Ottawa

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Ottawa are an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people of North America historically known for their role in Great Lakes trade networks and resistance to European colonial expansion.

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Label Occurrences
Ottawa canonical 18
Ottowa 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
First Nations people
Indigenous people
Ottawa leader
autonym Anishinabek
surface form: Nishnaabe

Odawa
colonialEraAlly French colonial authorities
country Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalPractice Midewiwin
surface form: Midewiwin ceremonies
culturalRegion Great Lakes–St. Lawrence forest region
surface form: Subarctic and Great Lakes woodlands
ethnicGroupOf North America
historicalRegion Great Lakes region
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio Valley region
surface form: Ohio Valley

Ontario
Wisconsin
involvedIn Pontiac's War
knownFor intermediary role in fur trade
participation in Great Lakes trade networks
resistance to European colonial expansion
languageFamily Algonquian languages
led Pontiac's War
modernCommunity Odawa communities in Michigan
Odawa communities in Oklahoma
Odawa communities in Ontario
nameVariant Odawa
Ottawa Indians
notableLeader Pontiac
primaryLanguage Ojibwe
surface form: Ojibwe language

Ottawa language
relatedEthnicGroup Anishinabek
surface form: Anishinaabe peoples

Ojibwe
Potawatomi
religion Christianity
traditional Anishinaabe spirituality
subgroupOf Anishinabek
surface form: Anishinaabe
traditionalClanSystem Anishinaabe doodem system
traditionalEconomy agriculture
fishing
fur trade
hunting
traditionalHousing wigwams
treatyParty Treaty of Greenville
various 18th-century British treaties
various 19th-century United States treaties
UNESCOLanguageStatus endangered language community

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