Kichesipirini

The Kichesipirini (also Kichesippirini or Kitchesipirini ) are one of the First Nations in the Canadian province of Québec. They belong to the group of Algonquian and originally lived on Morrison Iceland, the Isle -aux- Allumettes in the Ottawa River, and in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality east of it.

The name means "People of the Great River ." The Morrison - island they called Kitcisìpi

History

Samuel de Champlain arrived in Tadoussac the first representatives of Algonquian tribes, who celebrated a victory over the Iroquois along with Innu and Etechemins ( Malecite ). This summer 1603, he met with chief Tessouat and visited his village 1613. 1620 he sent Jean Nicollet to the Kichesipirini to live among them. Around this time it was the tribe succeeded in establishing a trade monopoly along the Ottawa, as their place of residence was strategically very convenient location. With the loss of Quebec to the British they lost briefly its importance, but five years later the French fur traders again dominated the region. 1636 tried Kichesipirini a coalition with the Hurons, Algonquins and Nipissing match against the Iroquois, but Nipissing and Bear Nation refused to support. In the spring of 1636 died Tessouat.

Champlain called the tribal group still Algoumequins. Their language was a comprehensive dealer language whose name was finally applied to all strains of this language family. Perhaps the inhabitants at that time preferred to withdraw into the hinterland after the Iroquois had conquered the Hurons in 1650.

The Kichesipirini followed, like most Algonquian groups seasonal walks, so that their material legacy was low and limited itself to easy to transport things. Here, the family groups scattered, so that only during the summer, when the tribe lived, of a chieftainship over family boundaries could be no question. Except in Ottawatal the space for the cultivation of corn, squash and beans was not suitable. So plants used were rather the building materials and tool production, animals were essential as food. Bone, tendons, skin, antlers were used as raw materials for tools and jewelry. Furs in turn were particularly interested in the French and English, which was an intensive trade. The word atawe act, the Ottawa was even her name. These trade controlled the strategically extremely low living Kichesipirini on Morrison Iceland. As middlemen they did retain maximum freedom.

The Kichesipirini are not recognized as an Indian tribe. Nevertheless, the Pembroke group calls today Kichesipirini Algonquin First Nation, their chief ( sachem ) is Paula LaPierre. Together with the York University in Toronto, they did a study and collected interviews with elders ( Elders ), to document the current conditions and the state of relationships ( lineages ).

Algonquian tribes of the area live on Golden Lake, River Desert ( Maniwaki ), in Témiscaming ( Timiskaming District ) and between Ottawa and Témiscaming: Lac des Quinze, Mattawa, Kipawa, Lac Dumoine and Coulonge. These groups are located in Northern Ontario and in Quebec in Abitibi, the Grand Lac Victoria, Lac Simon, and at Lac Barrière.