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    The Odawa (also Ottawa or Odaawaa /oʊˈdɑːwə/) are an Indigenous American people who primarily inhabit land in the Eastern Woodlands region, now in jurisdictions...
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    Pontiac or Obwaandi'eyaag (c. 1714/20 – April 20, 1769) was an Odawa war chief known for his role in the war named for him, from 1763 to 1766 leading...
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    Anishinaabe (category Odawa)
    United States. They include the Ojibwe (including Saulteaux and Oji-Cree), Odawa, Potawatomi, Mississaugas, Nipissing and Algonquin peoples. The Anishinaabe...
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    century, the Odawa "l" was pronounced as "n". The same word with a newer pronunciation is used for the town Manitowaning (19th-century Odawa "Manidoowaaning")...
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    Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (LTBBOI, Ojibwe: Waganakising Odawa) is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Odawa. A large percentage of...
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    to raid the Odawa village. The Odawa chief known as Le Pesant or "The Bear" decided to turn back and lead a preemptive strike. The Odawa surprised eight...
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    following are recognized, from east to west: Algonquin, Eastern Ojibwe, Ottawa (Odawa), Western Ojibwe (Saulteaux), Oji-Cree (Severn Ojibwe), Northwestern Ojibwe...
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    occupation by the Odawa people, today the county is the base for the federally recognized Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians. Odawa history records...
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    family. They are part of the Council of Three Fires (which also include the Odawa and Potawatomi) and of the larger Anishinaabeg, which also include Algonquin...
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    including the Odawa people. The name Petoskey is said to mean "where the light shines through the clouds" in the language of the Odawa. After the 1836...
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    recognized tribes of Odawa peoples in Michigan. The others are the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians and the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, both...
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  • tribes of Odawa peoples in Michigan, the Grand Traverse Band, the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians and the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians...
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  • Council of Three Fires (category Odawa)
    Indians) is a long-standing Anishinaabe alliance of the Ojibwe (or Chippewa), Odawa (or Ottawa), and Potawatomi North American Native tribes. Originally one...
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  • Odawas is a psychedelic/ambient rock band that formed in Bloomington, Indiana, in late 2003. Their first EP, Vitamin City, was self-released in 2004. In...
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    Tamyen Tataviam Tongva Wappo Wintun Yokuts Muscogee Navajo Ojibwe Osage Odawa Paiute Pawnee Pima Potawatomi Pueblo Zia Zuni Quechan Salish Seminole Shawnee...
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    of Michigan, Indiana, Kansas, Oklahoma, United States; Ontario, Canada Odawa of Michigan and now Oklahoma, United States; Ontario, Canada Mississaugas...
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    long-term alliance, called the Council of Three Fires, with the Ojibway and Odawa (Ottawa). In the Council of Three Fires, the Potawatomi are considered the...
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    was Odawa and father French, later merged her successful operations with the American Fur Company. By 1810, Chief Noonday,or Nowaquakezick, an Odawa chief...
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    with the disease; the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples were most affected by the outbreak. An oral account from Odawa tribal leader and historian Andrew...
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    Ottawa or Odawa is a dialect of the Ojibwe language spoken by the Odawa people in southern Ontario in Canada, and northern Michigan in the United States...
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  • Tamyen Tataviam Tongva Wappo Wintun Yokuts Muscogee Navajo Ojibwe Osage Odawa Paiute Pawnee Pima Potawatomi Pueblo Zia Zuni Quechan Salish Seminole Shawnee...
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  • Odawa Casino Resort is a Northern Michigan casino resort. Located in Resort Township near Petoskey, Michigan, the casino opened for business on June 20...
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    Wawatam (category Odawa people)
    Wawatam (little goose) (fl. 1762 – 1764) was an 18th-century Odawa chief who lived in the northern region of present-day Michigan's Lower Peninsula in...
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    Cobmoosa purchased the land under the Odawa village in the name of his father, fur trader Antoine Campau. The Odawa remained at their village on the Flat...
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    in land area, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The name of the island in Odawa is Michilimackinac and "Mitchimakinak" in Ojibwemowin, meaning "Great Turtle"...
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  • the Ojibwa (called Chippewa in the United States) and the Odawa. The area was known to the Odawa as Michilimackinac, meaning "Big Turtle". For these people...
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    an advantage in the fur trade, by giving him a direct connection to the Odawa. The Ottawa were among the Algonquian Anishinaabeg peoples, who inhabited...
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    Tamyen Tataviam Tongva Wappo Wintun Yokuts Muscogee Navajo Ojibwe Osage Odawa Paiute Pawnee Pima Potawatomi Pueblo Zia Zuni Quechan Salish Seminole Shawnee...
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    Tamyen Tataviam Tongva Wappo Wintun Yokuts Muscogee Navajo Ojibwe Osage Odawa Paiute Pawnee Pima Potawatomi Pueblo Zia Zuni Quechan Salish Seminole Shawnee...
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    Tamyen Tataviam Tongva Wappo Wintun Yokuts Muscogee Navajo Ojibwe Osage Odawa Paiute Pawnee Pima Potawatomi Pueblo Zia Zuni Quechan Salish Seminole Shawnee...
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