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Notes Members of the Chippewas of Rama First Nation are descendants of a larger Band known as the Chippewas of Lake Huron and Lake Simcoe. In October of 1818 the Chippewas surrendered a large tract of land south of Georgian Bay, and in 1830 they were settled by Sir John Colborne onto land between Coldwater and Lake Couchiching, the "Coldwater Tract." They surrendered this settlement in November of 1836 and subsequently subdivided into three distinct Bands and settled onto separate reserves -- Chief Yellowhead and his Band going to Rama in 1838, Chief Aisance and his Band going to Beausoleil Island in 1842, and Chief Joseph Snake and his Band going to Snake Island (now Georgina Island) in about 1838. Two parcels of the Rama reserve land were later surrendered and sold -- one in the late 1870s and the other in 1885. |
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Industries Manufacturing and government services each account for approximately one quarter of the labour force. and other service industries and additional one fifth. Appreciable numbers of workers are concentrated in the construction and trade industries, with others involved in agriculture, transportation, communications and other utilities, and commercial activities. Local industries include the operation of a small industrial mall, and automotive lighting assembly plant, and a craft shop. |
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