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Typical residential street in Factory Island 1 Indian Reserve, Moose Factory. The Moose Cree First Nation (formerly known as Moose Factory Band of Indians) (Cree: ᒨᓱᓂᔨ ᐃᓕᓕᐗᒃ, môsoniyi ililiwak) is a Cree First Nation band government in northern Ontario, Canada. Their traditional territory is on the west side of James Bay.
Moose Cree (Cree: Mōsonī or Ililiw), also known as Moosonee (Monsoni), and together with Eastern Swampy Cree, also known as Central Cree, West James Bay Cree or West Main Cree. They speak the l-dialect of the Cree language. The Moose Cree were first noted in Jesuit Relations for 1671, along the shores of James Bay and along the Moose River.
The term Moose Cree is derived either from the toponym Môsoniy, meaning 'Moose Island' or Môso-sîpiy, meaning 'Moose River'.The former is the historical name for the summering grounds of the speakers of this dialect, but has been appropriated by the modern municipality of Moosonee, leaving the island with the official English name of Moose Factory, a name that recalls the historical ...
Construction began on the Lower Matagami project in 2010 with Kiewit Alarie Partnership as the general contractor. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The new 200 m (660 ft) long gravity dam and powerhouse was built just east of the original generating station, and a new tailrace was completed in what was the former east channel of the river where it is divided by ...
Wabun Tribal Council is a regional chief's council based in Timmins, Ontario representing Ojibway and Cree First Nations in northern Ontario. Moose Cree members are: Brunswick House First Nation and Matachewan First Nation. [85] Brunswick House's reserves are Mountbatten 76A and Duck Lake 76B located in the Sudbury District near Chapleau ...
Wetum Road is a Winter road servicing the Moose Cree First Nation in Northern Ontario. The road is named for local councillors Peter Wesley (We) and Robert Echum or Robert Tum (tum). [1] The road is approximately 170 kilometres (110 mi) long from Otter Rapids, Ontario to Moose Factory 68 just outside Moose Factory. [2]
Patricia Diggs, project manager and executive director of Milwaukee Bronzeville Histories, speaks about her experience during the panel discussion about preserving MKEÕs Black history and those ...
Factory Island 1 is a Cree First Nations reserve on Moose Factory Island in northern Ontario. It is one of two reserves for the Moose Cree First Nation . Land use