The Ottawa (also Odawa or Odaawa) are a Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. This term comprises a large number of distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of them... Native American people. They are related to but distinct from the For other uses of Chippewa, see Chippewa (disambiguation). The Ojibwa or Chippewa (also Ojibwe, Ojibway, Chippeway) are the third-largest group of Native Americans in the United States, surpassed only by Cherokee and Navajo. The major component group of the Anishinaabe, they number over 100,000 living in an area... Ojibwe tribe. They lived near the northern shores of The Great Lakes from space; Lake Huron is the third from the left. Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of eastern North America, and separates Michigan from Ontario. Georgian Bay, the easternmost part of Lake Huron, is entirely within Canada. Lake Huron is separated from Lake Michigan... Lake Huron. There are approximately 15,000 Ottawa living in State of Michigan (Flag of Michigan) (Seal of Michigan) State nickname: Wolverine State Other U.S. States Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Governor Jennifer Granholm Official languages English Area 250,941 km² (11th)  - Land 147,255 km²  - Water 103,687 km² (41.3%) Population (2000)  ... Michigan, Ontario (Flag of Ontario) (Coat of Arms of Ontario) Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741... Ontario, and State of Oklahoma (Flag of Oklahoma) (Seal of Oklahoma) State nickname: Sooner State Other U.S. States Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Governor Brad Henry Official languages None Area 181,196 km² (20th)  - Land 178,023 km²  - Water 3,173 km² (1.8%) Population... Oklahoma. The Ottawa language is part of the The Algonquian languages are a subfamily of Native American languages that includes most of the languages in the Algic language family (others are Wiyot and Yurok of northwestern California). They should be carefully distinguished from Algonquin, which is only one language of many Algonquian languages. Before the European colonisation of... Algonquian language family.

Like the Ojibwe, the Ottawa usually referred to themselves as Anishinaabe is a self-description often used by people belonging to the indigenous Odawa, Ojibwe, and Algonkin peoples of North America, who share closely related Algonkian languages. There are many variant spellings of this name, depending on the transcription scheme and also on whether the name is singular or plural... Anishinaabe (plural: Anishinabek), meaning original people.

The Ottawa and Ojibwe were part of a long term alliance with the The Potawatomi (also spelled Pottawatomie or Pottawatomi) are an Aboriginal American people of the upper Mississippi River region. The Potawatomi were part of a long term alliance with the Ottawa and Ojibwe, called the Council of Three Fires and which fought with the Iroquois Confederacy and the Sioux. There are... Potawatomi tribe, called the The Council of Three Fires was a long-standing alliance of the Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi Native American tribes and First Nations. This alliance fought against the Iroquois Confederacy and the Sioux. External links Confederacy of Three Fires: A History of the Anishinabek Nation (http://www.anishinabek.ca/uoi... Council of Three Fires and which fought the The Iroquois Confederacy (also known as the League of Peace and Power) is a group of First Nations/Native Americans. Based in upstate New York at the time of the arrival of the Europeans, they now occupy territory in Ontario, Quebec and New York. Panoramic View of Iroquois, 1914 The... Iroquois Confederacy and the Alternative meaning: Lakota, Côte dIvoire is a département of Côte dIvoire. The Lakota (friends or allies, sometimes also spelled Lakhota, and pronounced Lakxóta by the Lakota people) are a Native American tribe, also known as the Sioux (see Names). The Lakota are part of... Sioux. The Ottawa allied with the The French Republic or France ( French (Français) Spoken in: The French Republic or France ( French (Fran ais) Spoken in: France and 53 other countries Region: Europe Total speakers: 128 million Ranking: 11 Genetic classification: Indo-European  Italic   Romance    Italo-Western   ... French against the The word Britain is used to refer to the United Kingdom (UK): i.e. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (from 1927), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801_1927) or the united Kingdom of Great Britain (1707-Great Britain (with its outlying islands) consisting of... British and the Ottawa Pontiac (c.1720–April 20, 1769), was a Native American Ottawa leader, famous for his participation in a war against British occupation that bears his name: Pontiacs Rebellion. Pontiac rose to great fame and importance during that war, and yet the documentary evidence of Pontiacs life is... Chief Pontiac led a rebellion against the British in Years: 1760 1761 1762 - 1763 - 1764 1765 1766 Decades: 1730s 1740s 1750s - 1760s - 1770s 1780s 1790s Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1763 in art 1763 in literature 1763 in music 1763 in science List of state leaders in 1763 List of religious leaders in 1763 Events February 10... 1763.

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• Walpole Island is an island in southwestern Ontario, Canada on the border between Ontario and Michigan in the United States. It is located in the mouth of the St. Clair River on Lake St. Clair, approximately 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario. It is unceded... Walpole Island, on In North America, unceded territory is territory that has never been set apart, legislated, founded, created or established as a reserve. Therefore, the title is still held, and has been continuously held, by the indigenous people who lived there when European settlers entered the country. Categories: Native American ... unceded territory between the Ontario (Flag of Ontario) (Coat of Arms of Ontario) Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741... Ontario and State of Michigan (Flag of Michigan) (Seal of Michigan) State nickname: Wolverine State Other U.S. States Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Governor Jennifer Granholm Official languages English Area 250,941 km² (11th)  - Land 147,255 km²  - Water 103,687 km² (41.3%) Population (2000)  ... Michigan
• Ottawa Tribe (Oklahoma)
• Grand River Bands, Michigan
• Burt Lake Band, Michigan