These treaties cover all land whose waters drain into the north shores of lakes Huron and Superior.
Chapleau Ojibwe forefathers were not, however, signatories to the Robinson Treaties, partly because William Benjamin Robinson did not take the time to meet with inland First Nation communities and partly because inland First Nation leaders were reluctant to travel as a result of a cholera outbreak in 1849.
Treaty 9 covers all land in the Chapleau are that drains north into James Bay.
Since large reserves had already been established in other parts of the province for the bands from which people at Chapleau had immigrated, the commissioners recommended that a small area be set aside for Chapleau Ojibwe so that they could build small houses and cultivate garden plots.
The First Nation is led by Chief Anita Stephens and two Councillors: Johanne Wesley and Joshua Memegos.