Ottawa Tribe Research Paper

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The Great Lakes Tribes The Indians were the first inhabitants of the Great lakes region. They were there tens for tens of thousands of years before the first settlers from Europe came. The European settlers were very curious about the Indians. The Indians lived a very different life than the Europeans. The Indians lived off the land. They farmed, hunted for food, gathered berries, and gathered water from the nearby stream. The Great Lake Tribes are not only in the United States but some are located in Canada. The Great Lake Tribes were located in Ohio, New York, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Most Indian tribes settled by some sort of water. Rivers, lakes, and streams. That is why a lot of Indian tribes settled near the Great …show more content…

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

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