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Like the Ojibwe, the Ottawa usually referred to themselves as Anishinaabe (plural: Anishinabek), meaning original people.

The Ottawa and Ojibwe were part of a long term alliance with the Potawatomi tribe, called the Council of Three Fires and which fought with the Iroquois Confederacy and the Sioux. The Ottawa allied with the French against the British and the Ottawa Chief Pontiac led a rebellionPontiac's Rebellion also known as Pontiac's Conspiracy or Pontiac’s Uprising was a revolt, beginning in 1763, by Native Americans against British rule. It is named after its most famous participant, the Ottawa leader Pontiac. Origins After the French and against the British in 1763Events February 10 French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Canada to Great Britain. 15 February the Treaty of Hubertusburg puts an end to the Seven Years' War between Prussia and Austria and their allies March 1 Charl.

Odawa Communities

• Walpole IslandWalpole Island in an island in southwestern Ontario, Canada on the border between Ontario and Michigan in the United States. It is located in the mouth of the St. Clair River on Lake St. Clair, approximately 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Detroit, Michigan, on unceded territoryIn North America, unceded territory is territory that has never been set apart, legislated, founded, created or established as a reserve. Therefore, the title is still held, and has been continuously held, by the indigenous people who lived there when Eur between the Ontario and Michigan
• Ottawa Tribe (Oklahoma)
• Grand River Bands , Michigan
• Burt Lake Band , Michigan