Chippewas of the Thames First Nation

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Anishinaabe community First Nation Indian reserve Ojibwe community

Chippewas of the Thames First Nation is an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) First Nation community and reserve located near London in southwestern Ontario, Canada.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Chippewas of the Thames 42	1
Chippewas of the Thames First Nation canonical	1
Chippewas of the Thames First Nation Band Council	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11733417 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Chippewas of the Thames First Nation
Context triple: [Thames River (Ontario), hasSettlementOnRiver, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation]

A. Nipissing First Nation
Nipissing First Nation is an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) Indigenous community in northeastern Ontario, Canada, with reserve lands along Lake Nipissing and a rich cultural and political presence in the region.
B. Michipicoten First Nation
Michipicoten First Nation is an Ojibwe (Anishinaabe) Indigenous community and band government located near the shores of Lake Superior in northern Ontario, Canada.
C. Walpole Island First Nation
Walpole Island First Nation is an Anishinaabe (including Bodéwadmi/Potawatomi) Indigenous community located in southwestern Ontario, Canada, known for its rich cultural heritage and ecologically significant territory at the mouth of the St. Clair River.
D. Matawa First Nations
Matawa First Nations is a tribal council representing several Ojibwe and Cree First Nations communities in northern Ontario, Canada, which plays a key role in regional governance, resource negotiations, and advocacy.
E. Wiikwemkoong First Nation
Wiikwemkoong First Nation is an Anishinaabe Indigenous community and band government located on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada, known for its unceded territory status and strong preservation of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi culture.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Chippewas of the Thames First Nation
Target entity description: Chippewas of the Thames First Nation is an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) First Nation community and reserve located near London in southwestern Ontario, Canada.

A. Nipissing First Nation
Nipissing First Nation is an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) Indigenous community in northeastern Ontario, Canada, with reserve lands along Lake Nipissing and a rich cultural and political presence in the region.
B. Michipicoten First Nation
Michipicoten First Nation is an Ojibwe (Anishinaabe) Indigenous community and band government located near the shores of Lake Superior in northern Ontario, Canada.
C. Walpole Island First Nation
Walpole Island First Nation is an Anishinaabe (including Bodéwadmi/Potawatomi) Indigenous community located in southwestern Ontario, Canada, known for its rich cultural heritage and ecologically significant territory at the mouth of the St. Clair River.
D. Matawa First Nations
Matawa First Nations is a tribal council representing several Ojibwe and Cree First Nations communities in northern Ontario, Canada, which plays a key role in regional governance, resource negotiations, and advocacy.
E. Wiikwemkoong First Nation
Wiikwemkoong First Nation is an Anishinaabe Indigenous community and band government located on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada, known for its unceded territory status and strong preservation of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi culture.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anishinaabe community ⓘ First Nation ⓘ Indian reserve ⓘ Ojibwe community ⓘ
affiliation	Anishinabek Nation ⓘ linked to: Anishinabek Southern First Nations Secretariat ⓘ
category	Communities on the Thames River ⓘ First Nations in Ontario ⓘ Ojibwe governments ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
culturalIdentity	Anishinaabe ⓘ Ojibwe ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Ojibwe ⓘ
governingBody	Chippewas of the Thames First Nation Band Council ⓘ linked to: Chippewas of the Thames First Nation
governmentType	band council ⓘ
hasBandNumber	161 ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ community enterprises ⓘ small business ⓘ
hasLanguage	English language ⓘ Ojibwe language ⓘ linked to: Chippewa language
hasNearbyCommunity	Munsee-Delaware Nation ⓘ Oneida Nation of the Thames ⓘ linked to: Oneida nation
hasReserveName	Chippewas of the Thames 42 ⓘ linked to: Chippewas of the Thames First Nation
hasService	education services ⓘ health services ⓘ social services ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://cottfn.com/ ⓘ
isPartOf	Anishinaabe nations ⓘ linked to: Anishinabek Ojibwe nations ⓘ linked to: Chippewa Nation
locatedIn	Ontario ⓘ southwestern Ontario ⓘ linked to: Southwestern Ontario
locatedNear	London, Ontario ⓘ
locatedOn	Thames River ⓘ
people	Anishinaabe ⓘ linked to: Anishinabek Ojibwe ⓘ
province	Ontario ⓘ
recognizedBy	Government of Canada ⓘ linked to: Canadian federal government (Ottawa) Indigenous Services Canada ⓘ
region	Middlesex County ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ traditional Anishinaabe spirituality ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
treaty	Treaty 21 ⓘ Treaty 45½ ⓘ Upper Canada treaties ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Thames River (Ontario) → hasSettlementOnRiver → Chippewas of the Thames First Nation ⓘ

subject linked to: Thames River

Chippewas of the Thames First Nation → governingBody → Chippewas of the Thames First Nation Band Council ⓘ

linked to: Chippewas of the Thames First Nation

Chippewas of the Thames First Nation → hasReserveName → Chippewas of the Thames 42 ⓘ