About Us

The Anishinaabe Journey: From Displacement to Unity and Resilience

We are the Descendants of the Anishinaabe with a History deeply rooted along the Voyageur Fur Trade routes.Established and recognized as First Nation to what is now known as Quebec and Ontario. Our History stems from Flying Post First Nation and Lake of Two Mountains. Historical Documents speak of our Nomadic lifestlye as Algonquin Ojibwe Anishinaabe People. Although our Nomadic lifestlye had us travelling vast distances on canoes, a Reserve was established under Petittion 115. However due to further Government interest in our Lands, our established Reserve from the 1800’s in the Bedford area, written about in the Bagot Report was abandoned for protection. Many families dispersed across Ontario and Quebec to places like Ils Aux Allumettes, Maniwaki, Mattawa, Bonfield and for some others, into Northern Ontario escaping the Threat of Colonization. Many Algonquin families who share a similar story established other Communities or First Nations along the Voyageur Routes. Many hid among the “French men” along the Fur Trade Route as far back towards Flying Post, on canoe, to protect our children from being forced to attend the Residential Schools. 

Many Canadians believe that all First Nations hated Europeans and that is simply not true. The Anishinaabe accepted and worked together with not only other Tribes but with the French & Scottish as well. This can be substantiated with the Fur Trade and the Truth that the children of the French men who married Algonquin & Ojibwe woman were given their own Clan, the Martin Clan or Warrior Clan. Depending on how one interprets culture, this can also be viewed as the Metis. History does not teach that the Anishinaabe and the French were very close and respected one another, this is substantiate with Chief Pontiac. As for when the British came, by the time many Aboriginal People were exposed to Europeans, they were forcefully taking (kidnapping) children to assimilate us and our beliefs. This implies that the experience with Europeans varied drastically as the French treated The Anishinaane People very different then how the English treated Indigenous People, the “Savages” they believe we are.

Some families from the recognized and accepted Bloodlines with AOKFN, completely lost their Indigenous Identity. Other families escaped and continued to live with an Indigenous Identity living and surviving on the lands in Northern Ontario. Those who continued an Indigenous identity continued to fight and defend for our rights as Aboriginal People to Turtle Island, those of us that know our truth. Among some of the historical fights are Petittion 115 from Chief Pierre Shawanapenesi and the creation of the Metis Nation of Ontario. Among these descendants affected by Colonization, many identified, created, worked and fought for the Metis Nation of Ontario. Both Algonquins of Ontario (AOO) and the Metis Nation (MNO) have removed the families accepted with AOKFN from their Registry which was the driving force to create the Anishinaabe of the Kitchizibi First Nation.  

With so much fighting and hatred going on today, the aim of the AOKFN is to continue our Inherent Birthrights as Indigenous People and continue our way of life without fear or prosecution from the Crown. Colonialism has divided the Anishinaabe and continues its Genocidal attack against many First Nations, Metis and Inuit people. AOKFN aims to reunite the families from Petition 115 and reunite the divide that seems to be getting worse among the Anishinaabe. The Anishinaabe are a collection of many Tribes, this includes the Ojibwe, Odawa, Chippewa, Algonquin & Nipissing Tribes.