![]() The History The environment of the Wunnumin Lake First Nation
is utilized and preserved by the local native people as their aboriginal
homeland; their rights to culture, language, fishing, gathering, hunting,
and trapping were granted to them by the Creator. Their relationship with
the land is a combination of respect and responsibility. Wunnumin Lake
has many historical legends and sights such as the Broken Beaver Dam made
by the Big Beaver that lived on the Pipestone River located across the
lake from the community. Another historical site is the Wunnumin located
approximately 5-6 miles northeast from the community. Wunnumin in the
Oji-Cree language means white clay, this special clay was used by the
local natives in the past for paint and patching their birchbark canoes
mixed with other vegetation. Legend says that Weesaykajack, who used to
roam in the wilderness, used to hunt for food and found the Big Beaver
that lived on the Pipestone River and chased the Big Beaver and its Baby
Beaver to the this area. When Wesaykajack caught up with the Big Beaver
and its Baby Beaver, he killed the Baby Beaver and put it aside in this
particular area of the foliage and as the Baby Beaver laid there in this
foliage it bled from its wound. The blood seeped into the ground from
the Baby Beaver’s wound and this blood made the ground turn into this
clay called "Wun-num-mun". This is how the community of Wunnumin Lake
got its name.
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