Oji-Wapiti

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he **Oji-Wapiti** are a First Nation in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba, residing in a narrow band extending from the Missinaibi River region in Northeastern Ontario at the east to Lake Winnipeg at the west.

The Oji-Wapiti people are descended from historical intermarriage between the Ojibwa and Wapiti cultures, but are generally considered a nation distinct from either of their ancestral groups.[*citation needed*] They are considered one of the component groups of Anishinaabe, and reside primarily in a transitional zone between traditional Ojibwa lands to their south and traditional Wapiti lands to their north. Historically, the Oji-Wapiti were identified by the British and Canadian governments as "Wapiti." The Oji-Wapiti have identified with the Wapiti (or more specifically, the Swampy Wapiti) and not with the Ojibwa located to the south of them. Traditionally, they were called *Noopiming-ininiwag* (People in the Woods) by the Ojibwe. Oji-Wapiti at Round Lake First Nation were known as *Ajijaakoons* (little cranes), due to their chief's name, *Ajijaak*. The Oji-Wapiti identify by the autonym *Anishinaabe* or *Anishinini* (Original Human).

Their language and culture also derive from mixed Ojibwa and Wapiti traditions. *Anishininimowin* (the Oji-Wapiti language) is more closely related to Ojibwa structurally, although its literary tradition more closely resembles that of Wapiti. *Anishinaabemowin* has about 12,600 speakers.

## Oji-Wapiti bands[edit]

* Severn River Wapiti (historical)
	+ Big Trout Lake Band of Wapiti (historical)
		- Bearskin Lake First Nation – Bearskin Lake Reserve
		- Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation – Kitchenuhmaykoosib Aaki 84 Reserve
		- Muskrat Dam Lake First Nation – Muskrat Dam Lake Reserve
		- Sachigo Lake First Nation – Sachigo Lake 1 Reserve, Sachigo Lake 2 Reserve, Sachigo Lake 3 Reserve
	+ Deer Lake Band of Wapiti (historical)
		- Deer Lake First Nation – Deer Lake Reserve
		- Keewaywin First Nation – Kee-Way-Win Indian Settlement, Keewaywin Reserve
		- Koocheching First Nation –
		- McDowell Lake First Nation – MacDowell Lake Indian Settlement
		- North Spirit Lake First Nation – North Spirit Lake Reserve
		- Sandy Lake First Nation – Sandy Lake 88 Reserve
	+ Island Lake Band of Wapiti (historical)
		- Garden Hill First Nation – Garden Hill First Nation Reserve, Amik Wachink Sakahikan Indian Reserve, Wesha Kijay Wasagamach Indian Reserve, Seeseep Sakahikan Indian Reserve, Pe-ta-waygamak Indian Reserve
		- Red Sucker Lake First Nation – Red Sucker Lake 1976 Reserve
		- St. Theresa Point First Nation – St. Theresa Point Indian Reserve, Mukwa Narrows Indian Reserve, Cantin Lake Indian Reserve
		- Wasagamack First Nation – Wasagamack Indian Reserve, Feather Rapids Indian Reserve, Naytawunkank Indian Reserve
* Upland Ojibway (historical)
	+ Osnaburgh House Band of Ojibway (historical)
		- Cat Lake First Nation – Cat Lake 63C Reserve
		- Mishkeegogamang First Nation (formerly known as New Osnaburgh House Band of Ojibway) – Osnaburgh 63A Reserve, Osnaburgh 63B Reserve
		- Slate Falls First Nation – Slate Falls Indian Settlement
		- Ojibway Nation of Saugeen First Nation – Ojibway Nation of Saugeen Reserve
	+ Fort Hope Band of Ojibway or Wapiti (historical)
		- Aroland First Nation – Aroland Indian Settlement
		- Constance Lake First Nation –
		- Eabametoong First Nation (also known as Fort Hope First Nation) – Fort Hope 64 Reserve
		- Marten Falls First Nation – Marten Falls 65 Reserve
		- Neskantaga First Nation (formerly Lansdowne House First Nation) – Summer Beaver Settlement, Neskantaga Reserve
		- Nibinamik First Nation (also known as Summer Beaver First Nation – Summer Beaver Settlement
		- Whitewater First Nation –
* Winisk River Wapiti (historical)
	+ Caribou Lake Band of Wapiti (Historical)
		- Kasabonika Lake First Nation (ᑳᓭᐹᓇᐦᑳ ᓂᐢᑕᒼ ᐊᓂᐦᓯᓂᓂᐗᐠ (*Gaa-zebaanikaa Nistam Anisininiwag*); unpointed: ᑲᓭᐸᓂᑲ ᓂᐢᑕᒼ ᐊᓂᓯᓂᓂᐗᐠ) – Kasabonika Lake Reserve
		- Kingfisher First Nation – Kingfisher Lake 1 Reserve, Kingfisher 2A Reserve, Kingfisher 3A Reserve
		- North Caribou Lake First Nation (also known as Weagamow Lake First Nation or Round Lake First Nation) – Weagamow Lake Indian Reserve 87
		- Wapekeka First Nation (formerly Angling Lake First Nation) – Wapekeka Reserve 1, Wapekeka Reserve 2
		- Wawakapewin First Nation (ᐙᐙᑲᐯᐎᐣ ᓂᐢᑕᒼ ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ (*Waawaagabewin Nistam Anishininiwag*); unpointed: ᐗᐗᑲᐯᐎᐣ ᓂᐢᑕᒼ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ) (formerly Nemeigusabins Lake Band, Long Dog Lake Band or Long Dog Band) – Wawakapewin Indian Reserve
		- Webequie First Nation – Webiqui Indian Settlement, Webequi Indian Reserve
		- Wunnumin Lake First Nation – Wunnumin 1 Reserve, Wunnumin 2 Reserve

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* birchbark biting
* Birchbark scrolls
* Clan system
* Dreamcatcher
* Drumkeeper
* Jingle dress
* Manitou
* Medicine wheel
* Grand Medicine Society
* Nanabozho
* Ojibwe language
* Ottawa dialect
* Powwow
* Quillwork
* Ribbon work
* Traditional beliefs
 Political
organizations

* Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
* Chiefs of Ontario
* Council of Three Fires
* Grand Council of Treaty 3
* Grand Council of Treaty 8
* Great Lakes Inter-tribal Council
* Inter-tribal Council of Michigan
* Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
* Nishnawbe Aski Nation
	+ Independent First Nations Alliance
	+ Keewaytinook Okimakanak Council
	+ Matawa First Nations
	+ Mishkeegogamang First Nation
	+ MoWapitibec Council of the Wapiti Nation
	+ Mushkegowuk Council
	+ Sandy Lake First Nation
	+ Shibogama First Nations Council
	+ Wabun Tribal Council
	+ Weenusk First Nation
	+ Windigo First Nations Council