Louis Riel I will perhaps be one day acknowledged as more than a leader of the Half-breeds, and if I am, I will have an opportunity of being acknowledged as a leader of good in this great country. Louis Riel A pivotal figure in the Metis and First Nations resistance against colonialism in Canada, Louis […]
Noted fur trader, Alexander Ross, described a Metis and Ojibwe hunting expedition that took place in 1840. According to Ross, two expeditions were undertaken that year by a group that include about 1,630 men, women, and children. The hunters started their hunt leaving from Red River Colony where they made a stop at Fort Garry […]
Pow Wows (or “Ni-mi-win” in the Ojibwe language) are the Native American people’s way of meeting together, to join in dancing, singing, visiting, renewing old friendships, and making new ones. They one of the best ways to experience Native American culture, music, and traditional crafts. There are several different stories of how the powwow was started. […]
In the spring of, 1860, Charles Grant was encamped with a party of Ojibwe and Metis hunters on the Mouse River. In the middle of the night, twelve horses were stolen. No trace of the horses could be found.Later that summer, a party of thirty-six Yankton Dakotas arrived at St. Joseph with the stolen horses […]
The Ojibwe comprise numerous communities in the United States in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Montana, and in Canada in Ontario, southern and central Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The most common explanation of the name “Ojibwe” is said to be related to a root word meaning “puckered up,” in reference to the distinct style of […]
1874 Delegation to Washington DC ‘Aisance’ Little Shell I (b. ca.1756 – d. 1813) Term of Leadership from about 1776 to 1813. Killed in battle at Devil’s Lake. ‘Makadeshib’ Black Duck (b. ca. 1790 – d. 1824) Served as ‘regent’ from 1813 until 1815, until Weesh-e-damo (Little Shell II) came of age. ‘Weesh-e-damo’ Little Shell […]
In about 1808, on the same day that the Dakota attacked the Ojibwe at Long Prairie (Minnesota) a large war party of Sisseton, Wahpeton, and Yankton attacked the Ojibwe village near Pembina, who were encamped under the leadership of Aise-ance (Chief Little Shell I). The battle was quite fierce and despite being outnumbered, the Ojibwe […]
In about 1808, on the same day that the Dakota attacked the Ojibwe at Long Prairie (Minnesota) a large war party of Sisseton, Wahpeton, and Yankton attacked the Ojibwe village near Pembina, who were encamped under the leadership of Aise-ance (Chief Little Shell I). The battle was quite fierce and despite being outnumbered, the Ojibwe […]
Turtle Mountain Tribal Flag The flags of North Dakota’s five tribal nations will be on permanent display outside the governor’s office at the state Capitol. Republican Gov. Doug Burgum announced the decision to display the flags during his State of the State address in January. The bipartisan Legislative Procedure and Arrangements Committee approved making the […]
1874 Delegation to Washington DC ‘Aisance’ Little Shell I (b. ca.1756 – d. 1813) Term of Leadership from about 1776 to 1813. Killed in battle at Devil’s Lake. ‘Makadeshib’ Black Duck (b. ca. 1790 – d. 1824) Served as ‘regent’ from 1813 until 1815, until Weesh-e-damo (Little Shell II) came of age. ‘Weesh-e-damo’ Little Shell […]
RISING SUN – Se-gon-ake-skung Rising Sun (Se-gon-ake-skung) was a notable headman and visionary of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. He was one of the original signers of the Red Lake and Pembina Chippewa Treaty at the Old Crossing 1863. Rising Sun’s village was located near Dunseith, North Dakota, at the western edge of Lake […]
The use of plants for medicine was a specialty of the Chippewa and much of the knowledge of plants gathering and medicinal properties is passed down generation to generation. The myriad of plants and their uses would encompass its own book. Those discussed in this section are but a few of the more common historically […]
In about 1808, on the same day that the Dakota attacked the Ojibwe at Long Prairie (Minnesota) a large war party of Sisseton, Wahpeton, and Yankton attacked the Ojibwe village near Pembina, who were encamped under the leadership of Aise-ance (Chief Little Shell I). The battle was quite fierce and despite being outnumbered, the Ojibwe […]
This is NOT an exhaustive list of everyone who was present at the Grand Council of 1892, but is a list of persons present who had both a listed name and an accompanying “Indian name” listed in the minutes. Most of the names are in either Michif or Ojibwe. No translations are provided and the […]
