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Deer Lake First Nation

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became the Meekis family after their patriarch Meekis (Shell). The Sucker clan became the Fiddlers and later the Quills). Many members of the Caribou and Sturgeon clans were given the surname Rae, while other Sturgeons were designated Mamakeesic after their patriarch. The Cranes were either Kakegamic or Kakepetum after their leaders, two brothers known by those names. At this time, these names were only used in trading, but they would later become official with census records and are now the most common surnames found in Deer Lake.
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English. Most adults comfortably navigate between the two, while younger adults and teenagers comprehend the language but rarely speak it. To reverse the trend of language loss, local education efforts have implemented native-language immersion programs in the preschool, kindergarten, and early-elementary grades.
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is also emphasized by the local school and churches. Since the coming of Christianity and syllabic bibles in the early 20th century, Deer Lake has used its own version of the western variant of syllabics in which the "s", "sh", "z", and "zh" sounds are combined into one set of characters and some of
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The leadership of their customary electoral system of government consists of Chief Roy Dale Meekis, Deputy Chief Corey J Meekis and six Councillors: David Meekis, Leonard Mamakeesick, Albert Mamakeesic, Carolyn Meekis, Saulas Meekis and Gary Meekis. Their two-year terms for Deer Lake began on July
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largely depleted of fur-bearing animals, the Hudson's Bay Company closed their posts and game remained scarce. Starvation and disease were all too common during this time. When the HBC returned toward the end of the 19th century, they assigned family names to each of the clans. The Pelican clan
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data from 2001 reported that 68% of Deer Lakers learned their native language as their first language with the rest speaking English first. Public conversation is heard in both languages with the oldest members using native language almost exclusively, and the youngest members using almost only
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By 1900, the people of the area were among the last Indigenous peoples in North America living with virtually no colonial influences. Christianity, which by that time had come to most Oji-Cree communities, and Canadian law had almost no influence in the communities. Under
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in the 18th century, traditional patterns of living changed little with an increased emphasis on trapping for trade. The Deer Lake area remained inaccessible to white traders, however, and only the men who brought fur to the distant posts had any contact with whites.
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officers in 1906 to arrest Fiddler and his brother Joseph marked the first time most Deer Lakers had ever seen a white person. The elderly Fiddler brothers were charged with murder for killing a
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In 1985 the First Nation gained full band status and has worked to take control over its own services. Today the band operates most of its community services or shares them through the
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with each achieving full band status. The two reserves maintain close relations, however, given the shared history and amount of family connections.
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By the 19th century, overtrapping and changes in the economics of the fur trade had devastating effects on the people of the area. With the
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in 1912), determined that the Sandy Lake settlement was actually in the territories covered in the adhesions to the James Bay Treaty (
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Traditionally, the people of the Deer Lake area were semi-nomadic and like all Anishinaabe peoples organized themselves by
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The 1,653.6 ha (4,086 acres) Deer Lake Reserve is within the boundaries of the territory described by
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As the 20th century progressed the people of Deer Lake came more and more into contact with the outside.
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at the east end of Deer Lake, and the Deer Lake First Nation began its formal relationship with the
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the finals are different from the more commonly found versions in Ontario and Manitoba.
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Robert Fiddler, chief of Deer and Sandy Lake Bands at time of treaties.
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is rarely used except to refer to the Native people to the south.
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In the local language, the people of Deer Lake call themselves
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The people of Deer Lake are closely related to the people of
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In 1985, the Deer Lake First Nation formally split from the
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is becoming the most popular self-designation, while
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Indian reserve
Deer Lake is located in Ontario
Deer Lake is located in Canada
52°38′N 94°05′W / 52.633°N 94.083°W / 52.633; -94.083
Province
Ontario
District
Kenora
deerlake.firstnation.ca
Oji-Cree
Oji-Cree
band government
Northern Ontario
Red Lake
Ontario
First Nations
Treaty 5
Keewaytinook Okimakanak Council
Nishnawbe Aski Nation
Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service
Sandy Lake First Nation
North Spirit Lake First Nation
Anishinaabe language
Oji-Cree language
Anishinawbe
Oji-Cree
Cree
Ojibway
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
Cree syllabics

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