Pauingassi First Nation Naamiwan “The Land of Fair Wind” Lands Management Plan Manitoba Planning Area Prepared by Pauingassi First Nation and the Government of Manitoba December 2012 Table of Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................... 6 Thanks to supporters ................................................................................................................................. 6 SECTION 1: VISION, GUIDING PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND PLANNING OBJECTIVES Vision .............................................................................................................................................. 8 Vision Statement ............................................................................................................................. 8 Guiding Principles .......................................................................................................................... 9 Goals ............................................................................................................................................. 10 Planning Objectives ...................................................................................................................... 10 SECTION 2: CULTURE AND HISTORY Culture and History ....................................................................................................................... 13 Ceremony ................................................................................................................................................ 13 Mishoomisag .................................................................................................................................. 13 Pictographs .................................................................................................................................... 14 Mazina’iganan ............................................................................................................................... 14 Pauingassi Anishinaabe: Historical Context, World View and Way of Life .......................................... 14 Early Historic Period (360-179 YA) ....................................................................................................... 15 Middle Historic Period (179-130 YA) .................................................................................................... 15 Late Historic Period (130-70 YA) .......................................................................................................... 16 Treaty 5 ................................................................................................................................................... 16 Customary Land Use System .................................................................................................................. 16 Anishinaabe Cultural Landscape ............................................................................................................ 17 SECTION 3: BACKGROUND INFORMATION Groundwork for the Lands Management Plan .............................................................................. 19 Planning Process ........................................................................................................................... 20 Reasons for Planning .................................................................................................................... 21 1. Community needs ............................................................................................................................... 21 2. Commitments & Context .................................................................................................................... 21 (i) Protected Areas and First Nation Resource Stewardship – A Cooperative Accord ................. 21 (ii) Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage Site ..................................................................................... 22 (iii) Wabanong Nakaygum Okimawin (WNO) ............................................................................... 22 (iv) 2004 Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U.) between the Province of Manitoba and Signatory First Nations within the east side Planning Area .......................................................... 22 (v) 2007 Wabanong Nakaygum Okimawin (WNO) Council of Chiefs Accord .............................. 22 (vi) The East Side Traditional Lands Planning and Special Protected Areas Act ......................... 23 3. Government planning requirements .................................................................................................... 23 SECTION 4: PLANNING AREA Planning Area Description ............................................................................................................ 25 Geography and Access ............................................................................................................................ 25 2 People and Community features ............................................................................................................. 25 Adjacent Areas ........................................................................................................................................ 26 Traditional Areas Description and Occupancy Area .............................................................................. 26 Ecological Description – Ecoregion 90 .................................................................................................. 26 Water and Wetlands ................................................................................................................................ 26 Bedrock Geology .................................................................................................................................... 27 Surficial Geology and Soils .................................................................................................................... 27 Climate .................................................................................................................................................... 28 Vegetation ............................................................................................................................................... 28 Forests ..................................................................................................................................................... 28 Fish .......................................................................................................................................................... 28 Birds and Waterfowl ............................................................................................................................... 28 Wildlife ................................................................................................................................................... 29 Fire – A Natural Process ......................................................................................................................... 29 SECTION 5: CURRENT TRADITIONAL AND EXISTING USES Current traditional uses ................................................................................................................. 33 Existing land use and tenure ......................................................................................................... 33 SECTION 6: MANAGEMENT DIRECTION Management Direction.................................................................................................................. 36 Traditional Use, Community Land Use and Occupancy ........................................................................ 36 Agriculture .............................................................................................................................................. 36 Cabins – community / hunting / trapping ................................................................................................ 36 Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation ........................................................................................... 37 Commercial Trapping ............................................................................................................................. 37 Economic Development .......................................................................................................................... 37 Endangered or Threatened Species ......................................................................................................... 37 Energy Development .............................................................................................................................. 38 Fire Management .................................................................................................................................... 38 Fishing .................................................................................................................................................... 38 Forest Resources ..................................................................................................................................... 38 Fuel Caches ............................................................................................................................................. 38 Habitat Protection and Wildlife Management........................................................................................