Ottawa
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History, Canadian History
- Geographical Location: Canada, Michigan, Oklahoma
The Ottawa, members of the Algonquian language group, came from north of the Great Lakes with the Chippewa (Ojibwa) and Potawatomi; they formed the Council of Three Tribes. By the 1600's, the tribes had separated, with the Ottawa controlling the northern shore of Lake Huron and Manitoulin Island in the lake and the other two tribes settling farther south and west. “Ottawa” means “to trade” in Algonquian, and tribal members controlled commerce in furs, skins, corn, sunflower oil, tobacco, roots, and herbs among the Native American tribes in the northern Great Lakes region before...
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