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R. R. #1
MUNCEY, ON
NOL 1YO		 Chief Patrick Waddilove
Ph: (519) 289-5396
Fax: (519) 289-5156
pwaddilove@munsee.on.ca
On-Reserve Population:  143 (INAC, 1991)
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Land Base: 1 054 ha
Languages
Linguistic Affiliation: Algonkian (Delaware)
Mother Tongue:
  • English 94 %
  • Aboriginal 3%
  • English & Aboriginal 3%
  • French & Other 0%

    • Affiliations
    TC: None
    PTO: Union of Ontario Indians - Southwest Region
    Electoral Ridings
    (F) Lambton - Middlesex
    (P) Middlesex
     
    Historical Notes

    One of the three principal divisions of the Delawares, the Munsee originally occupied the head waters of the Delaware River in the U.S.A. By a treaty known as the "Walking Purchase," most of the Munsee were forced to move from this land in about 1740 and settled instead on land on the Susquehanna River which was given to them by the Iroquois. The Munsee migrated to Canada and settled along the Grand River with the Six Nations around the year 1800. This land subsequently flooded and some of the Munsee moved to the unceded territory of the Chippewas of the Thames. In 1840 Chippewas allotted them a tract of land of 1 000 acres as a reserve.
     
     
    Industries

    Three fifths of all workers are employed in the service sector, with three fifths of these in non-government service industries. The remainder are employed in forestry, agricultural and manufacturing industries.
     
     

    Educational Facilities

    Elementary

    • students bused to Delaware, London and Lambeth

    Secondary

    • students bused to Strathroy and London
     
     

    Community Services and Facilities

    • community hall
    • health clinic with two nurses
    • homemakers program
    • Ontario First Nations Policing Arrangements -- three constables
     
     

    Communications

    • access to major non-Native radio and television stations and newspapers is available to the community; telephone service is provided by Bell Canada
    • newspapers NATIVEBEAT
     
     

    Utilities

    • water - community wells
    • sewage - private septic tanks
    • other waste - landfill site
    • energy/electricity - Ontario Hydro
     
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