It’s believed that he Ojibwe made first contact with Europeans in 1615 when Samuel de Champlain, the French explorer arrived at Lake Huron, where some Ojibwe lived. In 1622, one of Champlain's people, made contact with Ojibwe groups farther west while the French were exploring Lake Superior (Ojibwe History 2014). In 1641, French Jesuits begin to explore the rapids of the St. Mary's River establishing a Christian mission there by 1667. Like other Indian groups, the Ojibwe were forced farther out west in the 1640’s once the League of the Iroquois began to monopolize the fur trade and attack other tribes within the Great Lakes region. Some tribes suffered more than others, but the Ojibwe were able to withstand most of the attacks and actually
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However, the British fur trading companies in Canada still kept operating trading posts in the Ojibwe land of northern Wisconsin and Minnesota until 1815 (Ojibwe History 2014). The United States started to gain concern as the British influence continued to grow within the region and similar to other Indians in the Midwest, the Ojibwe would side with the British since they had worries that the United States would overtake their lands. Most of the Ojibwe from the Detroit area fought against the U.S. while the Ojibwe in northern Wisconsin stayed clear from the fighting despite being pro-British. Upon the war ending in 1814, the northern Wisconsin Ojibwe continued to distrust the Americans and would still trade with British traders in Canada. They also continued to dislike the Dakota and the war between the two tribes began to intensify during the early 1800’s. The United States made two attempts to create peace treaties between the Ojibwe and Dakota as the first was at Prairie du Chien in 1825, and the second treaty was held at Fond du Lac, Minnesota in 1826 with neither of them resulting in a lasting peace (Ojibwe History 2014). The warface between the Ojibwe and the Dakota ended once the land that separated them was purchased and settled by the Americans.
The 1836 Treaty of Washington gave some northern and lower Michigan parts as well as the eastern portion of the Upper Peninsula to the United States, which lead to the Anishinaabeg of the Sault receiving cash payments and ownership of 250,000 acres of land (Ste. Marie Tribe 2016). As the 1836 Treaty was in place, white settlers would still continue to violate the terms of the treaty and move into northern Michigan for the following 20
However, the British fur trading companies in Canada still kept operating trading posts in the Ojibwe land of northern Wisconsin and Minnesota until 1815 (Ojibwe History 2014). The United States started to gain concern as the British influence continued to grow within the region and similar to other Indians in the Midwest, the Ojibwe would side with the British since they had worries that the United States would overtake their lands. Most of the Ojibwe from the Detroit area fought against the U.S. while the Ojibwe in northern Wisconsin stayed clear from the fighting despite being pro-British. Upon the war ending in 1814, the northern Wisconsin Ojibwe continued to distrust the Americans and would still trade with British traders in Canada. They also continued to dislike the Dakota and the war between the two tribes began to intensify during the early 1800’s. The United States made two attempts to create peace treaties between the Ojibwe and Dakota as the first was at Prairie du Chien in 1825, and the second treaty was held at Fond du Lac, Minnesota in 1826 with neither of them resulting in a lasting peace (Ojibwe History 2014). The warface between the Ojibwe and the Dakota ended once the land that separated them was purchased and settled by the Americans.
The 1836 Treaty of Washington gave some northern and lower Michigan parts as well as the eastern portion of the Upper Peninsula to the United States, which lead to the Anishinaabeg of the Sault receiving cash payments and ownership of 250,000 acres of land (Ste. Marie Tribe 2016). As the 1836 Treaty was in place, white settlers would still continue to violate the terms of the treaty and move into northern Michigan for the following 20