Ottawa Tribes: Difference between revisions

'''Various spellings:''' Ottawa, Ottowa, Ottoway  

The [[Chippewa Indians|Chippewa,]] [[Potawatomi Indians|Potawatomi]] and the Ottawa formed the Council of Three Fires.  

The tribe is federally recognized as the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma.  

=== Tribal Headquarters  ===

*[http://www.gtbindians.org/contact-us.html Grand River Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians] government offices at Peshawbestown, Michigan  

Another group of Ottawa Indians lived in northwestern Ohio and participated in the War of 1812 under the leadership of Pontiac, who was a well-known chief of the tribe. They were a party to the Treaty of Greenville, signed on August 3, 1795 in Indiana<ref>The Treaty of Greenville, as it appears in The Laws of the United States, printed by Richard Folwell, Philadelphia, 1796 [http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/greenville/ Available online].</ref>. Some members of this part of the Ottawa Nation were removed to Kansas and later to Oklahoma<ref>"Ottawa Indians", Ohio History Central, July 1, 2005, http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=614</ref>.  

Ohio History Central article on the [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=614 Ottawa Indians]  

=== Brief Timeline  ===

*'''1979:'''&nbsp;Ottawa Tribe reestablished as a federally recognized government when the Ottawa Council and the U.S. Congress ratified the Constitution. Present day members&nbsp;of the Ottawa of Oklahoma tribe must present proof of blood relatives on the 1956 roll and an original birth certificate.

=== Reservations  ===

The following list of agencies that have operated or now exist in Illinois has been compiled from Hill's ''Office of Indian Affairs...''<ref>Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches'', Clearwater Publishing Co., Inc. 1974. (Family History Library {{FHL|247426|title-id|disp=book 970.1 H551o}}.)</ref>, Hill's ''Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians''<ref>Hill, Edward E. (comp.). ''Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians''. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981. (FHL {{FHL|207428|title-id|disp=book 970.1 H551g}}.)</ref>, and others.  

While the tribe was located in the East:  

'''Correspondence and Census'''  

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M234 RG 75 Rolls 962  

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Film  

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Post-1885 Census  

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| Ottawa, Kansas  

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| Washington D.C.  

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'''1836 census - 6th article of 1836 Treaty of of men, women and children {{FHL|Film: 982330}} Item 4 or {{FHL|Book: Q 970.1 Al #4}}'''  

*Quapaw Agency, M595, birth and death 1924-1932, {{FHL|Film: 581408}}

'''Cemetery Records'''  

== References  ==

==== Bibliography  ====

:Volume 1 -- Not yet published  

:Volume 10 -- Southwest (pub. 1983) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301504096&referer=brief_results WorldCat 301504096]; {{FHL|248632|title-id|disp=FHL book 970.1 H191h v.10}}.  

:Volume 14 -- Southeast (pub. 2004) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/254277176&referer=brief_results WorldCat 254277176]  

:Volume 16 -- Not yet published  

:Volume 18 -- Not yet published  

:Volume 19 -- Not yet published