This paper addresses the results of interviews, observations, and research of life in the Ottawa tribe, how they see themselves and others in society and in the tribe. I mainly focused on The Little River Band of Ottawa Indian tribe. I researched their languages, pecking order, and interviewed to discover the rituals, and traditions that they believe in. In this essay I revealed how they see themselves in society. How they see other people, how they see each other, what their values were, what a typical day was etc. I initially suspected that I would have got different responses from these questions but in reality the results in the questions were almost completely the same. I studied this topic because mostly all the people that are close to me are associated in the Ottawa tribe. I additionally love the Native American culture, I feel it is beautiful and has a free concept. The Native American Ottawa tribe and culture of the tribe is eminently fascinating and beautiful. The Ottawa tribe has a great deal of history behind it. According to tolatsga.org, the Ottawa tribe first arrived on the east side of Lake Huron in 1400. The name “Ottawa” is originally spelled “Odawa” in their native language. The language that they speak is mostly English, but their native language is Ojibwa, which is related to Anishinaabe language. The tribe’s original homeland, according to bigorrin.org, is mostly in southern Ontario in Canada, which is where the name of “Ottawa” or “Odawa” came from, and Michigan. There are multiple Ottawa tribes, but there is one here in Manistee, Michigan, they are The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians. According to tolatsga.org, there are 2,750 Ottawa-Ojibwe members in Michigan, which is two-thirds ... ... middle of paper ... ...higan, they are The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians. The Little River Band is full and rich in culture. Some people don’t acknowledge the Ottawa tribe here in Manistee Michigan, or really even know who they are or how they feel. I feel as though that the Ottawa tribe has a huge positive impact on Michigan’s history. Thereby, I have written this essay to discuss and reveal the culture and the day-to-day of the Ottawa tribe with observations, interviews and research. Works Cited: McClurken, J. M. (2009). Our people, our journey: the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press. Ottawa Indian Fact Sheet. (n.d.). Facts for Kids: Ottawa Indians (Ottawas, Odawas). Retrieved April 16, 2014, from http://www.bigorrin.org/ottawa_kids.htm Ottawa. (n.d.). Ottawa. Retrieved April 16, 2014, from http://www.tolatsga.org/otta.html
There was a section of my tribe that moved to Moosehead Lake, They were popularly known as Moosehead Lake Indians. The Penobscot Indians of this tribe always encountered navigators before the middle of the 17th century. My tribe was often visited by French navigators and fishermen from the Great Bank and that they built there before 1555 a fort or settlement. When more thorough exploration began in the 17th century my Penobscot chief, known as Bashaba (a term probably equivalent to head-chief), seems to have had primacy over all the New England tribes southward to the Merrimac. After the war my tribe joined our emigrant tribesmen in Canada, and they now constitute the only important body of Indians remaining in New England excepting the Passamaquoddy. My tribes count in numbers estimates within the present century give them from 300 to 400 souls. They now number about 410.
A different perspective on a smallpox epidemic during the French and Indian War appears in Andrew J. Blackbird's History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan. Blackbird, Chief Mack-e-te-be-nessy, was a member of a distinguished Ottawa family from the northwest shore of the Michigan lower peninsula. He wrote his History late in life, after a long career in education, politics, and public service.
According to tribal legend, “when the life force of the universe first called into earth, the ancient forebears of the Quapaw people were adrift in the froth of the sea. In time, they say, the breath of the sky set them ashore on the glistening coast.” Tradition, as well as historical and archeological evidence says that these tribes of people were wandering the Ohio Valley well before the 15th century. The Quapaw Tribe of Indians, also known as the O-Gah-Pah, or several other translations of the word which in general terms means “downstream people” or the “ones from downstream”, along with their Dhegiha Sioux kinsmen (the Osage, Ponca, Kansa, and Omaha) attained a cultural level of excellence that was only surpassed by the tribes in central Mexico and Peru. The Quapaw Tribe of Indians, history, culture, values, strength, and perseverance have allowed them to stay united as a tribe and sets them apart from other Indian tribes, although they deserve a better fate (Baird “The Quapaw People” 2).
Banks, D., Erodes, R. (2004). Dennis Banks and the Rise of the American Indian Movement. Ojibwa Warrior. Retrieved January 20, 2005, from http://www.oupress.com/bookdetail.asp?isbn=0-8061-3580-8
There were many things that shaped this community to where they are today, especially their separation from the Pequot tribe. The Moh...
Loew, P. (2001). Indian Nations of Wisconsin: histories of endurance and renewal. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press.
The James Smith Cree Nation, located about 58 kilometers east of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and is about 150 square kilometers (jamessmithcreenation, n.d.). Accordingly, the reserve is shared among two other first nations; Peter Chapman First Nation and Chakastaypasin First Nation. Their traditional land located on the north and south of the Saskatchewan River, which is historically known as Fort-a-la-Corne (jamessmithcreenation, n.d.). Fort-a-la-Corne was perceived as a place where various First Nations gathered and soon became the gateway to the western regions of Canada. As they were located in the area of a neutral trading ground they had an often occurrence with Europeans. Both French and English traders were involved and competed for the financial benefits of the fur trade. As the Europeans began to showcase their dominance by founding their farms, building infrastructure such as schools, churches, and supply centers by trading with the first nation people nearby (jamessmithcreenation, n.d.). With the European settlers’ arrival, the colonization of the lands resulted in altered governance structures, including legislation and policies, that had a profound impact on the existing community structures and continues to have implications today (Anderson et
What Champlain didn’t know is that he met the Ottawa tribes. He was the first to discover the Ottawa tribe. Champlain found out that the Ottawa men were great warrior. “He found this tribe populous; the majority of the men were great warriors, hunters, and fishermen” (Hodge, 2014). The Ottawa tribe was located north and west of the Huron territory at this time. The Ottawa claimed the Ottawa region so they could control trade with the French on the river. They started to ally with the French and the Huron’s. “Their alliance with the Huron, however, made them the enemies of the Iroquois, who forced the Ottawa to flee to the islands off Green Bay” (Ottawa, 2014). Some Ottawa’s joined the Huron’s while others moved to Keweenaw Bay in Lake Superior. From there the Sioux chased them north toward Chequamegon Bay in N Wisconsin. The French promised that the Ottawa’s would be able to go to the Manitoulin Island. In 1670, the French fufilled their promise and the Ottawa’s settled in the Manitoulin Island. Next, they joined rest of the Ottawa joined the Huron in Mackinac in Michigan. The Ottawa was involved in many wars when they settled in Mackinac. “The Ottawa were active in the Indian wars of the Old Northwest; Pontiac was an Ottawa. Pontiac calculated many attacks. Eventually part of the Ottawa settled on Walpole Island in Lake St. Clair and part on Manitoulin Island, while others have settled in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Michigan”(Ottawa,2014). In 1990 there were 8,000 Ottawa’s living in the United
The O--wash-to-nong, Quab-i-quash-sha, Cob-moos-a, Mish-i-min-econ, and The Pish-im-ne-con were major Indian groups in the mid-Michigan area. “The native population at the local settlement was estimated at 50 in 1830, and many other seasonal encampments dotted the area. This was no wilderness to the natives - this was part of a prosperous community all along
Pages one to sixty- nine in Indian From The Inside: Native American Philosophy and Cultural Renewal by Dennis McPherson and J. Douglas Rabb, provides the beginning of an in-depth analysis of Native American cultural philosophy. It also states the ways in which western perspective has played a role in our understanding of Native American culture and similarities between Western culture and Native American culture. The section of reading can be divided into three lenses. The first section focus is on the theoretical understanding of self in respect to the space around us. The second section provides a historical background into the relationship between Native Americans and British colonial power. The last section focus is on the affiliation of otherworldliness that exist between
The Iroquois includes many Indian tribes speaking a language of the Iroquoian family, such as the Huron, Mohawk, Onondaga, and Seneca among others. However, the Huron is often spoken of separately. The Iroquois differs from the Iroquois Confederacy, also known as the Iroquois League. All of them were affected by the arrival and colonization by Europeans. While Iroquois have a reputation of being violent, they were at times peaceful and were employed by different European companies; they also spread their culture and some European ideas with them. The Iroquois League has been said to have influenced the Founding Fathers, but is that true? Another question is whether the Iroquois were cannibals. They believed in witchcraft, but witchcraft
The Iroquois is a tribe of the Eastern Woodland Indians. The Iroquois is one tribe that is separated into given nations. These nations are called Seneca, Cayuga, Onondags, Onedia, and Mohawk. In the eight-tenth century Tuscarora joined the Iroquois Nation making them the sixth member of the confederation. The name Iroquois has two possible origins. It is believed that it could be derived possibly from the phrase “hiro kone” which as used by the people of the first Nations known as the Haudenosaunee who are known commonly today as the Iroquois. The phrase was a combination of the words “hiro” and “kone”. “Hiro” meant “I have spoken” while “kone” meant either “in sorrow, in truth, or in joy”. To the French then it is supposed that it sounded like Iroquois instead of “hiro kone”. Another version goes that it derives fro...
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Seeman, Erik. The Huron-Wendat Feast of the Dead: Indian-European Encounters in Early North America Baltimore, Maryland: The John Hopkins University Press, 2011
MacDougall, Brenda. One of the Family: Metis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2010.