Welcome to the site of the Kichesipirini Algonquin First Nation, the traditional political centre of the Algonquin people.

Kichesipirini (meaning: "people of the great river") - Largest and most powerful group of Algonkin. Known variously as: Algoumequins de l'Isle, Allumette, Big River People, Gens d l'Isle, Honkeronon (Huron), Island Algonkin, Island Indians, Island Nation, People of the Island, Kichesippiriniwek, Nation de l'Isle, Nation of the Isle, and Savages de l'Isle. Main village was on Morrison's (Allumette) Island.

Despite our well documented history and our traditional role in diplomacy and gatekeepers of the river we have not been federally recognized.

Please visit some of our other folders available to the public.

http://www.esnips.com/web/kichesippisPhotos 

http://www.esnips.com/web/Correspondence 

http://www.esnips.com/web/KichesippiCurrentNewsletter 

http://www.esnips.com/web/YourRightsandResponsibilities 

http://www.esnips.com/web/MembershipForms

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http://www.esnips.com/web/sellit

 

Visit our new community Art and Crafts Gallery with items created by our own community members.

http://www.esnips.com//web/KichesippiArt

 

 

"While those that agreed to move to the established reserves or joined other historic bands and were then federally "recognized" many others did not re-locate and were later referred to as "stragglers" in the Ottawa and Pontiac Counties." (wikipedia)

By Honouring Our Past We Determine Our Future.

This site is in honur of ancestors, many left nameless in our geneologies, but their testimonies as valued people and citizens lives on through us, their proud descendents