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== History == | == History == | ||
They are a branch of the Ojibwa people (aka Algonquin, Anishinabe, Bungee, Chippewa, Little Shell, Nez Perce, 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]] District people the Saulteaux. It means "'''People of the Falls'''" in French. In Montana, the Gros Ventre are known as the '''People of the Falls '''or '''People of the Waterfalls '''or simply the '''Waterfalls People'''. They are the Chippewas who forced their way from the west to the east after the whites invaded.<br> | They are a branch of the Ojibwa people (aka Algonquin, Anishinabe, Bungee, Chippewa, Little Shell, Nez Perce, 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]] District people the Saulteaux. It means "'''People of the Falls'''" in French. In Montana, the Gros Ventre are known as the '''People of the Falls '''or '''People of the Waterfalls '''or simply the '''Waterfalls People'''. They are the Chippewas who forced their way from the west to the east after the whites invaded. They are also the '''Montana Saulteaux'''. They originally lived in the Great Falls, Montana region and still do.<br> | ||
Their original land was located at and in the immediate surrounding region of Sault Ste. Marie. Ojibwa authors from the 19th century wrote about Chippewa's from the west forcing their way to the east, after the whites invaded. According to George Copway, the Chippewa's from northern Wisconsin and Minnesota, settled the region where Sault Ste. Marie is. They then forced their way further east. Copway wrote that these Chippewa settlers colonized the region east of Lake Superior and east of Lake Huron, after 1634 and 1635. | Their original land was located at and in the immediate surrounding region of Sault Ste. Marie. Ojibwa authors from the 19th century wrote about Chippewa's from the west forcing their way to the east, after the whites invaded. According to George Copway, the Chippewa's from northern Wisconsin and Minnesota, settled the region where Sault Ste. Marie is. They then forced their way further east. Copway wrote that these Chippewa settlers colonized the region east of Lake Superior and east of Lake Huron, after 1634 and 1635. | ||
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La Loche | La Loche | ||
'''Grizzly Bears Head-Lean Man-Mosquito-Red Phesant Reserve''' (Saulteaix-Dakota) | '''Grizzly Bears Head-Lean Man-Mosquito-Red Phesant Reserve''' (Saulteaix-Dakota) | ||
'''Little Pine-Poundmaker Reserve''' (settled by chief Big Bears Saulteaux) | '''Little Pine-Poundmaker Reserve''' (settled by chief Big Bears Saulteaux) | ||
Onion Lake (settled by Saulteaux Chippewas from Montana) | Onion Lake (settled by Saulteaux Chippewas from Montana) | ||
'''Saulteaux-Moosomin Reserve''' | '''Saulteaux-Moosomin Reserve''' | ||
Sweetgrass (settled by chief Big Bears Saulteaux)<br> | Sweetgrass (settled by chief Big Bears Saulteaux)<br> | ||
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Thunderchild (settled by chief Big Bears Saulteaux) | |||
Waterhen Lake | |||
Waterhen Lake | |||
Witchekan Lake | Witchekan Lake | ||
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Kwadacha (Sekani) | Kwadacha (Sekani) | ||
McLeod Lake (Sekani) | McLeod Lake (Sekani) | ||
Takla (Sekani) | Takla (Sekani) | ||
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Tsey Keh (Sekani) | Tsey Keh (Sekani) | ||
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Halfway River (Beaver) | Halfway River (Beaver) | ||
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Saulteau (aka East Moberly Lake) | |||
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West Moberly Lake (Beaver) | West Moberly Lake (Beaver) | ||
== Records == | == Records == | ||