Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation

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The Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation are an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) Indigenous community whose traditional territory encompasses parts of what is now southern Ontario, Canada, including the area around present-day Mississauga.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anishinaabe community ⓘ
First Nation ⓘ
Indigenous community ⓘ
Ojibwe community ⓘ
acknowledgedIn land acknowledgements in the Greater Toronto Area ⓘ
associatedWith City of Mississauga ⓘ
Credit River ⓘ
Lake Ontario ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culture Anishinaabe culture ⓘ
Ojibwe culture ⓘ
linked to: Ojibwe
engagesIn cultural revitalization ⓘ
land stewardship ⓘ
treaty negotiations ⓘ
ethnicGroup Anishinaabe ⓘ
linked to: Anishinabek

Ojibwe ⓘ
governedBy Chief and Council ⓘ
hasCollectiveIdentity Mississauga Nation ⓘ
hasCollectiveRight land claims ⓘ
self-government ⓘ
hasCommunityType reserve-based community ⓘ
hasGovernmentType elected band council ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole signatory to historical treaties in southern Ontario ⓘ
hasRight treaty rights under Canadian law ⓘ
hasStatus status First Nation under the Indian Act ⓘ
historicalRegion Upper Canada ⓘ
isIndigenousTo Turtle Island (North America) ⓘ
isOneOf Mississauga First Nations ⓘ
isPartOf Anishinaabe Nations ⓘ
linked to: Anishinabek

Ojibwe Nations ⓘ
linked to: White Earth Ojibwe
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Ontario ⓘ
southern Ontario ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ontario
namedAfter Credit River ⓘ
people Mississauga people ⓘ
recognizedAs band government ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of Canada ⓘ
region Great Lakes region ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Anishinaabe spirituality ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Anishinaabemowin ⓘ
linked to: Ojibwe

Ojibwe ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Credit River watershed ⓘ
area of present-day City of Mississauga ⓘ
parts of the Greater Toronto Area ⓘ
western Lake Ontario shoreline ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Mississauga → namedAfter → Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation ⓘ
Mississauga → namedAfter → Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation ⓘ
subject linked to: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Southwestern Ontario → hasIndigenousTerritory → Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation ⓘ
Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation → people → Mississauga people ⓘ
linked to: Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation
Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation → hasCollectiveIdentity → Mississauga Nation ⓘ
linked to: Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation
Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation → isOneOf → Mississauga First Nations ⓘ
linked to: Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation
County of Brant → borderedBy → Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation ⓘ
Brant County → neighboringFirstNation → Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation ⓘ
Hagersville, Ontario → nearIndigenousCommunity → Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation ⓘ
Grand River territory → currentPrimaryCommunity → Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation ⓘ
New Credit Reserve No. 40A → partOf → Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation ⓘ
New Credit Reserve No. 40A → governingBody → Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation Council ⓘ
linked to: Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation
New Credit Reserve No. 40A → category → Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation ⓘ
Brantford—Brant → includesFirstNation → Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation ⓘ
Haldimand—Norfolk → contains → Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (partly) ⓘ
linked to: Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation