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Summer Beaver ᓃᐱᓇᒥᐦᐠ | |
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| Summer Beaver Indian Settlement | |
  Summer Beaver | |
| Coordinates:52°45′N88°30′W / 52.750°N 88.500°W /52.750; -88.500 | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Ontario |
| District | Kenora |
| First Nation | Nibinamik |
| Area | |
| • Land | 15.53 km2 (6.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 382 |
| • Density | 24.6/km2 (64/sq mi) |
| Website | nibinamik.ca |
Nibinamik First Nation (Ojibway language:ᓃᐱᓇᒥᐦᐠ (Niibinamik, "Summerbeaver"); unpointed:ᓂᐱᓇᒥᐠ), also known asSummer Beaver Band, is a smallOji-CreeFirst Nationreserve inNorthern Ontario, located on theSummer Beaver Settlement that is connected to the rest of the province byits airport, and awinter/ice road that leads to theNorthern Ontario Resource Trail.
Nibinamik First Nation is a member of theMatawa First Nations, a regional Chiefs council, andNishnawbe Aski Nation, a Tribal Political Organization representing majority of First Nations in Northern Ontario.
Summer Beaver waspoliced by theNishnawbe-Aski Police Service, an Aboriginal-based service, until its detachment was condemned and closed down.
Summer Beaver began as an intentional community in 1975 when a group of Anglican people, related by kinship, decided to leaveLansdowne House, a Catholic settlement. Violence had reached epic proportions in Lansdowne House in the 1970s and the community was divided along religious lines. The Summer Beaver people felt that they could make a better life for themselves and their children back at Nibinamik Lake. The Canadian government was wary of this move, and offered nothing in the way of support for quite some time.[2] Nibinamik was not recognized as a reserve until recently.
In 2017, the provincial government of Ontario pledged support for the construction of a road that would connect Nibinamik,Webequie and theNorthern Ontario Ring of Fire toOntario Highway 599 atPickle Lake.[3]
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