Shadawish

Shadawish was an Ojibwe chief during the 17th and 18th centuries. He became the first Ojibwe to settle in what is today Wisconsin.

Biography

He was the son of Akeguiow and brother of Waubujejack.[1] According to William Warren, in 1671 the French gave him a gold medal at a convocation in Sault Ste-Marie.[2]

Sometime before 1745, he led his extended family to the headwater of the Wisconsin River near Lac Vieux Desert,[3] becoming the first Ojibwe to settle in Wisconsin.[4] After the Ojibwe pushed the Meskwaki west, Shadawish's son Kish-ki-man took over his father's mission.[3]

Names

"Shadawish", also spelled She-da-wish[1] or Sha-da-nish,[4] means "Bad Pelican".

References

  1. ^ a b DuLong 2020, p. 97-98.
  2. ^ Warren 2009, p. 131.
  3. ^ a b Leow 2001, p. 69.
  4. ^ a b DuLong 2020, p. 93.

Bibliography

  • DuLong, John P. (2020), Jean-Baptiste Cadotte's First Family: Genealogical Summary, University of Saskatchewan
  • Loew, Patty (Jun 30, 2013). Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal (2 ed.). Wisconsin Historical Society. ISBN 9780870205941.
  • Loew, Patricia (2001). Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal. Wisconsin Historical Society Press. ISBN 9780870203350.
  • Warren, William (2009). Schenck, Theresa (ed.). History of the Ojibway People. Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 9780873516433.
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