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Shadawish was an Ojibwe chief during the 17th and 18th centuries.
In 1671 he was given a gold medal at Sault Ste-Marie by the French. He later moved his family to Wisconsin River becoming the first Ojibwe to settle in what is today Wisconsin.
Biography
[edit]He was the son of Akeguiow. According to Dr DuLong, Ke-che-ne-zuh-yauh might have been the father of Akeguiow. Shadawish was the brother of Waubujejack.[1]
According to William Warren, in 1671 the French gave him a gold medal at a convocation in Sault Ste-Marie.[2]
Sometime before 1745, he led his extended family to the headwater of the Wisconsin River near Lac Vieux Desert,[3] becoming the first Ojibwe to settle in Wisconsin.[4] Under the leadership of the chief he settled his people at Turtle-Flambeau Flowage in 1745.[5][6]
After the Ojibwe pushed the Meskwaki west, Shadawish's son Keesh-ke-mun took over his father's mission.[3]
Names
[edit]"Shadawish", also spelled She-da-wish[1] or Sha-da-nish,[4] means "Bad Pelican".
References
[edit]- 1 2 DuLong 2020, p. 97-98.
- ↑ Warren 2009, p. 131.
- 1 2 Leow 2001, p. 69.
- 1 2 DuLong 2020, p. 93.
- ↑ Valliere Jr, Leon (2004). Memories of Lac du Flambeau Elders: With a Brief History of Waaswaagoning Ojibweg. Madison WI: Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures. pp. 9–76. ISBN 0-924119-21-7.
- ↑ "Historical Timeline – Ojibwe Museum & Cultural Center". Retrieved November 7, 2020.
Bibliography
[edit]- DuLong, John P. (2020), Jean-Baptiste Cadotte's First Family: Genealogical Summary, University of Saskatchewan
- Loew, Patty (Jun 30, 2013). Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal (2 ed.). Wisconsin Historical Society. ISBN 9780870205941.
- Loew, Patricia (2001). Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal. Wisconsin Historical Society Press. ISBN 9780870203350.
- Warren, William (2009). Schenck, Theresa (ed.). History of the Ojibway People. Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 9780873516433.