A native community found in Ontario Canada
Date – Chief – Years as Chief Up to 1827 – Animkeence - 30+ 1827 – Joshua Wawanosh – 17 March 1844 – Mishibizhe – 4 1848 – Joshua Wawanosh – 5 January 1853-67 – David Wawanosh – 15 January 1868-70 – Joshua Wawanosh – 3 June 1870-74 – Nicholas [...]
By Paul Morden for the Sarnia Observer (2016) Voters at Aamjiwnaang First Nation made history Friday by electing their first female chief. Joanne Rogers was elected to a two-year term, with 431 of the 593 votes cast for chief of the band council for the First Nation neighbouring Sarnia. “I'm [...]
by Jean Turnbull Elford (1982) Beginning with British rule in the northern part of this continent, land was acquired from the Indians as it was needed for new settlers. Because of legislation passed in 1763, no Indian band forfeited their land without their own and the Crown’s consent. The Indians [...]
by David D. Plain Often people ask me, ‘What is the meaning of the word Aamjiwnaang?’ The answer is that it is an Anishnaabek descriptive noun. It describes a very specific area; the outlet of Lake Huron where it flows into the St. Clair River. Aamjiwnaang was used to denote [...]
(from 1957 Progress Edition of The Observer) (1957) The crunch of the bulldozer, the whine of the crane, the roar of the truck, the staccato of the air compressor and hammer are all sounds which tell of Sarnia’s continuing expansion. Steel-helmeted construction workers are pushing up more of the weird [...]
by George Mathewson for the Sarnia Observer (2003) Froome and Field Talfourd were not your typical pioneers when they ventured into the wilderness of Southwestern Ontario on horseback. The road came to an end at Warwick, so the brothers from England followed a trail blazed through forest and swamp to [...]
Recording the Rich First Nations Heritage by Scott Stephenson for the Sarnia Observer (2003) European settlers documented their important events, but native communities have traditionally relied on elders to pass down an oral history of the culture to younger generations. Concerned that the early history of the Chippewa communities is [...]
