Whitefish Lake Ojibway

 List of Chiefs and Councilors of the Whitefish Lake Ojibway Band 1850-1900

Shawenakeshick signed the Robinson Treaty on September 9, 1850 on behalf of the Whitefish lake Band.

The following information has been extracted from the treaty paylists.


Chief                      Councilor       Date of Paylist

Showonukezik                N/A                1850
(1850-1857)

Shainowquoum                N/A                1858
(1858 to 1894)
(died between the treaty
payments of 1893 and 1894)

Shainowquom                 N/A          1895 to 1885

Shainowquom              Pierre Ogamance       1886
                         James Showanonqui

Shainowquom                 N/A                1887

Shainowquom              Josseph Faille        1888

Mongoin

Cahbeate (2nd chief)

Shainowquom              Cabayette             1889
                         Peter Gocrosh
Shainowquom

Cabayette (2nd chief)    P. Gocrosh            1890

Shainowquom              Cabayette             1891

Mongonin                 Michelle Faille

Shainowquom              J.B. Shawbonoquet     1892

Wahbenimeke

Shainowquom              Joseph Pinac          1893

Wahbenimeke

Cabayette

Wahbenimeke                 N/A                1894

Caahbeate

Wahbenimeke                 N/A                1895

Cabayette

Wahbenimeke            Joseph Cahbeate        1896

Wahbenimeke            Cahbeate               1897

J. Baptiste Shawbwonoquet   Joseph Wahbenemeke  1898

J. B. Shawbwonoquet         N/A               1899

J. Baptiste Shawbwonoquet   N/A               1900



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Chief Mai-she-quong-gai

Mai-she-quong-gai was one of the Ojibwa chiefs who signed a treaty in 1862 that transfered most of Manitoulin Island to the Crown. Non-Indian settlement of the Island began the following year.

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