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Encyclopedia > Ottawa (tribe)
Ottawa
Total population: 15,000
Significant populations in: United States (Oklahoma, Michigan)
Canada (Ontario)
Language: English, Ottawa
Religion: Christianity, other
Related ethnic groups: Ojibwe, Potawatomi and other Algonquian peoples

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. Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 20th 181,196 km² 355 km 645 km 1. ... Official language(s) English de-facto Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 11th 96,889 mi² / 250,941 km² 239 miles / 385 km 491 miles / 790 km 41. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English, French (in some areas) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 106 24 Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 4th 1,076,395... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... For other uses of Chippewa, see Chippewa (disambiguation). ... Rain dance, Kansas, c. ... The Algonquian (also Algonkian) 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). ... Assiniboin Boy, an Atsina Native Americans in the United States (also Indians, American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Peoples, Aboriginal Peoples, Aboriginal Americans, Amerindians, Amerinds, or Original Americans) are those indigenous peoples within the territory that is now encompassed by the continental United States, and their descendants in modern times. ... Carved mask in Vancouver First Nations is a term for ethnicity used in Canada to replace the word Indian. It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. ... For other uses of Chippewa, see Chippewa (disambiguation). ... The Great Lakes from space; Lake Huron is the third from the left. ... Official language(s) English de-facto Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 11th 96,889 mi² / 250,941 km² 239 miles / 385 km 491 miles / 790 km 41. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English, French (in some areas) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 106 24 Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 4th 1,076,395... Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 20th 181,196 km² 355 km 645 km 1. ... The Algonquian (also Algonkian) 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). ...


Like the Ojibwe, the Ottawa usually refer to themselves as Anishinaabe (plural: Anishinabek), meaning original people. 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. ...


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. Rain dance, Kansas, c. ... The Council of Three Fires was a long-standing alliance of the Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi Native American tribes and First Nations. ... The Iroquois Confederacy (also known as the League of Peace and Power) is a group of First Nations/Native Americans. ... The Sioux (also Dakota) are a Native American tribe. ... No authentic images of Pontiac are known to exist. ... Pontiacs Rebellion was a war launched in 1763 by Native Americans who were dissatisfied with British rule in the Great Lakes region and the Ohio Country after the British victory in the French and Indian War. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...


The name in its English transcription is the source of the place names of Ottawa, Ontario and the Ottawa River, even though the Ottawa's territory (at the time of early European contact) was well to the west of city and river named after them. For several other places named for the Ottawa, see Ottawa (disambiguation). This article is about the capital city of Canada. ... This is about the river in Canada. ...


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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ottawa tribe (1168 words)
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).
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.
People: The Ottawa are generally considered to be an offshoot of the Ojibwe tribe, with whom they continue to maintain close and friendly relations.
Ottawa Indian Tribe History (1634 words)
He adds that the ancient habitat of the Ottawa had been a quarter of Lake Huron, whence the fear of the Iroquois drove them, and whither were borne all their longings, as it were, to their native country.
The two tribes lived together until about 1700, when the Hurons removed to the vicinity of Detroit, while a portion of the Ottawa about this time seems to have obtained a foothold on the west shore of Lake Huron between Saginaw bay and Detroit, where the Potawatomi were probably in close union with them.
All the Ottawa lands along the west shore of Lake Michigan were ceded by various treaties, ending with the Chicago treaty of Sept. 26, 1833, wherein they agreed to remove to lands granted them on Missouri river in the north east corner of Kansas.
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