Ottawa people

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The Ottawa people are an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous nation of North America traditionally located around the Great Lakes region, particularly in what is now Michigan, Ontario, and surrounding areas.

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Label Occurrences
Ottawa people canonical 11

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
First Nations people
Indigenous people
colonialEncounter British colonization of North America
French colonization of North America
country Canada
United States
culturalArea Northeastern Woodlands
economy agriculture
fishing
hunting
ethnicGroupOf North America
hasAutonym Nishnaabe
linked to: Anishinabek
hasEthnonymOrigin derived from Algonquian word for "traders"
historicalActivity fur trade
historicalRole middlemen in the North American fur trade
involvedInConflict French and Indian War
Pontiac's War
languageFamily Algonquian languages
nativeName Odawa
notableLeader Pontiac
presentDayCommunity Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
linked to: Ottawa tribe

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma
Walpole Island First Nation
Wikwemikong First Nation
region Great Lakes region
relatedEthnicGroup Ojibwe people
linked to: Anishinabek

Potawatomi people
linked to: Potawatomi
religion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
traditional Anishinaabe spirituality
subgroupOf Anishinaabe peoples
linked to: Anishinabek
traditionalCrop beans
corn
squash
traditionalLanguage Ojibwe language
linked to: Ojibwe

Ottawa language
traditionalTerritory Bruce Peninsula
Lake Huron region
Manitoulin Island
Michigan
Ontario
treatyParty Treaty of Detroit
Treaty of Greenville
Treaty of Washington (1836)
UNESCOLanguageStatus endangered (Ottawa language)
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (11)

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Ottawa County, Michigan namedAfter Ottawa people
subject linked to: Ottawa County
Ottawa County, Michigan namedAfter Ottawa people
Ottawa County, Ohio namedFor Ottawa people
Pontiac ethnicGroup Ottawa people
subject linked to: Pontiac (Ottawa war leader)
Pontiac alliedWith Ottawa people
subject linked to: Pontiac (Ottawa war leader)
Ignatius Petosega ethnicGroup Ottawa people
Odawa language spokenBy Ottawa people
Ottawa National Forest namedAfter Ottawa people