Teme-Augama Anishnabai
The Teme-Augama Anishnabai (TAA) (from the Anishinaabe Dimii'aagamaa Anishinaabe, "the deep water people") is the Aboriginal (Anishinaabe) community of the Temagami First Nation. The TAA have trapped and hunted animals in the Temagami region of Canada for over 5,000 years. Bear Island on Lake Temagami is home to the Aboriginal community.
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In 1973, The Teme-Augama Anishnabai exercised a land caution against development on the Crown land of 10,000 square kilometres-most of the Temagami area. The attorney-general of Ontario pursued legal action against the Band for this caution. The TAA lost this court case in 1984 and the TAA proceeded with an appeal to the Supreme Court.
In 1988, the Ontario Minister of Natural Resources, Vince Kerrio approved the expansion of the Red Squirrel logging road, directly through Anishinaabe territory. This prompted a series of roadblocks by the TAA and by environmentalists in 1988-1989.
In 1991, the TAA and the Ontario government (now NDP) created the Wendaban Stewardship Authority to decide what to do with the four counties near the logging road. The committee eventually dissolved.
In August 1991, the TAA lost the land caution appeal and in 1994 eventually the caution was lifted.[2][3]
In July 2017, the TAA Council consisted of the following people: Chief Randy Becker, Second Chief John Turner, Councillors: Michael Paul, Tessa Hope, Melissa Turner, Mary Laronde.[4]
References
- Bruce W. Hodgins and James Morrison, Tonené, Ignace, Dictionary of Canadian Biography
- The Bear Island Foundation and Gary Potts, William Twain and Maurice McKenzie, Jr. on behalf of themselves and on behalf of all other members of the Teme-Augama Anishnabay and Temagami Band of Indians v. The Attorney General for Ontario, Supreme_Court_Reports_(Canada) [1991 2 SCR 570] (Supreme Court of Canada 1991-08-15) ("It was unnecessary, however, to examine the specific nature of the aboriginal right because that right was surrendered, whatever the situation on the signing of the Robinson-Huron Treaty, by arrangements subsequent to the treaty by which the Indians adhered to the treaty in exchange for treaty annuities and a reserve. The Crown breached its fiduciary obligations to the Indians by failing to comply with some of its obligation under this agreement; these matters currently form the subject of negotiations between the parties. These breaches do not alter the fact that the aboriginal right was extinguished.").
- Santin, Aldo (1991-08-16). "Indian leaders give land ruling mixed reviews". Winnipeg Free Press. p. 2. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
- "Teme-Augama Anishnabai Chief & Council". Temagami First Nation. Retrieved 2019-07-30.