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05/27/2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mackinac_Island_(1814)

The Battle of Mackinac Island (pronounced Mackinaw) was a British victory in the War of 1812. Before the war, Fort Mackinac had been an important American trading post in the straits between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. It was important for its influence and control over the Native American tribes....

05/22/2025

First Nation Genealogy – Manitoulin Island (Mnidoo Mnis)

I'm exploring my Indigenous roots connected to Manitoulin Island, also known as Mnidoo Mnis ("Spirit Island") in Anishinaabemowin. This land has deep cultural and ancestral meaning for the Anishinaabe peoples—especially the Ojibwe (Chippewa), Odawa (Ottawa), and Pottawatomi nations, who are part of the historic Council of Three Fires.

First Nations Communities on or near the island:

Wikwemikong Unceded Territory (never signed a treaty)

M'Chigeeng First Nation

Sheguiandah First Nation

Zhiibaahaasing First Nation

Sheshegwaning First Nation

Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation

Whitefish River First Nation (mainland, but closely connected)

These communities each have unique family histories, many of which are preserved through band membership records, oral traditions, and church or mission archives.

Genealogy Resources I'm exploring:

Band offices (membership lists & family trees)

Library and Archives Canada (treaty and census records)

Catholic and Anglican church records (baptisms, marriages, burials)

Wikwemikong Heritage Organization & local cultural centres

Elders and oral history — vital sources of living memory

Historical Note: Most of Manitoulin Island was included in the Robinson-Huron Treaty of 1850, except Wikwemikong, which remained unceded.

If you have connections to any of these communities or are researching similar family lines, feel free to reach out or share stories. Our ancestors are waiting to be remembered.

05/22/2025

Okay so I didn't end up moving to my home Community but instead roamed around the US for a couple months and now I'm roaming around Ontario LOL

08/03/2024

Summer is well underway, and I haven't logged on to this page in a while...I'm still here, though.
I may be moving to my home community, so this page is put on pause until I get things settled.

06/15/2024

Ooooooooooohhh, I'm so excited!! Another Ontario Genealogical Society member is showing me around the Special Collections Room at the local St. Catharines Public Library in about an hour!!!😀😁

06/01/2024

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LB4H-59Q/eufrosine-magdelaine-nicolet-1630-1689
So this, I just found out, is "THE FIRST METIS"!! Eufrosine Magdelaine Nicolet was born about 1630, in Canada (boundaries didnt even exist then) as the daughter of Jean Nicolet and Sauuagesse or Gisis Bahmahmaadjimiwin. So because this Jean dude had a baby with this "unknown native woman", they call her the 1st metis woman!! 🥸

Discover life events, stories and photos about Eufrosine Magdelaine Nicolet (1630–1689) of Canada.

05/28/2024

So in my research in First Nation history, I'm finding that the Library and Archives Canada has incorrectly labelled all records that have to do with "half-breeds" aka "FIRST NATION PEOPLE MIXED WITH SETTLERS" as "metis". If you come across these in your searches, please notify LAC. I'm not sure why they're labelled as metis, I think that limits the search capability when you're actually searching for First Nation people! Again, "half-breeds" are incorrectly labelled as "metis".

We are following up on calls for action by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The calls for action exist to promote truth, healing and reconciliation.

05/26/2024

Yesterday was Andrew Cada's birthday, my 1st cousin 4x removed, born in 1881! Andrew was married to Anne Wabigijik, they had Moses Cada, who married Clara Debassige
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

05/13/2024

Scrip was a document, warrant, or certificate that entitled the holder to a certain allotment of crown lands in what is now Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. These allowed the Department of the Interior to grant land without specifying the actual piece of land involved. At various times, they issued it to:

--Métis residents (called Half-Breed Scrip in the records of the Department of the Interior)
--Original White Settlers
--members of the militia and the North-West Mounted Police
This collection includes applications, affidavits, case files, powers of attorney, certificates, receipts, correspondence and other scrip documents found in the records of the Dominion Lands Branch of the Department of the Interior.

Scrip was a document, warrant, or certificate that entitled the holder to a certain allotment of crown lands in what is now Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. These allowed the Department of the Interior to grant land without specifying the actual piece of land involved. At various times, they iss...

04/10/2024

Check out my blog post https://wix.to/8mhBP3d

there, Reader.In my first blog I would like to introduce myself my name is Annette. I am a 55-year-old grandmother originally from Manitoulin Island, Ontario.I am from the Odawa tribe, from the Sheshegwaning First Nation.My kids are all grown, and two of them have kids of their own....

03/16/2024

My great-grandmother Marie Okeda, (Grandpa Leonards mom), was born on this day, 133 years ago!!

03/13/2024