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====Located in Ontario==== {{Location map many |Canada Ontario |caption=Swampy Cree communities |coordinates1={{coord|55.9943 |-87.648323}} |label1=[[Fort Severn]] |position1=left |coordinates2={{coord|51.2624986|-80.6017198}} |label2=[[Moose Factory]] |position2=bottom |mark2=Black pog.svg |coordinates3={{coord|52.2077693|-81.6932088}} |label3=[[Fort Albany First Nation|Fort Albany]] |position3=right |coordinates4={{coord|52.9262772|-82.4370719}} |label4=[[Attawapiskat First Nation|Attawapiskat]] |position4=left |coordinates5={{coord|54.9928525|-85.4397603}} |label5=[[Peawanuck]] |position5=right |coordinates8={{coord|48.4027014|-89.3806104}} |label8=Thunder Bay |position=top |mark8=Black pog.svg |coordinates9={{coord|43.7184038|-79.518144}} |label9=Toronto |position9=right |mark9=Black pog.svg }} [[Fort Severn First Nation]] and their reserve, Fort Severn 89,<ref>{{cite web |title=Fort Severn |url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/FNP/Main/Search/FNReserves.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=215&lang=eng |website=[[CrownâIndigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada]] |publisher=Government of Canada |date = 14 November 2008}}</ref> located on the mouth of the [[Severn River (Hudson Bay)|Severn River]] on Hudson Bay, is the [[Extreme communities of Canada|most northern community]] in Ontario. It is a member of [[Keewaytinook Okimakanak Council]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fort Severn |url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/FNP/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=215&lang=eng |website=[[CrownâIndigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada]] |publisher=Government of Canada |date = 14 November 2008}}</ref> [[Mushkegowuk Council]], based in [[Moose Factory, Ontario]], represents chiefs from seven First Nations across Ontario. Swampy Cree members are: [[Fort Albany First Nation]] and [[Attawapiskat First Nation]].<ref name="Mushkegowuk TC"/> Fort Albany First Nation is located at Fort Albany, Ontario, on the southern shore of the Albany River at James Bay.<ref>{{cite web |title=Albany |url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=142&lang=eng |website=[[CrownâIndigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada]] |publisher=Government of Canada |date = 14 November 2008}}</ref> The reserve, Fort Albany 67, is shared with the Kashechewan First Nation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fort Albany 67 |url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/RVDetail.aspx?RESERVE_NUMBER=06258&lang=eng |website=[[CrownâIndigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada]] |publisher=Government of Canada |date = 14 November 2008}}</ref> The Attawapiskat First Nation is located at mouth of the [[Attawapiskat River]] on James Bay.<ref>{{cite web |title=Attawapiskat |url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=143&lang=eng |website=[[CrownâIndigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada]] |publisher=Government of Canada |date = 14 November 2008}}</ref> The community is on the Attawapiskat 91A reserve. The Attawapiskat 91 reserve is {{convert|27000|ha|acre}} on both shores of the [[Ekwan River]], {{convert|165|km}} upstream from the mouth on James Bay.<ref>{{cite web |title=Attawapiskat |url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNReserves.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=143&lang=eng |website=[[CrownâIndigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada]] |publisher=Government of Canada |date = 14 November 2008}}</ref> Independent from a Tribal Council is the [[Weenusk First Nation]] located in [[Peawanuck]] in the Kenora District.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weenusk |url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=146&lang=eng |website=[[CrownâIndigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada]] |publisher=Government of Canada |date=7 December 2021}}</ref> The community was located on their reserve of [[Winisk 90]] on the mouth of the [[Winisk River]] on James Bay<ref>{{cite web |title=Weenusk |url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNReserves.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=146&lang=eng |website=[[CrownâIndigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada]] |publisher=Government of Canada |date = 14 November 2008}}</ref> but the community was destroyed in the [[1986 Winisk flood]] and the community had to be relocated to Peawanuck.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cram |first=Stephanie |title=First Nation remembers devastating flood in northern Ontario, 30 years later |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/remembering-winisk-flood-30-years-later-1.3588024 |publisher=CBC News |date=20 May 2016}}</ref>
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