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OJIBWAY

The Ojibway (Ojibwa, Chippewa, Chippewayans) are a North American Indian tribe of the North Carolina Algonquin family. The Ojibway originated from Sault Marie in Ontario and were contacted by Europeans in the 17th century, becoming involved in the fur trade from about 1670 and during the 18th century extended east and north-west. At the end of the 19th century they were living on the shores of Lake Huron and Lake Superior. Early wars with neighboring-tribes greatly reduced their numbers. They joined Pontiac. During the American War of Independence they were allies of England, but made peace by treaties in 1785 and 1789. They joined in the Miamis' uprising, but, reduced by Wayne, made peace in 1795. They ceded most of their lands on Lake Erie in 1805. They renewed hostilities in 1812, but joined in the peace of 1816, and relinquished all their lands in Ohio. Other treaties ceding territory followed, and by 1851 nearly the entire tribe had moved west of the Mississippi.
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