Ojibwa

The 2023 Native American Festival will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Museum of Ojibwa Culture in St. Ignace, recognizing and celebrating the rich culture and contributions of the area’s Anishinaabe people.

And though the Ojibwa people were very familiar with the location of the river’s beginning, it was only about 180 years ago that Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, along with his guide Chief Ozawindib, became the first European to “discover” its source.

Another recent example is Brian Sinclair, an Ojibwa man, who in 2008 died in a Winnipeg emergency room, where he waited for 34 hours and was not seen by hospital staff who assumed he was intoxicated, or homeless, or had been previously discharged.

Cory Jones, of the Ojibwa First Nations, shared his story of going university to become an engineer.

Goyce’s The Flight and Joshim’s Moose are examples of works inspired from Ojibwa myths and legends emblematic of the brothers’ works of art.

Which is where part-Ojibwa playwright Drew Hayden Taylor comes in.

Ojibwa ethnobotanist Keewaydinoquay Peschel reported its use among her people, where it was known as the miskwedo. citation citation This information was enthusiastically received by Wasson, although evidence from other sources was lacking.

When the Iroquois withdrew and the Anishnabeg / Ojibwa / Mississaugas moved in from the north to southern Ontario, they retained the Iroquois name.sfn The first documented European to reach the lake was Étienne Brûlé in 1615.