Odawa

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First Nations people Indigenous people Native American people

The Odawa are an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people of North America, historically centered around the Great Lakes region and known for their extensive trade networks and close cultural ties with neighboring tribes.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Anishinaabe peoples	1
Odawa people	1
Walpole Island First Nation	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First Nations people ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ Native American people ⓘ
closeCulturalTiesWith	Ojibwe ⓘ Potawatomi NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialContactWith	American colonists ⓘ British colonists ⓘ French colonists ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
culturalGroup	Anishinabek ⓘ surface form: Anishinaabe
ethnicGroupOf	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasRecognizedTribe	Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottawa tribe ⓘ surface form: Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians ⓘ Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma ⓘ Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation ⓘ Sheshegwaning First Nation ⓘ M’Chigeeng First Nation ⓘ surface form: Wikwemikong First Nation Zhiibaahaasing First Nation ⓘ
historicalRegion	Georgian Bay ⓘ Great Lakes region ⓘ Lake Huron NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ Manitoulin Island ⓘ
involvedInConflict	Pontiac's War ⓘ War of 1812 ⓘ
knownFor	agriculture and fishing ⓘ birchbark canoes ⓘ extensive trade networks ⓘ middleman role in regional trade ⓘ
languageFamily	Algonquian languages ⓘ
memberOf	Council of Three Fires ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Odawa language ⓘ Ottawa dialect of Ojibwe ⓘ
notableLeader	Pontiac NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentIn	Kansas ⓘ Michigan ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Algonquin ⓘ Miami NERFINISHED ⓘ Ojibwe ⓘ Potawatomi NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Anishinaabe spiritual beliefs ⓘ Midewiwin ⓘ
traditionalCraft	basketry ⓘ beadwork ⓘ quillwork ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ fur trade ⓘ hunting ⓘ intertribal trade ⓘ
traditionalFood	beans ⓘ corn ⓘ squash ⓘ
traditionalHousing	wigwam ⓘ
treatyPartyTo	Robinson Huron Treaty (1850) ⓘ Treaty of Detroit (1807) ⓘ Treaty of Greenville ⓘ Treaty of Washington (1836) ⓘ
UNESCOStatusOfLanguage	endangered ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Council of Three Fires → associatedPeople → Odawa ⓘ

Potawatomi → councilPartner → Odawa ⓘ

Potawatomi → currentFirstNation → Odawa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walpole Island First Nation

Chief Ignatius Petosega → ethnicity → Odawa ⓘ

Bodéwadmi → hasMember → Odawa ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Three Fires

Council of Three Fires → hasMember → Odawa ⓘ

Bodéwadmi → kinshipWith → Odawa ⓘ

Ottawa River → namedAfter → Odawa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odawa people

Ojibwe → relatedEthnicGroup → Odawa ⓘ

Potawatomi → relatedEthnicGroup → Odawa ⓘ

Treaty of Chicago → signatory → Odawa ⓘ

Ojibwe → subgroupOf → Odawa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anishinaabe peoples