Rankin Location 15D
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Rankin Location 15D is one of four
Garden River
First Nations reserve of another Ojibwe people. As of 2005, a total of 2,205 people were registered to the Nation; about half live on the reserves and many others live in Sault Ste. Marie.
At 3,733 acres, Rankin is the largest of four reserves for the Batchewana band
Pennefather Treaty
in 1859 relinquishing all title to Reserve 15 (except for Whitefish Island, which was expropriated by the Crown in 1902).
The Nation purchased the Rankin property in 1939, trying to regain some of its historic territory. It was added into the reserve system in 1952 by government approval.[2] The Nation has also maintained historic hunting and fishing rights under the Treaty. This was affirmed in the Gargantua Harbour Trial, with a ruling in 2015 in favor of the Batchawana Band First Nation being allowed to continue commercial fishing and have access to a traditional village through Lake Superior Provincial Park.[3]
References
- ^ 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ a b Margaret Beattie Bogue, Around the Shores of Lake Superior: A Guide to Historic Sites, Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2007, pp. 197-198
- ^ Sarah Petz, "Reasons to celebrate ruling, says chief", The Sault Star, 29 March 2015, accessed 16 May 2015
- "Rankin Location 15D". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
External links
- "Gargantua Harbour Decision" under Justice of the Peace Thomas Logan, 24 March 2015, ScribD
- Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada profile
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