Odawa

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The Odawa are an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people of North America, historically centered around the Great Lakes region and known for their extensive trade networks and close cultural ties with neighboring tribes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people
Indigenous people
Native American people
closeCulturalTiesWith Ojibwe
Potawatomi
colonialContactWith American colonists
British colonists
French colonists
continent North America
culturalGroup Anishinaabe
linked to: Anishinabek
ethnicGroupOf Canada
United States
hasRecognizedTribe 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
Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation
Sheshegwaning First Nation
Wikwemikong First Nation
Zhiibaahaasing First Nation
historicalRegion Georgian Bay
Great Lakes region
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lower Peninsula of Michigan
Manitoulin Island
involvedInConflict Pontiac's War
War of 1812
knownFor agriculture and fishing
birchbark canoes
extensive trade networks
middleman role in regional trade
languageFamily Algonquian languages
memberOf Council of Three Fires
nativeLanguage Odawa language
Ottawa dialect of Ojibwe
notableLeader Pontiac
presentIn Kansas
Michigan
Oklahoma
Ontario
Wisconsin
relatedEthnicGroup Algonquin
Miami
Ojibwe
Potawatomi
religion Anishinaabe spiritual beliefs
Midewiwin
traditionalCraft basketry
beadwork
quillwork
traditionalEconomy agriculture
fishing
fur trade
hunting
intertribal trade
traditionalFood beans
corn
squash
traditionalHousing wigwam
treatyPartyTo Robinson Huron Treaty (1850)
Treaty of Detroit (1807)
Treaty of Greenville
Treaty of Washington (1836)
UNESCOStatusOfLanguage endangered
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Potawatomi councilPartner Odawa
Potawatomi currentFirstNation Walpole Island First Nation
linked to: Odawa
Ojibwe subgroupOf Anishinaabe peoples
linked to: Odawa
Ojibwe relatedEthnicGroup Odawa
Ottawa River namedAfter Odawa people
linked to: Odawa
Council of Three Fires hasMember Odawa
subject linked to: Bodéwadmi
Bodéwadmi kinshipWith Odawa
Ottawa people nativeName Odawa
Midewiwin ethnicContext Odawa
Algonquin people relatedEthnicGroup Odawa people
linked to: Odawa
Anishinabek hasPart Odawa
Defence of Upper Canada alliedWith Odawa
subject linked to: defence of Upper Canada
Ottawa autonym Odawa
Ottawa nameVariant Odawa
Egushawa ethnicGroup Odawa people
linked to: Odawa
Egushawa countryOfCitizenship Odawa nation
linked to: Odawa
Ottawa, Illinois, United States namedAfter Odawa people
linked to: Odawa
Ignatius Petosega ethnicGroup Odawa people
linked to: Odawa
Ignatius Petosega culture Odawa culture
linked to: Odawa
Ignatius Petosega associatedWithPeople Odawa people
linked to: Odawa
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians ethnicGroup Odawa people
linked to: Odawa
Odawa language spokenBy Odawa people
linked to: Odawa
Odawa language hasDialect Manitoulin Odawa
linked to: Odawa
Odawa language hasDialect Waganakising Odawa
linked to: Odawa
Odawa language hasAlternativeName Odawa Ojibwe
linked to: Odawa