Ottawa (tribe)
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The Ottawa (also Odawa, Odaawa, Outaouais, or Trader) are a Native American and First Nations people. They are related to but distinct from the Ojibwe nation. They lived near the northern shores of Lake Huron. There are approximately 15,000 Ottawa living in Michigan, Ontario, and Oklahoma. The Ottawa language is part of the Algonquian language family.
Like the Ojibwe, the Ottawa usually refer to themselves as Anishinaabe (plural: Anishinabek), meaning original people.
The Ottawa and Ojibwe were part of a long term alliance with the Potawatomi tribe, called the Council of Three Fires and which fought the Iroquois Confederacy and the Sioux. The Ottawa allied with the French against the British and the Ottawa Chief Pontiac led a rebellion against the British in 1763.
The name in its English transcription is the source of the place names of Ottawa, Ontario and the Ottawa River.
Odawa Communities
- Walpole Island, on unceded territory between Ontario and Michigan
- Ottawa Tribe (Oklahoma)
- Grand River Bands, Michigan
- Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians [1], Michigan
- Burt Lake Band, Michigan
Categories: Languages of Canada | Native American tribes | First Nations in Ontario | Algonquian languages | Languages of the United States | Indigenous languages of the North American eastern woodlands
