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== History == | == History == | ||
They are a branch of the Ojibwa people (aka Algonquin, Anishinabe, Bungee, Chippewa, Little Shell, Ojibway, Ojibwe, Pembina, Saginaw, Sac and Sauk. Their land was located just east of Lake Superior when the English and French first met them in the early 17th century. It was the French who supposedly named these eastern Lake Superior Chippewa's Saulteaux. It means "People of the Rapids" in French. | They are a branch of the Ojibwa people (aka Algonquin, Anishinabe, Bungee, Chippewa, Little Shell, Ojibway, Ojibwe, Pembina, Saginaw, Sac and Sauk. Their land was located just east of Lake Superior when the English and French first met them in the early 17th century. It was the French who supposedly named these eastern Lake Superior Chippewa's Saulteaux. It means "People of the Rapids" in French. | ||
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This Saulteaux District bordered the [[Pembina Chippewa Indian|Pembina Chippewa Indian]] District and the [[Little Shell Chippewa Tribe|Little Shell Chippewa Tribe]] District. It commences in eastern Saskatchewan and extends into Alberta. It may have included land in nortern Montana, east of the Rocky Mountains. It also included much of British Columbia, particularly northern British Columbia. Another Chippewa District was probably located in southern British Columbia. | This Saulteaux District bordered the [[Pembina Chippewa Indian|Pembina Chippewa Indian]] District and the [[Little Shell Chippewa Tribe|Little Shell Chippewa Tribe]] District. It commences in eastern Saskatchewan and extends into Alberta. It may have included land in nortern Montana, east of the Rocky Mountains. It also included much of British Columbia, particularly northern British Columbia. Another Chippewa District was probably located in southern British Columbia. | ||
Only Reservations or Reserves, in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories will be included. Historians have written that the [[Cree Indians|Cree Indians]] | Only Reservations or Reserves, in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories will be included. Historians have written that the [[Cree Indians|Cree Indians]] made no use of totems or clans. If that was correct it will signify that they are not Algonquian. However, it is known that the [[Swampy Cree|Swampy Cree]] and [[Woodland Cree|Woodland Cree]] used totems or clans. Woodland Cree are obviously Saulteaux. | ||
Their history is one that is fragmented and difficult to place together. There is one Saulteaux people in northeastern British Columbia and one in Alberta. However, there is something weary about this predicament. Probably because of the Seven Fires Prophecy which has played a major role in Saulteaux history. | |||