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Flying Post 73
Flying Post Indian Reserve No. 73
Flying Post 73 is located in Ontario
Flying Post 73
Flying Post 73
Location in Ontario
Country  Canada
Province  Ontario
District Cochrane
First Nation Flying Post
Area
 • Land 58.19 km2 (22.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total 0
 • Density 0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Website flyingpost.ca

Flying Post First Nation is an Ojibway and Cree First Nation band government in Nipigon, Ontario. It has a reserve called Flying Post 73.

History

Reserves were first established between the government and First Nations in Northern Ontario through the signing of the Treaty #9 document in 1905 and 1906 and later additional adhesions in 1929 and 1930. In 1906, Flying Post lands were identified in a ‘Schedule Of Reserves’ in the Treaty 9 document and listed the First Nation lands as follows – '‘In the province of Ontario, commencing at a point half a mile south of Six-Mile Rapids, on the east side of Ground Hog River, thence south a distance of four miles, and of sufficient depth to give an area of twenty-three square miles.’' In the 1960s, Flying Post First Nation members began to organize themselves during the formation of First Nation political organizations such as Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN). During this period they re-established themselves as a First Nation entity and elected a Chief and Council to represent their people.

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