Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve (usually known as Wikwemikong or Wiky or Wiikwemkong) is an Indian reserve in the north-eastern section of Manitoulin Island in Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada. Wikwemikong is an unceded Indian reserve in Canada, which means that it has not "relinquished title to its land to the government by treaty or otherwise."
The name Wikwemikong means "bay of beavers".
The reserve is occupied by Ojibwa, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples, under the Council of Three Fires. The current band chief is Duke Peltier.
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