Bkejwanong Territory

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Bkejwanong Territory is the Indigenous name for the Walpole Island First Nation community, a First Nations reserve located at the mouth of the St. Clair River in southwestern Ontario, Canada.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bkejwanong Territory canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations reserve
Indigenous community
populated place
borderedBy Lake St. Clair wetlands
St. Clair River
country Canada
ethnicGroup Anishinaabe
linked to: Anishinabek

Odawa
Ojibwe
Potawatomi
governedBy Walpole Island First Nation Band Council
hasAlternativeName Walpole Island
Walpole Island First Nation Reserve
hasBiodiversity Great Lakes fish species
migratory bird habitat
wetland plant species
hasCommunity Walpole Island First Nation
hasCulturalHeritage Anishinaabe spiritual sites
hasCulturalIdentity Anishinaabe First Nation
hasCulturalPractice Anishinaabe language revitalization
traditional ceremonies
hasCulturalRegion Three Fires Confederacy territory
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
eco-tourism
fishing
hunting
hasEnvironmentalSignificance important Great Lakes coastal wetland area
hasGovernanceType band council system
hasLandType delta
wetland
hasNearbyUrbanCentre Detroit–Windsor region
Sarnia, Ontario
linked to: Sarnia

Wallaceburg, Ontario
linked to: Wallaceburg
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasRight treaty rights recognized by Canada
hasTraditionalGovernance Anishinaabe customary leadership
hasTraditionalLanguage Anishinaabemowin
IndigenousNameFor Walpole Island First Nation
isHomeTo Walpole Island First Nation members
locatedAt mouth of the St. Clair River
locatedIn Canada
Ontario
locatedInRegion southwestern Ontario
locatedInWatershed Great Lakes–St. Lawrence basin
locatedNear Lake St. Clair
partOf Walpole Island 46 reserve lands
linked to: Walpole Island
province Ontario
recognizedAs First Nation reserve under the Indian Act of Canada

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Walpole Island hasIndigenousName Bkejwanong Territory
Walpole Island First Nation hasAlternativeName Bkejwanong Territory