History
Oral history passed down by Pimicikamak elders says that Pimicikamak existed since time immemorial. Anthropological and archaeological evidence places aboriginal occupation of Pimicikamak after the last ice age "sometime before 4000 B.C.E." European documentary records date back at least to 1768, when a map showed Pemichicomo Lake in the area known as Rupert's Land. In 1770, Thomas Hutchins included the Pemmichi-ke-mè-u people on a list of tribes trading into Hudson Bay. Famed explorer and geographer David Thompson overwintered on Sipiwesk Lake in 1792. Peter Fidler charted the upper Nelson River through Pimicikamak in 1809. Pimicikamak made treaty (Treaty 5) with the Crown in 1875. In 1977 it was party to an amendment to address effects of the Nelson River Hydroelectric Project operations on its Treaty 5 rights.
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