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Kettle & Stony Point First Nation (Ojibwe: Wiiwkwedong Anishinaabek, meaning: "in/at the bay") [2] comprises the Kettle Point reserve and Stony Point Reserve (which is under remedial cleanup after over 50 years of occupation by the Canadian Armed Forces), both located approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, on the southern shore of Lake Huron.
During the late 1980s, the Stoney Point First Nation began to pressure the Canada and Ontario governments to revert ownership of the entire property as per the 1941 expropriation agreement. The adjacent land at Ipperwash Provincial Park was claimed by the Stoney Point First Nation and was reputed to contain a burial ground. [ 2 ]
Military Camp Ipperwash (also Camp Ipperwash) is a former Canadian Forces training facility located in Lambton County, Ontario, near Kettle Point. On April 14, 2016, it was returned to the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation. [1]
The Ojibwe, being Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands and of the subarctic, are known by several names, including Ojibway or Chippewa. As a large ethnic group , several distinct nations also consider themselves Ojibwe, including the Saulteaux , Nipissings , and Oji-Cree .
SAULT STE. MARIE — On Monday, MyMichigan Medical Center Sault celebrated 100 years of service to the community. In 1922, the Chippewa County Board of Supervisors committed $30,000 to build a ...
Native Americans and World War II; Native Americans in the American Civil War; Francis Pegahmagabow; Peoria War; Pontiac's Rebellion. Battle of Bloody Run (31 July 1763) Battle of Point Pelee (28 May 1763) Siege of Fort Detroit (9 May – 31 October 1763) Tommy Prince; Raid on Pickawillany; Red beret; Red River Rebellion (1870) Shabbona ...
The Battle of Sugar Point, or the Battle of Leech Lake, was fought on October 5, 1898 between the 3rd U.S. Infantry and members of the Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians in a failed attempt to apprehend Pillager Ojibwe Bugonaygeshig ("Old Bug" or "Hole-In-The-Day"), as the result of a dispute with Indian Service officials on the Leech Lake Reservation in Cass County, Minnesota.
The Wounded Knee Massacre, also known as the Battle of Wounded Knee, involved nearly three hundred Lakota people killed by soldiers of the United States Army.The massacre, part of what the U.S. military called the Pine Ridge Campaign, [5] occurred on December 29, 1890, [6] near Wounded Knee Creek (Lakota: Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála) on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota ...