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The Mississaugas are a subtribe of the Anishinaabe First Nations people located in southern Ontario, Canada, closely related to the Ojibwa. Anishinaabe or more properly Anishinaabeg or Anishinabek (which is the plural form of the word is a self-description often used by the Odawa, Ojibwe First Nations is a term of Ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis people Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Ojibwa or Chippewa (also Ojibwe, Ojibway, Chippeway) is the largest group of Native Americans - First Nations The name "Mississauga" comes from the Anishinaabe word Misi-zaagiing, meaning "[Those at the] Great River-mouth. "

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History

According to the oral histories of the Anishinaabe peoples, after departing the "Second Stopping Place" about Niagara Falls, the core Anishinaabe peoples migrated along the shores of Lake Erie to what now is southern Michigan and became "lost" both physically and spiritually. The Niagara Falls are massive Waterfalls on the Niagara River, straddling the international border separating the Canadian province of Ontario Lake Erie (ˈɪəriː is the fourth largest Lake (by surface area of the five Great Lakes, and the tenth largest globally Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. However, the Mississaugas instead migrated along the Credit River, to Georgian Bay, to their traditional lands on the shores of Lake Superior and northern Lake Huron around the Mississagi River. The Credit River is a River in southern Ontario which flows from headwaters above the Niagara Escarpment to empty into Georgian Bay (French baie Georgienne) is a large bay of Lake Huron, located in Ontario, Canada. Lake Superior is the largest of the five Great Lakes of North America. Lake Huron, bounded on the west by the US state of Michigan, and on the east by the province of Ontario, Canada, is one of the five Great The Mississagi River is a River in central Ontario, Canada, which originates in Mississagi Lake and flows 270 km to empty into Lake Huron at The Mississaugas then called for the core Anishinaabe to "return to the path of the good life," to which the core Anishinaabe peoples formed the Council of Three Fires, and migrated from their "Third Stopping Place" near the present city of Detroit to their "Fourth Stopping Place" on Manitoulin Island, along the eastern shores of Georgian Bay. The Midewiwin (also spelled Midewin and Medewiwin) or the Grand Medicine Society is a secretive religion of the aboriginal groups of the Maritimes The Council of Three Fires, also known as the People of the Three Fires, the Three Fires Confederacy, the United Nations of Chippewa Ottawa and Potawatomi Manitoulin Island is a Canadian island in Lake Huron, in the province of Ontario.

By the time of the arrival of the French in 1720, the Mississaugas were already a distinct tribe of Anishinaabe people that moved from the Mississagi River area southward into Wendat territories on the Bruce Peninsula and eastward about Kawartha lakes. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Anishinaabe or more properly Anishinaabeg or Anishinabek (which is the plural form of the word is a self-description often used by the Odawa, Ojibwe "Huron" redirects here For other uses see Huron (disambiguation. The Bruce Peninsula is a Peninsula in Ontario, Canada that lies between Georgian Bay and the main basin of Lake Huron. This article discusses the geographic region For the municipality of Kawartha Lakes Ontario, see its article From this location a smaller contingent moved southeast to an area along the Credit River, just west of modern day Toronto. The Credit River is a River in southern Ontario which flows from headwaters above the Niagara Escarpment to empty into Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario The name Mississaugas was given to them by the French. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.

Alternate spellings of their name are "Mississaga," "Massassauga" and "Missisauga," plural forms of these three, and as "Mississauga Indians. " Before the Anishinaabe language replaced the Wendat language as the lingua franca of the Great Lakes region sometime during the middle of 17th century, the Mississaugas were also known by their Wendat name. Wyandot is the Iroquoian language traditionally spoken by the people known variously as Wyandot, Wendat or Huron A lingua franca (from Italian, literally meaning Frankish language, see etymology under Sabir and Italian below is any Language widely

Mississaugas' Wendat exonym Tisagechroamis was used idiosyncratically by Conrad Weiser when he conducted a census in Logstown in 1748. Wyandot is the Iroquoian language traditionally spoken by the people known variously as Wyandot, Wendat or Huron An exonym (from Greek el ἔξω exo = out el ὄνομα onoma = name is a name for a place that is not used within that place by the local Johann Conrad Weiser ( November 2, 1696 – July 13, 1760) was a German Pennsylvanian pioneer farmer monk tanner The village of Logstown (also Logg's Town, French: Chiningue" IPronounced Shenango was a significant Native American settlement in Other variants of the spelling were Tisagechroamis, Tisaghechroamis, Tisagechroan, Tisagechroanu and Zisaugeghroanu. "The Tisagechroanu were the Mississagas from Lake Huron, a large tribe and French Indians, or under French influences. The name Tisagechroanue here is probably a misprint, for it is most often found Zisaugeghroanu. " [1]

Starting in 1781, the Mississaugas made a series of land surrenders with the British Crown encompassing much of present-day southern Ontario. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common TalkCommonewalth realm.--> The monarchy Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec

Legacy

Today

Historically, there are five First Nations that make up the Mississauga Nations. First Nations is a term of Ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis people Today, the Mississaugas are the following:

One of the largest is the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nations. The Curve Lake First Nation is Mississauga Ojibway First Nation located in Peterborough County of Ontario. Curve Lake is the name of two Ojibwe Indian reserves 14 km north of Peterborough Ontario. Curve Lake is the name of two Ojibwe Indian reserves 14 km north of Peterborough Ontario. Islands in the Trent Waters is an Indian reserve about 15 Kilometres north of Peterborough Ontario on islands in Buckhorn Lake Pigeon Lake and Stony Islands in the Trent Waters is an Indian reserve about 15 Kilometres north of Peterborough Ontario on islands in Buckhorn Lake Pigeon Lake and Stony Mississaugas of Scugog Island is an First Nation's reserve in south-central Ontario, Canada. Mississaugas of Scugog Island is an First Nation's reserve in south-central Ontario, Canada. Islands in the Trent Waters is an Indian reserve about 15 Kilometres north of Peterborough Ontario on islands in Buckhorn Lake Pigeon Lake and Stony As of 2005, the Mississaugas of New Credit have a population of 1,375 which makes up a small part of the Ojibwa nation of 200,000 people.

References

  1. ^ "Vol. 1, History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution," George Thornton Fleming, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Digital Research Library, 1999
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