In 1877, deputy chief (anike ogima) Ignace Tonené filed a land claim concerning the Temagami region with the Parry Sound federal Indian Agent.
[1] The modern land claim was filed with land title offices in August 1973 by Gary Potts, then Chief of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai Indigenous Nation.
Existing throughout much of the 1970s and 1980s, it effectively prevented all types of development on Crown land, such as mining.
[3] In 1988, Vince Kerrio approved the expansion of Red Squirrel Road directly through the Temagami Land Caution.
[4] In 1991, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Teme-Augama Anishnabai gave up rights to the land via the 1850 Robinson Treaty despite the Tema-Augama Anishnabai claiming that they never signed or consented to the treaty.