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Brokenhead Ojibway Nation is governed by the Act Electoral System of government. The current leadership is Chief Gordon Bluesky and Councillors Allen (Sam) Hocaluk, Christopher Kent, Wendell Sinclair Jr (Ogimma)and Remi Olson. The Chief's and Councillors' two-year elected term began on April 18, 2022, and will conclude in April 2024.
Original Nez Perce territory (green) and the reduced reservation of 1863 (brown) Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt (or hinmatóowyalahtqĚ“it in Americanist orthography; March 3, 1840 – September 21, 1904), popularly known as Chief Joseph, Young Joseph, or Joseph the Younger, was a leader of the wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce, a Native American tribe of the interior Pacific Northwest ...
According to Ojibwe legend, the protective charms originate with the Spider Woman, known as Asibikaashi; who takes care of the children and the people on the land and as the Ojibwe Nation spread to the corners of North America it became difficult for Asibikaashi to reach all the children, so the mothers and grandmothers wove webs for the ...
A plan of Lower Fort Garry. The negotiations of Treaty 1 spanned over a period of eight days from July 27 to August 3, 1871. Led by governor Archibald and his commissioner Wemyss Simpson, the Canadian government invited the indigenous communities to attend negotiations for a treaty at Lower Fort Garry (or Stone Fort). [6]
Kechewaishke was described as "head and the chief of the Chippewa Nation" and a man respected "for his rare integrity, wisdom in council, power as an orator, and magnanimity as a warrior." In his final hours he requested that his tobacco pouch and pipe be carried to Washington, D.C., and given to the government.
The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of The Ojibway Nation at Google Books. The Life, History, & Travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh (George Copway): A Young Indian Chief of the Ojebwa Nation, at Google Books. "George Copway", Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. "George Copway", The Canadian Encyclopedia. "Copway, George" .
Chief Okemos. Image provided by Valencian Museum of Ethnology. John Okemos (Ojibwe: Ogimaans; c. 1775 – 1858) was a Ohioan Ojibwe (Chippewa) chief. He participated in Tecumseh's War and was a signatory of the Treaty of Saginaw. [1] "Okemos" was the anglicised form of his Ojibwe language name ogimaans meaning "Little Chief". "John" was an ...
2017 14 February Ontario Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba ruled in favour of Beaverhouse First Nation Chief Marcia Brown Martel on behalf of c. 16,000 individuals affected by the Sixties Scoop—in Brown v. Canada (Attorney General). The class action lawsuit, which was first certified in 2010, was part of a series of class action lawsuits ...