Ozaawindib ( "Yellow Head" in English, recorded variously as Oza Windib , O-zaw-wen-dib , O-zaw-wan-dib , Ozawondib , etc.) ( Ojibwe ) was an early 19th century ( fl. 1797-1832) agokwa warrior. Ozaawindib, who was born male, at times wore attire more typically associated with women. Ozaawindib had several husbands and was considered in a number of ways to be gender-nonconforming .
14-886: Yellowhead or Yellow Head may refer to: People [ edit ] Tête Jaune aka. Pierre Bostonais aka. Pierre Hastination, trapper and explorer of Western Canada Ozaawindib , a 19th-century Ojibwa warrior Places [ edit ] In Canada Yellowhead Highway in Western Canada Yellowhead Trail , Edmonton, Alberta Yellowhead County , Alberta Yellowhead (electoral district) , Alberta Rural Municipality of Yellowhead , Manitoba West Yellowhead (electoral district) , Alberta Yellowhead Centre , Neepawa, Manitoba Yellowhead Lake , British Columbia Yellowhead Mountain , Alberta and British Columbia Yellowhead Pass mountain pass and National Historic Site, Alberta and British Columbia In
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42-560: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ozaawindib Ozaawindib was likely born in the mid to late seventeen hundreds. Ozaawindib's father was Wiishkobak ("Sweet" or " Le Sucre ", recorded as "Wesh-ko-bug"), a chief of the Leech Lake Pillagers . By 1800, the Pillagers, including Ozaawindib, lived on Gaa-Miskwaawaakokaag near Leech Lake - terrain earlier inhabited by
56-637: Is remembered in place names such as Lake Plantagenet ( Ozaawindibe-zaaga'igan ) and Schoolcraft River ( Ozaawindibe-ziibi ) in the Anishinaabe language , and as Yellow Head Point of Lake Itasca in English. Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians (or simply the Pillagers ; Makandwewininiwag in the Ojibwe language ) are a historical band of Chippewa (Ojibwe) who settled at
70-716: The Dakota people , who engaged in warfare with migrating Ojibwe. John Tanner described Ozaawindib status as an aayaakwe in words: "This man was one of those who make themselves women, and are called women by the Indians." When Tanner encamped on the Red River of the North around 1800, he reports that he was the subject of interest of Ozaawindib, who at that time was about 50 years old and already had several husbands. Tanner reported that after rejecting repeated advances by Ozaawindib, Ozaawindib
84-541: The Indian agent , Henry Schoolcraft , about a war party from Leech Lake, departing to pursue the Dakota. They met with Schoolcraft, accompanied by an expedition of men, near Fond du Lac . Schoolcraft convinced Ozaawindib to serve as his guide back to Gaa-Miskwaawaakokaag. Ozaawindib guided Schoolcraft and his men to Gaa-Miskwaawaakokaag and then to Omashkoozo-Zaaga’igan (Elk-Lake), renamed by Schoolcraft to Lake Itasca . After visiting
98-563: The headwaters of the Mississippi River in present-day Minnesota. Their name "Pillagers" is a translation of Makandwewininiwag , which literally means "Pillaging Men". The French called them Pilleurs , also a translation of their name. The French and Americans adopted their autonym for their military activities as the advance guard of the Ojibwe in the invasion of the Dakota country. Their name has been variously recorded as: By
112-830: The Cass Lake, Lake Winnibigoshish and Leech Lake Pillagers, together with the White Oak Point Reservation of the Mississippi Chippewa and the Removable Lake Superior Chippewa Bands of the Chippewa Reservation, agreed to a merger and re-organization. Together, these central Minnesota peoples formed today's Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe , consolidated chiefly on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation . The successors apparent of
126-585: The United States Yellow Head, Maine , a village in Lincoln County, Maine Yellowhead Township, Kankakee County, Illinois Organisms [ edit ] Yellowhead (bird) Yellowhead disease Yellowhead jawfish Yellowhead butterflyfish Inula , plants in the daisy family Trichoptilium , plants in the daisy family Zanthoxylum flavum , a citrus plant Other uses [ edit ] Yellowhead (film) ,
140-651: The following three reservations, established under the 1855 Treaty of Washington 10 Stat. 1165 : Through additional treaties with the United States , the Leech Lake and Lake Winnibigoshish reservations were nearly doubled in size in the late nineteenth century. When the White Earth Reservation was created in 1867, the western Pillagers living about Otter Tail Lake agreed to relocate to that reservation so they would no longer be landless. In 1934,
154-583: The mid-nineteenth century, records showed that scholars and Indian agents were generally using the band's Ojibwe name, although they struggled to render the spelling in the best way to convey pronunciation: The Pillagers at the time had several sub-bands, identified by location. These included the following: Through the treaty process with the United States, the Pillager Band were settled on reservations in north-central Minnesota . A majority were placed on
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#1732837004729168-463: The source of the Mississippi River , the expedition returned to the Ojibwe village on Gaa-Miskwaawaakokaag. On July 16th, 1832, Schoolcraft called a formal council, where he presented Ozaawindib with a medal. According to Schoolcraft, there was no ogimaa (hereditary chief) present in the village, but Ozaawindib was “the principal man in the band.” Schoolcraft did not mention the aayaakwe status or any gender nonconformity from Ozaawindib. Ozaawindib
182-481: Was drunk, "he was not merely a nuisance but a bothersome man." By 1800, Ozaawindib and Wenji-dotaagan were listed by Henry as part of his crew, with Henry recalling Ozawiindib as having been "the best runner among the Saulteurs [Ojibwe]", famous for a heroic feat during a fight with the Dakota. In June 1832, Ozaawindib and another Ojibwe from Gaa-Miskwaawaakokaag were traveling to the fort at Sault Ste. Marie to inform
196-448: Was still determined to win Tanner's heart. Ozaawindib disappeared for a few days and returned to camp with much-needed fresh meat. However, even after gifting him with meat, Tanner still rejected Ozaawindib. Finally accepting that the courtship had failed, Ozaawindib became the third wife of Chief Wenji-dotaagan . Alexander Henry reported from his Pembina Post in 1797 that when Ozaawindib
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