page_title: Odawa
section_title: Governments
hierarchical_section_title: Odawa / Governments
caption_attribution_description: English: Flag of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, which I made myself, based on the photograph on this (http://www.crazyhorsememorial.org/images/2012-flags/little_traverse.jpg) page.
context_page_description: The Odawa, said to mean "traders", are an Indigenous American ethnic group who primarily inhabit land in the Eastern Woodlands region, commonly known as the northern United States and southern Canada. They have long had territory that crosses the current border between the two countries, and they are federally recognized as Native American tribes in the United States and have numerous recognized First Nations bands in Canada. They are one of the Anishinaabeg, related to but distinct from the Ojibwe and Potawatomi peoples.
  After migrating from the East Coast in ancient times, they settled on Manitoulin Island, near the northern shores of Lake Huron, and the Bruce Peninsula in the present-day province of Ontario, Canada. They considered this their original homeland. After the 17th century, they also settled along the Ottawa River, and in the states of Michigan and Wisconsin, as well as through the Midwest south of the Great Lakes in the latter country. In the 21st century, there are approximately 15,000 Odawa living in Ontario, and Michigan and Oklahoma.
  The Ottawa dialect is part of the Algonquian language family.
caption: Flag of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.
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