The Saulteaux (pronounced , or in imitation of the French pronunciation , also written Salteaux, Saulteau and other variants), otherwise known as the Plains Ojibwe, are a

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and

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. They are a branch of the

Ojibwe The Ojibwe (; Ojibwe writing systems#Ojibwe syllabics, syll.: ᐅᒋᐺ; plural: ''Ojibweg'' ᐅᒋᐺᒃ) are an Anishinaabe people whose homeland (''Ojibwewaki'' ᐅᒋᐺᐘᑭ) covers much of the Great Lakes region and the Great Plains, n ...

who pushed west. They formed a mixed culture of woodlands and plains Indigenous customs and traditions.

Ethnic classification

The Saulteaux are a branch of the

Nations within Canada. They are sometimes called the Anihšināpē (

Anishinaabe The Anishinaabe (alternatively spelled Anishinabe, Anicinape, Nishnaabe, Neshnabé, Anishinaabeg, Anishinabek, Aanishnaabe) are a group of culturally related Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples in the Great Lakes region of C ...

). ''Saulteaux'' is a French term meaning 'waters ("eaux") - fall ("sault")', and by extension "People of the rapids/water falls", referring to their former location in the area of

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Sault Ste. Marie ( ) is a city in northern Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of the St. Mary's River directly across from its "twin city," Sault Ste. Marie, in the state of Michigan. The city's population was 72,051 at the 2021 census, makin ...

, on the

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which connects

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with

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. They are primarily hunters and fishers, and when still the primary dwellers of their sovereign land, they had extensive trading relations with the French, British and later Americans at that post.

Location

The Saulteaux historically were settled around

and

Lake Winnipeg Lake Winnipeg () is a very large, relatively shallow lake in North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Its southern end is about north of the city of Winnipeg. Lake Winnipeg is Canada's sixth-largest freshwater lake and the third- ...

, principally in the areas of present-day Sault Ste. Marie and

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. Pressure from European Canadians and Americans gradually pushed the tribe westward to

and

, with one community in

. Today most of the Saulteaux live in the

Interlake Interlake was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1979, and has formally existed since the 1981 provincial election. Previously, much of the Interlake region was include ...

District; Swan River, Duck Bay, Camperville, the southern part of Manitoba, and in Saskatchewan (Kamsack and surrounding areas). Because they were forced to move to land ill-suited for European crops, they were lucky to escape European-Canadian competition for their lands and have kept much of that assigned territory in reserves. Generally, the Saulteaux have three major divisions.

Ontario Saulteaux

The Eastern Saulteaux, better known as the Ontario Saulteaux, are located around

Rainy Lake Rainy Lake ( French: '; Ojibwe: ') is a freshwater lake with a surface area of that straddles the border between the United States and Canada. The Rainy River issues from the west side of the lake. Today it is harnessed to make hydroelectricit ...

and

Lake of the Woods Lake of the Woods (; ) is a lake occupying parts of the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba and the U.S. state of Minnesota. Lake of the Woods is over long and wide, containing more than 14,552 islands and of shoreline. It is fed by t ...

Northwestern Ontario Northwestern Ontario is a secondary region of Northern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and west of Lake Superior and west of Hudson Bay and James Bay. It includes most of subarctic Ontario. Its western boundary is the ...

and southeastern

. Many of the Ontario Saulteaux First Nations are signatories to

Treaty 3 ''Treaty 3'' was an agreement entered into on October 3, 1873, by Chief Mikiseesis (Little Eagle) on behalf of the Ojibwe First Nations and Queen Victoria. The treaty involved a vast tract of Ojibwe territory, including large parts of what i ...

. Their form of ''Anishinaabemowin'' (Anishinaabe language) is sometimes called Northwestern Ojibwa language (ISO 639-3: OJB), or simply ''Ojibwemowin'' (Ojibwe). Today English is the first language of many members. The Ontario Saulteaux culture is descended from the

Eastern Woodland The Eastern Woodlands is a cultural region of the Indigenous people of North America. The Eastern Woodlands extended roughly from the Atlantic Ocean to the eastern Great Plains, and from the Great Lakes region to the Gulf of Mexico, which is now ...

s culture.

Manitoba Saulteaux

The Central Saulteaux, better known as Manitoba Saulteaux, are found primarily in eastern and southern

, extending west into southern

. During the late 18th century and early 19th century, as partners with the

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in the

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, the Saulteaux migrated northwest into the Swan River and Cumberland districts of west-central Manitoba, and into Saskatchewan along the

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, as far its confluence with the Souris (Mouse) River. Once established in the area, the Saulteaux adapted some of the cultural traits of their allies, the Plains Cree and

Assiniboine The Assiniboine or Assiniboin people ( when singular, Assiniboines / Assiniboins when plural; Ojibwe: ''Asiniibwaan'', "stone Sioux"; also in plural Assiniboine or Assiniboin), also known as the Hohe and known by the endonym Nakota (or Nakoda ...

. Consequently, together with the Western Saulteaux, the Manitoba Saulteaux are sometimes called Plains Ojibwe. Many of the Manitoba Saulteaux First Nations are signatories to

Treaty 1 ''Treaty 1'' (also known as the "Stone Fort Treaty") is an agreement established on August 3, 1871, between the Crown and the Anishinaabe and Swampy Cree, Canadian based First Nations. The first of a series of treaties called the Numbered Treatie ...

and Treaty 2. The Manitoba Saulteaux culture is a transitional one from the Eastern Woodlands culture of their Ontario Saulteaux neighbours and Plains culture of the Western Saulteaux neighbours. Often, the term '' Bungi'' or ''Bungee'' (from ''bangii,'' meaning "a little bit") has been used to refer to either the Manitoba Saulteaux (who resemble the Cree in culture) or their

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population (who are a little bit Anishinaabe). The language of their Métis population is described as the Bungi language.

Western Saulteaux

The Western Saulteaux are found primarily in central

, but extend east into southwestern

and west into central

and eastern

. They call themselves ()—an

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that is a general term for the Saulteaux. The neighbouring Plains Cree call them the (), a word of related etymology. Their form of (Anishinaabe language), known as () or

Western Ojibwa language Western Ojibwa (also known as (), ''Saulteaux'', and ''Plains Ojibwa'') is a dialect of the Ojibwe language, a member of the Algonquian language family. It is spoken by the Saulteaux, a subnation of the Ojibwe people, in southern Manitoba and s ...

(ISO 639-3: OJW), is also an

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. Like most First Nations, most members use English as the first language. Many of the Western Saulteaux First Nations are signatories to

Treaty 4 Treaty 4 is a treaty established between Queen Victoria and the Cree and Saulteaux First Nation band governments. The area covered by Treaty 4 represents most of current day southern Saskatchewan, plus small portions of what are today western M ...

and

Treaty 6 Treaty 6 is the sixth of the numbered treaties that were signed by the Canadian Crown and various First Nations between 1871 and 1877. It is one of a total of 11 numbered treaties signed between the Canadian Crown and First Nations. Specifi ...

; Saulteau First Nations in North Eastern British Columbia are a signatory to

Treaty 8 Treaty 8, which concluded with the June 21, 1899, signing by representatives of the Crown and various First Nations of the Lesser Slave Lake area, is the most comprehensive of the eleven Numbered Treaties. The agreement encompassed a land m ...

. The Western Saulteaux culture is that of the Plains culture.

Communities

: Population figures are as of May 2013, unless noted otherwise. *

Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation (also known as Grassy Narrows First Nation or the ''Asabiinyashkosiwagong Nitam-Anishinaabeg'' in the Ojibwe language) is an Ojibwe First Nations band government who inhabit northern Kenora in Ontario, Canada. ...

(formerly: Grassy Narrows First Nation (Ontario))(population 1,326) * Berens River First Nation, Berens River, MB (population 1851 on-reserve) * Buffalo Point First Nation, Buffalo Point, MB (population 110) *

Cote First Nation The Cote First Nation (, "Man's Elbow") is a Saulteaux First Nations band government in Kamsack, Saskatchewan. This Saulteaux reserve is connected to the Keeseekoose First Nation and only a couple of miles from the Key First Nation. Their lan ...

, Kamsack, SK (population 3,059) *

Cowessess First Nation Cowessess First Nation () is a Saulteaux First Nations band government in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. The band's main reserve is Cowessess 73, one of several adjoining Indigenous communities in the Qu'Appelle Valley. The band also administers ...

, Cowessess, SK (population 3,570) (part Cree) *

Eagle Lake First Nation Eagle Lake First Nation is an Ojibwe The Ojibwe (; Ojibwe writing systems#Ojibwe syllabics, syll.: ᐅᒋᐺ; plural: ''Ojibweg'' ᐅᒋᐺᒃ) are an Anishinaabe people whose homeland (''Ojibwewaki'' ᐅᒋᐺᐘᑭ) covers much of the Gr ...

, Migisi Sahgaigan, ON (population 458 in 2006) * Ebb and Flow First Nation, Ebb and Flow, MB (population 2,467) * Gordon First Nation, Punnichy, SK (population 3,065) *

Iskatewizaagegan 39 Independent First Nation Iskatewizaagegan #39 Independent First Nation (IIFN #39), also known as Shoal Lake #39 (), is an Ojibwa/Anishinaabe First Nation, that is part of the Bimose Tribal Council, and subsequently part of Grand Council Treaty 3. It is located along the ...

, Kejick, ON (population 568) *

Keeseekoose First Nation The Keeseekoose First Nation () is a Saulteaux band government located in Kamsack, Saskatchewan. The band is named for Chief Kiishikouse (''kîšîkôns'', ''Giizhigoons'', "little sky"), who signed an adhesion to Treaty 4 at Swan Lake, Manitob ...

, Kamsack, SK (population 2,145) * The Key First Nation, Norquay, SK (population 1,114) * Lac des Bois Band of Saulteaux (Historical) **

Big Grassy First Nation Big Grassy First Nation (Mishkosiminiziibiing Anishinaabeg in the Ojibwe language) is an Ojibwe or Ontario Saulteaux First Nation band government located in Rainy River District, Ontario near Morson, Ontario. Together with the Ojibways of On ...

, Morson, ON (population 660) ** Anishnaabeg of Naongashiing First Nation (Big Island), Morson, ON (population 360) ** Northwest Angle 33 First Nation (population 454) ** Northwest Angle 37 First Nation (population 338) **

Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation, formerly but still commonly—and incorrectly—known as the Dalles First Nation and Ochiichagwe'Babigo'Ining Ojibway Nation, is an Anishinaabe/Ojibway First Nation in Kenora District, Ontario about 15 kilometres ...

, Kenora, ON **

Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation is an Ojibwe or Ontario Saulteaux First Nation located in Kenora District, Ontario near Nestor Falls, Ontario. Together with the Big Grassy First Nation, Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation is a successor appar ...

(population 706) ** Anishinabe of Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation, Kenora, ON (population 622) *

Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation The Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation, also known as Nizaatikoong (from ''Ne-azaadiikaang'' meaning "At a Point of Land Abundant with Poplars"), is a Saulteaux Ojibwe First Nation band government. The nation owns two reserves in the Thunder Bay D ...

(population 522) * Muscowpetung First Nation, Fort Qu'Appelle SK (population 1,183) * Muskowekwan First Nation Lestock, SK (population 1,524) *

Naotkamegwanning First Nation Naotkamegwanning First Nation, formerly known as Whitefish Bay First Nation and known in the Ojibwe language as ''Ne-adikamegwaning'' (Of the Whitefish Point), is an Ojibwe Nation in the Treaty 3 territory, 90.4 km (56 mi) from Kenora, Ontario and ...

(formerly: Whitefish Bay First Nation), Pawitik, ON (population 1,109) *

Obashkaandagaang Bay First Nation O"Bash'Kaan'Da'Gaang/Washagamis Bay First Nation is an Ojibwe First Nation in northwestern Ontario, Canada. Before the signing of Treaty 3 agreement there were three Anishinabe tribes living near and around the Kenora region. The smallest was W ...

(population 280) *

O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation The O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation (spelt as ''Ojijaako-ziibiing'' in standardized double-vowel Ojibwe OrthographyAndy Thomas Thomas, Florence Paynter. The Significance of Creating First Nation Traditional Names Maps. Manitoba First Nations Educat ...

(population 600) *

O'Chiese First Nation The O'Chiese First Nation () is a Saulteaux First Nation in Alberta, Canada. The First Nation's homeland is the O'Chiese 203 Indian reserve, located approximately 52 km northwest of Rocky Mountain House. Also reserved is the O'Chiese Cemete ...

, Rocky Mountain House, AB (population 963) *

Pasqua First Nation Pasqua First Nation ( paskwâw) is a Saulteaux-Cree First Nations in Canada, First Nation in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. Their Indian reserve, reserves include: * Last Mountain Lake 80A, shared with 6 other bands * Pasqua 79 * Treaty Four Rese ...

, Fort Qu'Appelle, SK (population 1,775) (part Cree) *

Pauingassi First Nation Pauingassi First Nation ()Translate Ojibwe Online dictionary - "Pauingassihttps://www.translateojibwe.com/en/dictionary-english-ojibwe/Pauingassi/ref> is an Anishinaabe (Saulteaux/Ojibwa) First Nations in Canada, First Nation community located app ...

, Pauingass, MB (population 575) * Pinaymootang First Nation, Fairford, MB (population 2500+) *

Pine Creek First Nation The Pine Creek First Nation is a Saulteaux First Nation in Manitoba, Canada. The First Nation's homeland is the Pine Creek 66A reserve, located approximately 110 kilometres north of Dauphin along the southwestern shore of Lake Winnipegosis be ...

, Pine Creek MB (population 2,730) * Poorman's Band of Cree (historical)—primarily Cree but historically part Saulteaux **

Kawacatoose First Nation The Kawacatoose First Nation ( ''kawâhkatos'')Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Cree: Words. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001https://itwewina.altlab.app/word/kaw%C3%A2hkatos@2//ref> is a Plains Cree First Nations band government in Saskatchewan ...

, Raymore, SK (population 2,748) ** Muskowekwan First Nation * Poplar River First Nation, Poplar River, MB (population 1,439) * Portage Band of Saulteaux (Historical) ** Long Plain First Nation, Portage la Prairie, MB (population 3,388 in 2006) ** Sandy Bay First Nation (formerly: White Mud Band of Saulteaux), Marius, MB (population 5,521) ** Swan Lake First Nation, Swan Lake, MB (population 1,206) * Rainy Lake Band of Saulteaux (Historical) **

Couchiching First Nation The Couchiching First Nation () is a Saulteaux First Nation band government in the Canadian province of Ontario, who live on the Couchiching 16A and Agency 1 reserves in the Rainy River District near Fort Frances. History Ancestors of the Co ...

, Fort Frances, ON (population 1,989) **

Naicatchewenin First Nation The Naicatchewenin First Nation, also known as the Anishinaabeg of Nagaajiwanaang and formerly known as Northwest Bay First Nation, inhabited a region in Ontario that was cited in the Northwest Angle Treaty of 1873, also known as Treaty 3. Nagaajiw ...

, Devlin, ON (population 370) ** Nigigoonsiminikaaning (Nicickousemenecaning) First Nation, Fort Frances, ON (population 293) ** Stanjikoming First Nation, Fort Frances, ON (population 142) * Rainy River Bands of Saulteaux (Historical) **

Lac La Croix First Nation Gakijiwanong Anishinaabe Nation (formerly Lac La Croix First Nation) () is a Saulteaux First Nation band government who reside in the Rainy River District of northwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Ontario-Minnesota border. It is approximatel ...

, Fort Frances, ON (population 397) *** Lac La Croix Band of Rainy River Saulteaux (Historical)—on Lac La Croix Indian Reserve 25D (now known as Neguagon Lake Indian Reserve 25D) *** Sturgeon Lake Band of Rainy River Saulteaux (Historical)— as on Sturgeon Lake Indian Reserve 24C until the Reserve was delisted by the Ontario Provincial Park Act in 1950, took this

Indian reserve In Canada, an Indian reserve () or First Nations reserve () is defined by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." ...

and made it part of

Quetico Provincial Park Quetico Provincial Park is a large wilderness park in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, known for its excellent canoe camping, canoeing and fishing. The park shares its southern border with Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, which ...

. ** Rainy River First Nations, Manitou Rapids, ON (population 767 in 2006) *** Hungry Hall 1 Band of Rainy River Saulteaux (Historical) *** Hungry Hall 2 Band of Rainy River Saulteaux (Historical) *** Little Forks Band of Rainy River Saulteaux (Historical)

anada Anada (; ) is a rural locality (a selo) in Khidibsky Selsoviet, Tlyaratinsky District, Republic of Dagestan Dagestan ( ; ; ), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, ...

�� Little Forks Band of Rainy River Saulteaux (Historical)

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the southern half of the former, became part of Bois Forte Band of Chippewa. *** Long Sault 1 Band of Rainy River Saulteaux (Historical) *** Long Sault 2 Band of Rainy River Saulteaux (Historical) *** Manitou Rapids 1 of Rainy River Saulteaux (Historical) *** Manitou Rapids 2 of Rainy River Saulteaux (Historical) **

Seine River First Nation Seine River First Nation (), previously known as the Rivière la Seine Band, is an Ojibwe First Nation reserve located roughly west of Thunder Bay, Ontario. As of November 2011, the First Nation had a total registered population of 725, of whic ...

, Mine Centre, ON (population 697) *

Sagkeeng First Nation The Sagkeeng First Nation (also known as Sagkeeng Anicinabe) is a Treaty-1 First Nation in the Eastman Region of Manitoba, Canada, that is composed of the Anishinaabe people indigenous to the area at or near the Fort Alexander Indian Reserve #3 ...

(formerly Fort Alexander First Nation), Fort Alexander, MB (population 6,844) * St. Peter's Band of Cree and Saulteaux (Historical)—primarily Cree but historically part Saulteaux **

Muskoday First Nation The Muskoday First Nation (, formerly the John Smith First Nation) is a First Nation band government in Saskatchewan, Canada, composed of Cree and Saulteaux peoples. The First Nation has a registered population of 1,828 people as of September 2 ...

(formerly: John Smith First Nation), Muskoday, SK (population 1,579) **

Peguis First Nation Peguis First Nation (formerly St. Peter's Band, meaning ''new reserve'') is the largest First Nations community in Manitoba, Canada, with a population of approximately 11,438 people (3,607 on reserve and 7,831 off reserve). The members of Peguis ...

, Peguis, MB (population 8,410) * Saulteau First Nations, Moberly Lake, BC (population 792 in 2006) *

Saulteaux First Nation Saulteaux First Nation (, "the Saulteaux at Jackfish Lake") is a Saulteaux Anishinaabe First Nations in Canada, First Nation band government, whose reserves are located near Cochin, Saskatchewan. In February 2012, the First Nation had a total of 1 ...

, Cochin, SK (population 1,157) *

Shoal Lake 40 First Nation Shoal Lake 40 First Nation () is an Ojibwe, Ojibway or Ontario First Nations in Canada, First Nation Indian reserve, reserve located in the Eastman Region, Manitoba, Eastman Region of Manitoba and the Kenora District, Ontario, Kenora District of ...

, Shoal Lake, ON (population 542) *

Skownan First Nation Skownan First Nation () is a Saulteaux (Ojibwe) First Nations band government whose reserve community, Waterhen 45, is located 288 km north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on the south shore of Waterhen Lake, between Lake Winnipeg and Lake W ...

(formerly: Waterhen River Band of Saulteaux), Skownan, MB (population 1,246) * Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve, Shortdale, Manitoba (population 1,667) *

Wabaseemoong Independent Nations Wabaseemoong Independent Nations or more fully as the Wabaseemoong Independent Nations of One Man Lake, Swan Lake and Whitedog, is an Ojibway First Nation band government who reside 120 km northwest of Kenora, Ontario and east of the Ontario ...

(formerly: Islington Band of Saulteaux), Whitedog, ON (1,716) ** One Man Lake Band of Saulteaux (Historical) ** Swan Lake Band of Saulteaux (Historical) ** Whitedog Band of Saulteaux (Historical) *

Wabauskang First Nation Wabauskang First Nation is a Saulteaux First Nation in northwestern Ontario, and is a member of the Bimose Tribal Council and the Grand Council of Treaty 3 Grand Council of Treaty 3 (GCT3) is a political organization representing 24 First Nati ...

(population 257) *

Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation, commonly known as Wabigoon First Nation (Anishinaabemowin: ''Waabigoniiw Saaga'iganiiw Anishinaabeg''), is a Saulteaux First Nation band government who inhabit the Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. I ...

(population 541) * White Bear First Nations, Carlyle, SK—Multitribal band of Plains Cree, Saulteaux, Nakota and Dakota First Nations (population 2805) * Yellow-quill Band of Saulteaux (Historical) **

Fishing Lake First Nation Fishing Lake First Nation () is a First Nation of the Saulteaux branch of the Ojibwe nation. Fishing Lake First Nation are Anishinabek people (original people of North America). The band can trace their origins to central Canada, and were pu ...

** Kinistin Saulteaux Nation ** Yellow Quill First Nation (formerly: Nut Lake Band of Saulteaux) *

Zagime Anishinabek The Zagime Anishinabek (formerly known as the Sakimay First Nation) are a Saulteaux band government in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. Their Indian reserve, reserves include: * Little Bone 74B * Minoahchak 74C * Sakimay 74 * Sakimay 74-1 * Sakim ...

, Grenfell, SK (population 1,404) (formerly Sakimay First Nation, part Cree)

Notable Saulteaux

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, actor known for his work in '' Flags of Our Fathers'', '' Windtalkers'' and ''

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''. *

Phil Fontaine Larry Phillip Fontaine, (born September 20, 1944) is an Indigenous Canadian leader and former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. He best known for his central role in raising public awareness of the Canadian Indian residential sc ...

, former National Chief,

Assembly of First Nations The Assembly of First Nations (, AFN) is an assembly of Canadian First Nations ( Indian bands) represented by their chiefs. Established in 1982 and modelled on the United Nations General Assembly, it emerged from the National Indian Brotherhood ...

* Robert Houle, artist, critic, and curator * Al Hunter, Anishinaabe writer and poet *

Wilma Pelly Wilma Pelly (March 5, 1937 – December 28, 2020) was an indigenous Canadian film and television actress, best known for her roles as Elsie Tsa'Che in the CBC Television drama '' North of 60''Bob Remington, "Subtle humor helps North of 60; Ch ...

, actor * Jennifer Podemski, actor * Tommy Prince, one of Canada's most decorated First Nations soldiers * Henry Boucha, former NHL player and Olympian

References

External links

information, via Minnesota State University

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