Walpole Island First Nation

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First Nations government Indigenous community

Walpole Island First Nation is an Anishinaabe (including Bodéwadmi/Potawatomi) Indigenous community located in southwestern Ontario, Canada, known for its rich cultural heritage and ecologically significant territory at the mouth of the St. Clair River.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Walpole Island First Nation canonical 4
Chippewas of the Thames First Nation 1
Potawatomi First Nations in Canada 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations government ⓘ
Indigenous community ⓘ
adjacentTo Lake St. Clair ⓘ
St. Clair River ⓘ
asserts treaty and Aboriginal rights ⓘ
borderWith Michigan ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
ethnicGroup Anishinabek ⓘ
surface form: Anishinaabe

Bodéwadmi ⓘ
Odawa ⓘ
Ojibwe ⓘ
Potawatomi ⓘ
governs Walpole Island ⓘ
surface form: Walpole Island 46 reserve

surrounding islands in the St. Clair River delta ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Bkejwanong First Nation ⓘ
Bkejwanong Territory ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice Anishinaabe ceremonies ⓘ
powwows ⓘ
traditional hunting and fishing rights ⓘ
hasCulturalRegionName Bkejwanong ⓘ
surface form: Bkejwanong (where the waters divide)
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
eco‑tourism ⓘ
hunting and fishing ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalFeature Carolinian forest ⓘ
marshes ⓘ
prairie remnants ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalProgram Walpole Island Heritage Centre ⓘ
Walpole Island Land Trust initiatives ⓘ
hasGovernmentType elected band council ⓘ
hasLandStatus reserve and unceded territory ⓘ
hasPrimaryReligion Anishinaabe spiritual traditions ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
hasSignificantSpecies endangered plant species ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
knownFor biodiversity conservation ⓘ
ecologically significant wetlands ⓘ
rich cultural heritage ⓘ
languageUsed Anishinaabemowin ⓘ
English ⓘ
locatedIn Lambton County ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
mouth of the St. Clair River ⓘ
Southwestern Ontario ⓘ
surface form: southwestern Ontario
locatedOn Walpole Island ⓘ
partOf Anishinabek ⓘ
surface form: Anishinabek Nation

Great Lakes region ⓘ
recognizedBy Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form: Government of Canada

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bodéwadmi → hasFirstNation → Walpole Island First Nation ⓘ
Potawatomi language → usedBy → Walpole Island First Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Potawatomi First Nations in Canada
Ottawa people → presentDayCommunity → Walpole Island First Nation ⓘ
Southwestern Ontario → hasIndigenousTerritory → Walpole Island First Nation ⓘ
Southwestern Ontario → hasIndigenousTerritory → Walpole Island First Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chippewas of the Thames First Nation
Walpole Island → partOf → Walpole Island First Nation ⓘ
Walpole Island → governedBy → Walpole Island First Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walpole Island First Nation Band Council
Walpole Island → hasPopulationGroup → Walpole Island First Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walpole Island First Nation members