Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians: Difference between revisions

Before the onslaught of the white invasion, the Chippewas had migrated from the east to the eastern shores of Lake Superior. Exactly when this event happened is unknown. Just before the whites invaded, the Chippewas were already living where Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario are located. It was from that location which is called by the Chippewas '''Ba-wi-tig''', that either a land distribution happened or another unknown event, led to the dispercel of the Chippewas in three directions. One group went south into the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. They are known by several names including Potawatomi, Sac, Saginaw, Sauk, and Swan River and Black River Chippewas. Sac and Sauk, are short for '''Sag'''inaw. Included as Sac or Sauk, are the Kickapoo and Shawnee. The '''Fox Tribe '''is not Algonquian according to William W. Warrens 19th century book "History of the Ojibway People." Another group went north into northern Ontario. They are the Chipewyan and Cree. According to the 1832 Edinburgh Encyclopedia, the Athabascan People or Dene People including the Apache, Chipewyan, and Navajo, are Algonquian or speak Algonquin. Click [http://books.google.com/books?id=QLVkuSgdGi8C&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=strongbow+indian+tribe+and+chipewyan&source=bl&ots=KweSF3b9ab&sig=mYq_GzjL5xWRQYztic6J_a6TCB8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hsvfUs_oKsaAogSMp4CwBQ&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=strongbow%20indian%20tribe%20and%20chipewyan&f=false books.google.com/books] this link to read the Edinburgh Encyclopdia. And the other group is the Sault (pronounced as Sioux or Soo) Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan. They colonized the entire Upper Peninsula of Michigan.