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How did Native Americans incorporate Frenchmen into their societies?
* Native Americans in the Great Lakes &
Mississippi valley regions often incorporated Frenchmen into their societies through marriage and the ritual of the calumet — the ceremonial pipe that brought peace & order to relationships & turned strangers into kinfolk. Great Lakes Indigenous People & the French: www.mnhs.org/furpost/learn/french

* Some sources say he was the son of an Ojibwa Woman and an Ottawa man; some say his mother was Ottawa & his father was Ojibwa; others say he was of another tribe (possibly Catawba) & was taken prisoner and later adopted by the Ottawa tribe; various sources refer to Pontiac as Algonquin or Miami.
People of Detroit | Ottawa Chief Pontiac
www.historydetroit.com/people/pontiac.php

Before It Became Detroit In “1701” Canada & Michigan Were Connected As “One”…

1779 Source Says: Lake Erie Indians " Complexion Like That Of An African” & “As Black As Negros” https://youtu.be/Uu5NuJ2HYsE

The Iroquois Created The Articles of Confederation, Constitution, & ????????American Union, Not Europeans! https://youtu.be/GQQm0M5rtuY via #LKurimeo #Ahau

#DetroitRememberBackWhen
#LessonsMyTeacherNeverTaughtMeInSchool #TribalWars
Long before Christopher Columbus stepped foot on what would come to be known as the Americas, the expansive territory was inhabited by Native Americans. Throughout the 16th & 17th centuries, as more explorers sought to colonize their land, Native Americans responded in various stages, from cooperation to indignation to revolt. https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/native-american-timeline

On February 10, 1763 The French & Indian War ends: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-french-and-indian-war-ends

On July 4, 1884, France gives the Statue of Liberty to the United States: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/france-gives-statue-of-liberty-to-united-states-friendship

The ????????U.S. Entered Into Over 400 Treaties With More Than A 100 Tribal Nations From 1776-1887.

A Short History of Michigan Treaties: https://michiganology.org/stories/a-short-history-of-treaties/

#Books
Arbic, Bernard. Sugar Island Sampler. Allegan Forest, Michigan: The Priscilla Press, 1992.

Bourgeois, Arthur P., editor. Ojibwa Narratives of Charles and Charlotte Kawbawgam and Jacques LePique, 1893-1895. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 1994.

Burgess, Marilyn, Gail Guthrie Valaskakis. Indian Princesses and Cowgirls, Stereotypes from the Frontier. Montreal, Canada: Litho Acme, 1992.

Cleland, Charles E. Rites of Conquest. Michigan: The University of Michigan Press, 1992.

Eastman, Seth. A Portfolio of North American Indians. Afton, Minnesota: Afton Historical Society Press, 1995.

Hele, Karl S. Lines Drawn Upon the Water: First Nations and the Great Lakes Borders & Borderlands. Waterloo, Ont: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2008.

Hickerson, Harold. The Chippewa and Their Neighbors. Illinois: Waveland Press, Inc., 1988.

Kohl, Johann Georg. Kitchi-Gami: Life Among the Lake Superior Ojibway. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1985.

McCarthy, Cathy. Indian Nations, The Ojibwa. Austin, New York: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, 2001.

Morriseau, Norval. Legends of My People, The Great Ojibway. Toronto, Canada: The Ryerson Press, 1965.

Nies, Judith. Native American History. Random House, Inc., 1996.

People of the Lakes. TimeLife Books, The Indians Series, 1994.

Peyton, John L. The Stone Canoe and Other Stories. Blacksburg, Virginia: The McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company, 1989.

Vizenor, Gerald. The Everlasting Sky: Voices of the Anishinabe People. St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society Press. 2001.

Wyman, Walker D. The Chippewa, A History of the Great Lakes Woodland Tribe Over Three Centuries. River Falls, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin-River Falls Press, 1993.

1852 TO 1907 - MICHIGAN, SAGINAW: https://youtu.be/CeowhCbKAT8

Ottawa Park, Toledo, OH https://youtu.be/P9YsDVRTybs

Ancient Detroit's Lost Mound(s) https://youtu.be/gojiUZmNL1M via #CFApps7865

ANCIENT PATHS AND ROADWAYS OF MICHIGAN: https://youtu.be/-WqnORhKbMA via #DennisMorrison

#LandBack - Khan Drop, Ft. Kurimeo Ahau: https://soundcloud.com/curimeo-ahau/land-back-khan-drop-ft-kurimeo

My people have been lost sheep: Their shepherds have caused them to go astray, They have turned them away on the Mountains: They have gone from Mountain to hill, They have forgotten their Restingplace. (Jeremiah 50:6 KJV1611)

‪Mound City, Ohio: Ancient Earthworks Hopewell: https://youtu.be/PWeSFIRkyp4 ‬

City Of The Sun: ‬”Cahokia Mounds"‬
‪https://youtu.be/xt-u9FBBnhc

Hidden Cave In The #GrandCanyon: https://youtu.be/d86a4jZHijw

Columbus: Clintonville Adena Mounds: https://youtu.be/6eyUQ3S9MQY via #WOSU

Ohio, Great Mound~ Lost History: https://youtu.be/m2WviTqKPfU

The French & Indian War (1754–1763) was the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War. https://youtu.be/6-R3CeUARus