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The Ottawa Native American Tribe
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The Ottawa Native American Tribe
Gweney Boncher
Darling
English 6th hour
3/12/21
Intro
Did you know that the Ottawa people refer to themselves as ( Anishinaabe), which means original person?
Intro
Thesis
The Ottawa Native American Tribe is very complex, and had an influence on building the America we know today.
Thesis
Location
- They lived throughout Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Southern Canada.
Location
Map
Daily Life
- Trading was a big part in their daily lives.
- The Ottawa traded mostly furs and other things with the French.
Daily Life
Games
- They played an early version of lacrosse, danced, ran foot races, made pictures and did crafts.
Games
Houses
- The Ottawa people did not live in tepees, instead they lived in houses called wigwams.
Houses
Food
- The Ottawa were hunters, gatherers, farmers, and traders.
- They also hunted muskrat, porcupine, rabbit, wolf, squirrel, otter, marten and mink.
Population
- The Ottawa was never the biggest tribe, when the europeans first came, there was around 5,000 people in the tribe.
- many people died to diseases the europeans brought with them that they weren't used to.
Population
Government
- The Government was made up of band chiefs who formed a governing council with a head chief.
- Each band elected their own chief and then these chiefs would elect a head chief.
- There's a chief, second chief, first councilman, and second councilman.
- Those people are elected from every member of the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma.
Uprising
- The French were defeated by the British, and takeover the Great Lakes in 1760.
- Other tribes had tried to organize an uprising.
- Ottawa chief called for revolt, every tribe listened.
War
- The Northwest Indian War began in 1785.
- Wanted the American pioneers not to keep settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
- They fought a series of battles against the United States.
War
Meaning
-The word Ottawa means
" Meaning to trade."
- They spoke the Algonquian language.
Meaning
Conclusion
Conclusion
In conclusion, The Ottawa Native American Tribe is very complex, and had an influence on building the America we know and love today.
Works cited
Works Cited
“Traditions of the Ottawa Regarding Their Early History.” Native American Nations. 2019 www.nanations.com/ottawachippewa/traditions.htm.
“Ottawa.” The Powhatan and the Ottawa Native American Tribes.
http://www2.needham.k12.ma.us/broadmeadow/techcenter/modena_links/mckenna_nat_am/powott/powott.html
“Ottawa History.” Ottawa. www.tolatsga.org/otta.html.
“History Archives Library.” Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma.
http://www.ottawatribe.org/history-archives-library/#:~:text=The%20Ottawa%20were%20very%20important,lived%20in%20wigwams,%20or%20wikis.
“Ottawa People.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
www.britannica.com/topic/Ottawa-people.
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Ottawa". Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Jun. 2019.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ottawa-people
“Ottawa Indian Tribe.” Legends of America, October 2018.
www.legendsofamerica.com/ottawa-tribe/.
“ History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan.” Native American Nations.
www.nanations.com/ottawachippewa
“Ottawa (Native Americans of the Northeast Woodlands).” What-When-How.
https://what-when-how.com/native-americans/ottawa-native-americans-of-the-northeast-woodlands/ .
“ Look into the Michigan Tribes.” To Be A Chippewa.
https://www.cmich.edu/ess/cid/NAP/HP---ToBeAChippewa/Pages/Michigan_Tribes.aspx#:~:text=There%20are%20three%20major%20tribal,still%20are%20some%20historical%20differences.
“ Great Lakes Indigenous People and the French.” Snake River Fur Post.
https://www.mnhs.org/furpost/learn/french#:~:text=The%20French%20traded%20iron%20tools,goods%20from%20around%20the%20world.