Ottawa tribe

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Indigenous people of North America Native American tribe

The Ottawa tribe is a Native American people of the Great Lakes region, historically known for their roles in regional trade networks and in resistance conflicts against European and American expansion.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ottawa tribe canonical 3
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians 2
Ottawa Nation 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of North America ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ
colonialEraAlly France ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
culturalRegion Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
ethnographicRegion Great Lakes region ⓘ
ethnonymMeaning often interpreted as "traders" or "to trade" ⓘ
federallyRecognizedGroup Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians ⓘ
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians ⓘ
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians ⓘ
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Odawa ⓘ
Ottawa ⓘ
surface form: Ottowa
hasNameInLanguage Odawa language ⓘ
surface form: Odawa language: Odawa
historicalRole middleman in Great Lakes fur trade ⓘ
participant in regional trade networks ⓘ
participant in resistance to American expansion ⓘ
participant in resistance to European expansion ⓘ
isPartOf Anishinabek ⓘ
surface form: Anishinaabe cultural group
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
modernPresence Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
notableEventParticipation Pontiac's War ⓘ
notableLeader Pontiac ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Anishinabek ⓘ
surface form: Anishinaabe peoples

Ojibwe ⓘ
Potawatomi ⓘ
religiousTradition Anishinaabe spiritual beliefs ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
woodworking ⓘ
traditionalCrops beans ⓘ
corn ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fur trade ⓘ
traditionalHousing wigwams ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Odawa language ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Lake Huron watershed ⓘ
surface form: Lake Huron region

Lake Michigan region ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
treatyHistory Land cessions in the Great Lakes region ⓘ
Treaties with the United States government ⓘ
usesClanSystem yes ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Little Turtle's War → belligerent → Ottawa tribe ⓘ
Odawa → hasRecognizedTribe → Ottawa tribe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
Ottawa, Kansas → namedAfter → Ottawa tribe ⓘ
Ottawa people → presentDayCommunity → Ottawa tribe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
Ottawa County, Oklahoma → namedAfter → Ottawa tribe ⓘ
Egushawa → partOf → Ottawa tribe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottawa bands of the Great Lakes
Fort McIntosh → treatyParties → Ottawa tribe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottawa Nation