish is the oldest structure in Wikwemikong and on Manitoulin Island and perhaps Northern Ontario.
educ.queensu.ca /~munroi/beaudry.htm   (5447 words)

  
 CANADA AND WIKWEMIKONG FIRST NATION CELEBRATE NEW WATER SERVICING PROJECT - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The project will provide Wikwemikong with a new water treatment plant, an upgrade of the existing water treatment plant, installation of a water distribution system, and water and sewage servicing for two subdivisions (131 lots).
Improving the community through this initiative is important for Wikwemikong and its people who belong to the Three Fires Confederacy of Odawa, Ojibway, and Pottawatomi nations.
Wikwemikong is located on a large peninsula on the eastern end of Manitoulin Island.
www.ainc-inac.gc.ca /nr/prs/m-a2000/2-00137_e.html   (448 words)

  
 New World Brave
De-ba-jeh-mu-jig is located in the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve No. 26 and is situated on the eastern side of beautiful Manitoulin Island and stretches across both Georgian Bay and Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada.
Wikwemikong is recognized as Canada's only Unceded Indian Reserve: the Wikwemikong Band has, uniquely, not relinquished title to its land to the federal government by treaty or otherwise.
The old nursery school in Wikwemikong was home to the De-ba-jeh-mu-jig Theatre Group from approximately 1990 to 1998, after they relocated from M'Chigeeng, ON.
www.canadianshakespeares.ca /spotlight/s_p_nwb.cfm   (1012 words)

  
 The Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve No. 26 is nestled on the eastern side of beautiful Manitoulin Island and stretches across both Georgian Bay and Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada.
Wikwemikong is recognized as Canada's only Unceded Indian Reserve, meaning that the Wikwemikong Band has not relinquished title to it's land to the government by treaty or otherwise.
To date, the reserve of Wikwemikong has been foremost in the development of it's resources while maintaining the unique values passed on to us by our ancestors.
www.wiky.net /welcome.htm   (138 words)

  
 Rainbow Country - Manitoulin/North Shore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Wikwemikong thrives to reinforce the traditional teachings and practices that values all of creation and to appreciate all of mankind.
Visit Wikwemikong to explore and experience the authentic opportunities and partake and marvel in aboriginal tourism within contemporary society.
The Wikwemikong Annual Pow-Wow, Rainbow Ridge Golf and Country Club, the Anishinaabe Agricultural Fair, the Debajehmujig Theatre and various landmarks such as the Holy Cross Mission are just a few highlights to experience during the course of the year.
www.rainbowcountry.com /regions/manitoulin/members/mnc_wiky.html   (155 words)

  
 Mnidoo Valley Assiginack - GolfCanada.com
Mnidoo Valley Assiginack Wikwemikong Golf Club is one such course that deserves our gratitude, not only for reminding us of the power of the game, but also for bringing championship golf to one of the most pristine, beautiful, and historical spots on the Great Lakes.
Wikwemikong is the name of the largest First Nations reserve on Manitoulin Island.
The golf course is a joint venture between the proud Native community of Wikwemikong and the non-native community of Assiginack, the first of its kind in these parts.
www.golfcanada.com /course-reviews/ontario/mnidoo-valley-golf-club.htm   (1742 words)

  
 WikyAdvertising.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This is wikwemikong site that will help you find what you need in Manitoulin.
The second-largest reserve on Manitoulin, it was settled in the middle of the 19th century when natives from Wikwemikong relocated there, and has since flourished.
Located centrally on the Island where Highways 540 and 551 meet, at the base of the bay for which it was named until recently, the town is still very rich in the Ojibwe culture and home to many renowned native artisans.
www.wikyadvertising.com   (2698 words)

  
 Wikwemikong Tipi Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The tipi or "dwelling place" was at once a "dwelling place" for man and an artistic statement of form and function.
Today the Wikwemikong Tipi Company recreates the plains Indian tipi with the same concern for form and function that has been the legacy of the North American Indian.
Like its predecessors, today's tipi is at home with nature, meeting the elements with a simple form that has survived the test of time.
www.wikwemikongtipicompany.com   (235 words)

  
 Shamanism :: Healer gets house arrest in Wiki woman
Saying he had to strike a balance between “the spiritual and the temporal,” an Ontario judge sentenced a Shuar traditional healer to 12 months of house arrest for the death of a Wikwemikong elder in November 2001.
Justice Michel said the sentence was necessary “in order to bring home to all natural healers the message that they have to be careful with reference to unlawful substances and their consequences.
After the sentencing, Wikwemikong Chief Walter Manitowabi said the community is “relieved that the process is finally complete.
www.religionnewsblog.com /archives/00003133.html   (800 words)

  
 Sheila Madahbee
Wikwemikong (Bay of Beavers) is located on eastern end of Manitoulin Island, Ontario (in the middle of Lake Huron).
Wikwemikong is home to Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi.
You may find the Wikwemikong Hawks hockey teams, the Women's hockey team (Thunder Katz), men's and women's fastball teams, even the Wiky Eagles Soccer Club.
www.geocities.com /smadahbee   (616 words)

  
 RootsWeb Message Boards - Message [ Manitoulin ]
Margaret E. Rivers, a resident of Wikwemikong, died at her residence on Monday November 18, 2002 at the age of 80 years.
She was born in Wikwemikong, daughter of the late Alexander and Annie (Wakegijig) Recollet.
The funeral mass was held from the Holy Cross Mission, Wikwemikong on Friday, November 22, 2002 with Father Douglas McCarthy officiating.
boards.ancestry.com /mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.northam.canada.ontario.manitoulin&m=1106   (256 words)

  
 FedNor - FedNor Helps Aboriginal Community Design New Road   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
WIKWEMIKONG, Ontario, November 10, 2004 — Brent St. Denis, Member of Parliament for Algoma–Manitoulin–Kapuskasing, today announced FedNor support to the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve for an engineering design study related to the construction of a new road from Highway 6 to the community’s boundary line.
The new road will foster economic opportunities for Wikwemikong and neighbouring Manitowaning by improving access to the communities and safety for users.
Funding for this initiative was provided for in the March 2004 federal budget and is therefore built into the existing fiscal framework.
strategis.ic.gc.ca /epic/internet/infednor-fednor.nsf/en/fn02012e.html   (292 words)

  
 Exemplary Practices in Community Development   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In partnership with the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve No.26, the Delivering Service Skills to Remote Communities, targets an unemployed, isolated Aboriginal population that has little opportunity for skills training and little opportunity for employment without a major economic diversification strategy.
Cambrian College and the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve No. 26 are provided education and training opportunities for community members in preparation for their long-term goal of economic independence based on destination tourism.
Prior to 2000, Wikwemikong had little tourist traffic entering the community.
www.accc.ca /rural/review.cfm?Targ_ID=43   (215 words)

  
 Ayahuasca Forums :: View topic - Ecuadorian Healers Need Help - In Canada
In May of 2001, Juan Uyunkar and his son Edgar Uyunkar (healers and spiritual leaders from the Shuar people in Ecuador) were invited by the Wikwemikong Health Centre to come to the Wikwemikong First Nation (Ojibwe and Odawa) of Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada, to do healings with band members.
The Uyunkars' visit to Canada and the subsequent healing treatments of more than 300 people was organised, funded and hosted by the Wikwemikong Health Centre under the auspices of the Wikwemikong band council.
The Wikwemikong band council and the Wikwemikong Health Centre have denied all responsibility for, or in fact any connection to, the healing ceremonies.
forums.ayahuasca.com /phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2790   (4026 words)

  
 POLISH NEWS - An Indigenous Portrait of Pope John Paul II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
An Indigenous Portrait of Pope John Paul II A summer dream vision sparked a circuitous, wonderful journey for Anishinabe painter James Simon Mishinibinjima from a small Canadian Indian reserve to the grand halls of the Vatican in Rome.
The artist was born and raised on the Wikwemikong unceded Indian reserve on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada, hearing the language and stories of the Anishinabe from birth onward.
Born on the 12th of February 1954, Mishibinijima is an Ojibway from the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve on Manitoulin Island, the largest freshwater island in the world, located in Ontario, Canada.
www.polishnews.com /text/religion/indigenous_portrait.html   (575 words)

  
 NAEP | Fun Links > Community > Ontario
Today, the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve covers 417 square kilometers on the Manitoulin's eastern peninsula.
When they were imported to Turtle Island, they immediately became popular, especially in rural and remote communities where they could travel over land which was impassable by other vehicles.
The tours are fun, and designed to show people areas of the island they wouldn't normally be able to visit.
www.nativeaccess.com /links/comm_ontario.html   (1090 words)

  
 Ontario Birchbark - The Aboriginal Newspaper of Ontario - 2003.
The main goal of Act Now is to educate Canadians about the positive effect of healthy lifestyle decisions on personal and professional achievement.
For Larry Cain, a member of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame since 1997, the trip to Wikwemikong was educational on a number of levels.
Wikwemikong Chief Walter Manitowabi was also very gratified with the Act Now presentations.
www.ammsa.com /birchbark/topnews-Oct-2003.html   (1733 words)

  
 Manitoulin Genealogy
Born to father: Michel Jacko, birthplace: Wikwemikong and to mother: Louise Naodegijig, birthplace: Wikwemikong.
Cause of death: Cirrhosis of the liver, at age: 66y,11m,30d, Born: Wikwemikong on 6 Jan 1863.
Born to father: Bernard Jawana, birthplace: Wikwemikong and to mother: Helen Osawanimiki, birthplace: Wikwemikong.
www.rootsweb.com /~onmanito/deathJ.html   (4208 words)

  
 Wikwemikong, ONT. - local businesses and web pages - copyright
Wikwemikong Dev Commission, 2102 Wikwemikong Way, Wikwemikong, ON, P0P 2J0, 705-859-3001
Wikwemikong Heritage Orgnztn, PO Box 112, Wikwemikong, ON, P0P 2J0, 705-859-2385
Debajehmujig, 7 Debajehmujig Lane, Wikwemikong, ON, P0P 2J0, 705-859-2317
www.execulink.com /~iconvill/WikwemikongON.html   (561 words)

  
 Sault Ste Marie Nearby Towns and Attractions: Wikwemikong, Manitoulin Island information, listings and links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The name Wikwemikong means "bay of the beaver" in Odawa.
The reserve includes several small villages in addition to the main town, Each spring and summer, its pow-wows attract dancers from all over North America.
The town has a new Wikwemikong Bay Marina, built on scenic Smith Bay with 60 slips.
sault.foundlocally.com /Travel/Near-Wikwemikong.htm   (307 words)

  
 Guided ATV tours on Manitoulin Island Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
We are a native owned business, located on the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve.
Come and immerse yourself in the luscious landscape, connect with Wikwemikong’s history, and discover the beauty of Wikwemikong’s wilderness.
A gentle slope extending 200 feet to the shores of Georgian Bay.
www.quadtours.com /quad   (107 words)

  
 Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Here you will be able to find information on who we are, where we are, and the types of programs and services that we offer to the people of Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve.
The Wikwemikong Development Commission (WDC) is a non-profit organization, and was provincially incorporated on September 5, 1973.
To foster and advance the interests of the band members of the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve through the promotion and generation of a diversified economic base in order to increase the wealth, opportunity, quality of life of the total Wikwemikong all population, labour force, and income levels.
www.amtelecom.net /~pontiac/wikydevelopment   (111 words)

  
 Scarborough Philharmonic: Ancestral Voices: Tim Trudeau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Artist Tim Trudeau, who created the shawl dancer (left) and thunderbird (below) images used in the Ancestral Voices: A Tribute to the First Nations project, was born and raised in Wikwemikong, Ontario, in 1963.
Trudeau is a self-taught artist, but has been influenced by Wikwemikong artists James Simon and Randy Trudeau.
One of his best friends is James Jacko, also of Wikwemikong, who has exchanged many ideas and techniques with Mr.
www.total.net /~spo/education/av/trudeau.html   (102 words)

  
 First Tellers of Tales   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
“Tellers of tales” is an alliterative translation of the name of the theatre that is my topic, the Debajehmujig Theatre of Wikwemikong Unceded Reserve on Manitoulin Island.
This is the kind of hopeful and life-affirming legend that Cook-Lynn sees as distinct from the New Indian story.
Wikwemikong Unceded Reserve, Manitoulin Island, ON: Debajehmujig Theatre Group, 2000.
www.utpjournals.com /product/ctr/106/106_Hengen.html   (2314 words)

  
 Search Tuna Report for indian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Wikwemikong Indian Festival Lake Huron Ontario Canada Pictures...
OME picture-newsletter Wikwemikong, Indian festival A dance and drum competition highlights the activities of this aboriginal festival....
Indian Children Indian Children provide a special treat to any visitor of India and they are extremely dear to their families....
www.searchtuna.com /ftlive2/1189.html   (1177 words)

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