Ottawa Indians

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Ottawa Indians refers to the Indigenous Ottawa (Odawa) people of North America, historically known as skilled traders and part of the larger Anishinaabe cultural group around the Great Lakes region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anishinaabe people
First Nations people
Indigenous people
alternateName Odawa
Ottawa Nation
linked to: Ottawa tribe

Ottawa people
ceremonialSociety Midewiwin
countryToday Canada
United States
culturallyRelatedTo Ojibwe
Potawatomi
culturalPractice clan system
economy agriculture
fishing
hunting
trade
ethnonymInLanguage Odawa (Anishinaabemowin)
linked to: Odawa
historicalRole fur trade intermediaries
middlemen traders
involvedInConflict French and Indian War
Pontiac's War
War of 1812
language Odawa language
languageFamily Algonquian languages
locatedIn Great Lakes region
materialCulture birchbark canoes
birchbark containers
modernCommunity Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
Walpole Island First Nation
Wikwemikong First Nation
notableLeader Pontiac
partOf Anishinaabe cultural group
regionToday Michigan
Ontario
religion Anishinaabe spiritual beliefs
traditionalArt beadwork
quillwork
traditionalClothing buckskin garments
traditionalCrop beans
corn
squash
traditionalHousing longhouse
wigwam
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Lake Huron region
Lake Michigan region
Michigan
Ohio
Ontario
Wisconsin
treatyPartyTo Jay Treaty era agreements
Treaty of Greenville
various 18th-century British treaties in Great Lakes region

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Ottawa nameVariant Ottawa Indians