Getting to know Aroland First Nation, Northwest Ontario
Getting to know Aroland First Nation, Ontario.
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Aroland (2006 Population 325) is an Ojibwa and Oji-Cree First Nation in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Thunder Bay District approximately 20 kilometres west of Nakina. Their community, the Aroland Indian Settlement, have Indian reserve status, though the settlement itself is not a reserve.
Located along the Canadian National Railway line, the community was originally named after the Arrow Land and Logging Company, which operated in the area from 1933 to 1941. Aroland First Nation’s members are former members of the Long Lake 58 First Nation, Long Lac 77 First Nation (now Ginoogaming First Nation), Fort Hope First Nation (now Eabametoong First Nation), Marten Falls First Nation, and Fort William First Nation. In 1972, the settlement briefly was recorded as Aroland 83 Indian Reserve. Aroland is policed by the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, an Aboriginal based service.
About Aroland First Nation
Aroland has strong historical ties to the area and its people have lived on these lands since time immemorial. Archaeological and cultural heritage are deeply valued by Aroland and their protection is of utmost importance. All aspects of the environment hold importance for Aroland, including groundwater, surface water, air, aquatic ecology, and terrestrial ecology. Therefore Aroland takes seriously potential impacts from proposed mining projects and other resource development projects. Aroland is also strongly in favour of sustainable resource development
In Northern Ontario if you drive to the end of a snow packed route 648, past the government serviced highways, it ends at Aroland First Nation. Past there, the only way to get around are old logging roads and trapping trails that have been there for generations. The native people of Aroland have seen industry and jobs come and go. With the logging industry having long moved on, unemployment in the tiny community is upwards of 90 percent. People survive off a mix of subsistence hunting, trapping and government assistance. With a new pit mine proposed north of Aroland, locals are worried about how their pristine wilderness will be degraded as nearly 100 trucks a day could pass through, carting ore to the train tracks near by.
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Canada census information link on Aroland
Aroland First Nation is located 352 km northeast of the city of Thunder Bay and 78 km north of Geraldton.
KKETS Employment Community Coordinator:
Robinson Menshake 1-807-329-5970 x.2570
Aroland First Nation P.O Box 10, Aroland. Ontario P0T 1B0. 1 (807) 329-5970
Fax (807) 329-5750
http://community.matawa.on.ca/community/aroland/
arolandfirstnation@yahoo.ca
Website firstnation.ca/aroland
Primary Executive Cheryl Czewiec, Acting Social Services Director
Alternate Executive: Alice Towedo, Band Manager; Email: towedoalice@gmail.com
http://search.211north.ca/record/TBY2941
Aroland Health Centre
Organization: Aroland First Nation – Band Office
Phone Numbers: 807-329-8787 * 807-329-8686
Fax: 807-329-8778
Email: arolandhealthcentre@yahoo.com
Website: firstnation.ca/aroland
Address:
c/o Health Centre. Aroland First Nation, PO Box 10. Aroland, ON. P0T 1B0
Health Centre: Mon-Thu 9 am-5 pm * Fri 9 am-2 pm
Band Office: Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm
Executives: Annabelle Mendowagon – Health Director
Margaret Mendowagon – Community Health Representative
Contacts: Serina Kashkeesh – Referral Clerk
http://www.northwesthealthline.ca/displayService.aspx?id=141377
Mark Bell, Economic Development Officer
Alternate Executive Sonny Gagnon, Chief; Phone: (Cell) 807-620-7195
http://search.211north.ca/record/TBY3639
Aroland First Nation – Band Office
Phone Numbers: 807-329-5970
Crisis: Police Dispatch: 1-888-310-1122
Ambulance, Nakina: 807-329-5332 or 807-329-9292
Ambulance, Geraldton: 807-854-1555
Fax: 807-329-5750
http://www.northwesthealthline.ca/displayService.aspx?id=140223
the O’sullivan Lake Gas Bar is the only business in town and sells a variety of foods and supplies, including hunting traps.
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