Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation

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The Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation are an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) Indigenous community whose traditional territory encompasses parts of what is now southern Ontario, Canada, including the area around present-day Mississauga.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anishinaabe community
First Nation
Indigenous community
Ojibwe community
acknowledgedIn land acknowledgements in the Greater Toronto Area
associatedWith Regional Municipality of Peel
surface form: City of Mississauga

Credit River
Lake Ontario
country Canada
culture Anishinaabe culture
Ojibwe
surface form: Ojibwe culture
engagesIn cultural revitalization
land stewardship
treaty negotiations
ethnicGroup Anishinabek
surface form: Anishinaabe

Ojibwe
governedBy Chief and Council
hasCollectiveIdentity Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mississauga Nation
hasCollectiveRight land claims
self-government
hasCommunityType reserve-based community
hasGovernmentType elected band council
hasHistoricalRole signatory to historical treaties in southern Ontario
hasRight treaty rights under Canadian law
hasStatus status First Nation under the Indian Act
historicalRegion Upper Canada
isIndigenousTo Turtle Island (North America)
isOneOf Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mississauga First Nations
isPartOf Anishinabek
surface form: Anishinaabe Nations

White Earth Ojibwe
surface form: Ojibwe Nations
language English
locatedIn Ontario
Southern Ontario
surface form: southern Ontario
namedAfter Credit River
people Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mississauga people
recognizedAs band government
recognizedBy Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
surface form: Government of Canada
region Great Lakes region
religion Christianity
traditional Anishinaabe spirituality
traditionalLanguage Ojibwe
surface form: Anishinaabemowin

Ojibwe
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Credit River watershed
area of present-day City of Mississauga
parts of the Greater Toronto Area
western Lake Ontario shoreline

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Mississauga namedAfter Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada namedAfter Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation
subject surface form: Mississauga
Southwestern Ontario hasIndigenousTerritory Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation
Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation people Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mississauga people
Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation hasCollectiveIdentity Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mississauga Nation
Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation isOneOf Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mississauga First Nations
County of Brant borderedBy Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation