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

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Ottawa nameVariant Ottawa Indians