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Still Hunting with Pikwàkanàgan Day Camp
21 July 2011
Footprints in Time Trail, Bonnechere Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Bonnechere Provincial Park,ON
Pikwakanagan Day Camp

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Annie and Margaret
Pikwàkanagàn, ON

Credits:
Jill Closter

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Sweethearts
1940-60
Pikwàkanagàn, ON

Credits:
Jill Closter

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In 1966 Indian Affairs hired a band administrator, or manager, and got rid of Indian agents; this
was said to give us more autonomy, although all policy was still decided in Ottawa. Golden
Lake Indian Reserve #39 became part of the Peterborough District including Alderville, Curve
Lake and Scugog reserves. This self-administration policy, whereby we would administer the
funding allocated by the Department of Indian Affairs, was an attempt by the government to
overcome its previous depleting assimilation and isolation policies, which had resulted in
apathy, dependence, poverty, substance abuse, and a well-deserved mistrust of politics and
government for our people. But the new policy failed to address the core issue: an
insubstantial land base to allow sustainable economic, cultural, traditional, agricultural or
resource independence, development and management.

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Band Council Building and Cultural Centre Building
1970
Algonquin Way Cultural Centre, Pikwakanagan, ON

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The Omàmiwininì never separated faith from life, and we understood that helping others have
a good life would make us happy. We honoured our individual right and responsibility to
understand various spiritual beliefs for ourselves, and to choose the right one for ourselves. We
have always had our traditional beliefs to guide us, even though they were misunderstood,
obstructed, and outlawed by governments and religious organizations since contact times.

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Smudge Ceremony: Sage, sweetgrass, abalone shell and turkey feather
1 May 2011
Omàmiwininì Pimàdjwowin, Pikwàkanagàn, ON

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Some of our families have been devout Christians for generations, ever since our relatives
stayed at the Christian mission at Lake of Two Mountains.

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Sarah Lavalley and Poipe John Paul II
1980
Pikwakanagan, ON

Credits:
Sarah Lavalley
Pope John Paul II

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In the early reserve days, an Algonquin-speaking mission priest would arrive once a year to perform the sacraments, and all the baptisms and marriages.


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Wedding on the steps of First Church
1940s
Pikwakanagan, ON

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The first Catholic Church on the reserve, which had two rows of pews and a central box-stove for heat, was built by parishioners;

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Church Picture c 1911
1911
Pikwakanagan, ON

Credits:
First Church

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it was replaced by the current in 1954. Now, a priest comes from Eganville to say mass each Sunday.