WELCOME
ROSEAU RIVER ANISHINAABE NATION
We, the Anishinabe people, have thrived on our lands since time imme with honour and respect of our traditions and our lands.
Colonization has interrupted and damaged our relationships with each other and our environment. But we endure as a people and our way of life, and our relationships will be restored to a place of honour and wellness. Restoring our Anishinabe culture, heritage, and language cannot happen without restoring self-determination so our people can genuinely believe that they have control over their own lives and can take action to pursue and reach their individual and collective goals.
Explore the principles that shape our culture and way of life.
About Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation - Okweanashko-Zii
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The people of Roseau have a rich history in the Red River and Pembina Valleys. The Anishinabe have a social structure known as the clan system. The system assigned responsibilities to various clans.
Collectively, the Ojibway of Manitoba, Western Ontario, North Dakota, and Northern Minnesota were known as the Zoong--dau-au Anishinabe, or "Strong Heart People."
This name was given by the Midewiwin, the original Ojibway Spiritual Society of Wisconsin, in recognition of their bravery.
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Before the signing of Treaty 1, this tribe was known as the Pembina Tribe, named after the Cree word "nepeminan," meaning high bush cranberry. Some members lived along the Pembina River and Joe Creek in North Dakota.
As white settlers cleared land, tribes were forced to move further from their territories. Our traditional territories were occupied by settlers and our Nation was reduced to "reserves".
The Anishinabe at Roseau River signed Treaty 1 with the Crown of Great Britain in Right of Canada on August 3, 1871.
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Roseau River No. 2 is the main reserve located 98 kilometres south of the city of Winnipeg, 24 KM north
of Emerson.
Roseau Rapids No. 2A is located off Highway, 218, 80 KM south of Winnipeg).
Roseau River No. 2B is located at the junctions of Highways 6 & 236 on the NE side of Winnipeg, Manitoba and lies within our nation's territories.
Today, the territories we occupy are only a small part of the vast lands our people lived with and always called home.
ROSEAU RIVER ELDERS ADVISORY
The Elders Advisory was sanctioned by the Chief and Council of RRAN with a mandate to restore its governing laws. The RRAN Council and the Advisory are restoring traditional laws to support self-determination for the Nation. The Advisory is leading the Four Pillars Project.
Colonization and Changes in ANISHINABE Way of Life
Colonization
Land EXPLOITATION
Colonization
Colonization was the process of establishing control over our territories and peoples for the purpose of exploitation and displacement settlement
Reserves
Land EXPLOITATION
Colonization
"Reserves" are artificial boundaries created by colonial powers to restrict the free movement and territorial rights of the Anishinabe and other tribes.
Land EXPLOITATION
Land EXPLOITATION
Disappearing NAture
Our environment was forever changed by settlers who cleared the landscape for settlement and farming with asking os our seeking our approval.
Disappearing NAture
Internal Colonization
Disappearing NAture
Our lands were rich with an abundance of animal life and natural resources in a pristine, healthy natural environment. Colonization has stressed all lifeforms and depleted natural resources..
Internal Colonization
Internal Colonization
Internal Colonization
Internal colonization is how colonial settlers maintain control by limiting our rights to our own lands, social, economic and governance systems. We have far fewer rights than settlers take for granted and the Indian Act perpetuates this control
Family and Community
Internal Colonization
Internal Colonization
The Anishinabe way recognized our mutual dependence and teh significance of healthy family and community. After colonization, the social fabric of our Nation has been under constant pressure to adopt European principle putting the individual first.
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