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Keewaywin, from an Ojibway word
meaning "going home," is located
200 air miles North West of
Sioux Lookout. The only
access to Keewaywin is by
aircraft year 'round or winter
roads January - March.
Many of the older residents of
Keewaywin have
traditionally hunted and trapped
in the area around Eastern Sandy
Lake, and feel they will be
"going home" by moving to a new
reserve east of the present
Sandy Lake community.
The
Keewaywin people, know as "East Sandy
Lakers," consider themselves the
original inhabitants of the Big Sandy
Lake area. The Governments of Canada,
Ontario, the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation and
six of its member First Nations (Aroland,
Keewaywin, McDowell Lake, New Slate
Falls, Saugeen, and Wawakapewin)
signed an agreement in December 1991
to make lands available to establish
Indian reserves in the six communities
and to provide basic community
facilities. |
