Shingwaukonse biography of williams
Chief shingwauk family tree
Shingwaukonse was an important leader of his people in the first half of the 19th century. In the s, he persuaded the government to help establish a settlement for his people near Sault Ste Marie.Chief Shingwaukonse was a key This book examines the careers of the Ojibwa chief Shingwaukonse, also known as Little Pine, and of two of his sons, Ogista and Buhkwujjenene, at Garden River near Sault Ste Marie.
Born in 1773, he did Page 22 Leader wanted more for his people than the government wanted to give It was the early s and the traditional territory of the Ojibway had been dissected by the border between American and Canadian territories. When the War of began, the Ojibway living on the northern side of this dividing line sided with the British forces. They had enjoyed a good relationship with the British.
Chief Shingwaukonse (also know as SHINGWAUK, GEORGE (Menissino, Menissinowinnini, also known as George Pine), Ojibwa chief; b. or at Garden River (Ont.); d. there 13 Feb. George Shingwauk was the youngest son of the noted Upper Great Lakes Ojibwa chief Shingwaukonse (Little Pine) (–), a veteran of the War of who in had helped establish Kitigaun Seebee (Garden River), a thriving Ojibwa.