# Alderville First Nation > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alderville_First_Nation > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alderville_First_Nation.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alderville_First_Nation > Source revision: 1270761039 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Alderville First Nation** is a band of [Mississaugas](/source/Mississaugas), a sub-nation of the [Ojibways](/source/Ojibwe). The **[Alderville](/source/Alderville,_Ontario)** and **[Sugar Island 37A](/source/Sugar_Island_37A,_Ontario)** [reserves](/source/Indian_reserve) belong to that [First Nation](/source/First_Nations_in_Canada) [band government](/source/Band_government). ## First Nation The Alderville First Nation is an [Anishinaabe](/source/Anishinaabe) [First Nation](/source/First_Nations_in_Canada) located in southern [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada. As of December 2017, Alderville First Nation had 1,162 registered band members, of which their on-Reserve population was only 323 people, meaning the majority of their registered population live outside the reserve (off-reserve) in neighbouring communities.[1] ### Governance The community is governed by an elected Chief and Council and maintains political affiliations with the [Ogemawahj Tribal Council](/source/Ogemawahj_Tribal_Council), a non-political Regional Chiefs' Council, and the [Anishinabek Nation](/source/Anishinabek_Nation) political organization. ## Indigenous reserve The reserve comprises two areas. The main reserve, the [Alderville First Nation](/source/Alderville,_Ontario) (formerly designated as Alderville Indian Reserve 37 by [Indian and Northern Affairs Canada](/source/Indian_and_Northern_Affairs_Canada)), is located near the south shores of [Rice Lake](/source/Rice_Lake_(Ontario)) in Ontario ([44°11′N 78°04′W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=44_11_N_78_04_W)). It consists of six non-contiguous areas within the [Alnwick/Haldimand Township](/source/Alnwick/Haldimand,_Ontario) approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of [Cobourg](/source/Cobourg,_Ontario), and occupies a total area of 1,199.8 hectares (2,965 acres). They also maintain a smaller parcel of land on nearby Sugar Island, the 40.5 hectares (100 acres) [Sugar Island 37A Indian Reserve](/source/Sugar_Island_37A,_Ontario) ([44°13′N 78°8.25′W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=44_13_N_78_8.25_W)).[2] It has been home to the Mississauga division of the [Anishinaabe](/source/Anishinaabe) (Ojibwa) Nation since the mid-1830s.[3] ## History For centuries until the early 19th century, the ancestors of the people who would found Alderville First Nation had lived in their traditional lands around the [Bay of Quinte](/source/Bay_of_Quinte) - located approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) east of the Nation's current location. With the influx of refugee settlements following the [American Revolution](/source/American_Revolution), the community found itself under increased pressure.[3] Having lost its American colonies, the British relocated the soldiers and civilians loyal to the crown (also known as the [United Empire Loyalists](/source/United_Empire_Loyalists)) around the Bay of Quinte area. A swath of land between Belleville and [Brockville](/source/Brockville) was purchased from the Mississaugas in the 1783 [Crawford Purchase](/source/Crawford_Purchase), and the land around the Bay of Quinte was given specifically to the Mohawks under the leadership of [Chief John Deserontyon](/source/John_Deserontyon_Odeserundiye), who had been dispossessed of their traditional territory in modern-day [New York State](/source/New_York_(state)). This group of Mohawks came to be the [Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation](/source/Mohawks_of_the_Bay_of_Quinte_First_Nation) on what is now known as the [Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory](/source/Tyendinaga_Mohawk_Territory). The Mississaugas of the area lived alongside the Mohawks and other [Haudenosaunee](/source/Haudenosaunee) for the first few decades after the latter's canoes made landfall. In the 1820s, many people in the community converted to [Methodism](/source/Methodism), and in the case of the two or three hundred Mississaugas who converted, this led them to settle on the small Grape Island, located off Gravelly Point in [Prince Edward County](/source/Prince_Edward_County,_Ontario).[3][4] ## Cannabis industry Alderville Reserve is home to "The Green Mile", a concentration of cannabis dispensaries that are sometimes described as a [grey market](/source/Grey_market), neither subject to nor operating by provincial dispensary laws.[5] ## Albert Smoke [Albert Smoke](/source/Albert_Smoke) (1894–1944) was a long-distance runner who competed at the [1920 Summer Olympics](/source/1920_Summer_Olympics) and placed third at the 1922 [Boston Marathon](/source/Boston_Marathon).[6] ## References 1. [Registered Population](https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/FNP/Main/Search/FNRegPopulation.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=160&lang=eng). *First Nation Profiles*. Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. 1. [Reserve Detail](https://web.archive.org/web/20051228155126/http://pse2-esd2.ainc-inac.gc.ca/FNProfiles/FNProfiles_DETAILSRE.asp?RESERVE_NUMBER=06211). *First Nation Profiles*. Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. 1. [General History](http://alderville.ca/alderville-first-nation/history/). Alderville First Nation. 1. Rae, Trish (January 7, 2019 [Recorded 2018]). [*The Path of Traditional Chiefs - Part 1*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrymUCtIP8E) (Recorded lecture). Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na. [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/HrymUCtIP8E) 2021-12-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 30, 2021. 1. Austen, Ian ["2 years after legalizing cannabis, has Canada kept its promises?" **Boston Globe**](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/23/world/2-years-after-legalizing-cannabis-has-canada-kept-its-promises/) (Jan. 23, 2021) 1. [Profile from Parks Canada](https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/on/rouge/culture/autochtone-indigenous/athlete) ## External links - [Alderville First Nation](http://www.alderville.ca) - [Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada profile](https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=160&lang=eng) - Valerie MacDonald (2012-02-23). ["Alderville First Nations to learn native language"](http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/2012/02/23/alderville-first-nations-to-learn-native-language). *Northumberland Today*. Retrieved 2012-08-08. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alderville First Nation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alderville_First_Nation) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alderville_First_Nation?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.