The Mississaugas are a group of First Nations peoples located in southern Ontario , Canada. They are a sub-group of the Ojibwe Nation.
11-477: Ogemawahj Tribal Council is a non-profit Regional Chiefs' Council representing Mississaugas , Ojibwa and Potawatomi First Nations in southern Ontario , Canada . The Council provides advisory services and program delivery to its six member-Nations. According to their own website, the Ogemawahj Tribal Council state their mandate is "...to represent and conduct Tribal Council business in
22-594: A census in Logstown in 1748, he identified the people as Tisagechroamis , his attempt at conveying the sound of their exonym name in Wendat . Other variants of this spelling were Tisagechroamis , Tisaghechroamis , Tisagechroan , Tisagechroanu , and Zisaugeghroanu . "The Tisagechroanu were the Mississagas from Lake Huron , a large tribe of French Indians, or under French influences. The name Tisagechroanue here
33-747: Is probably a misprint, for it is most often found Zisaugeghroanu." Starting in 1781 during the waning years of the American Revolutionary War , the Crown purchased land which encompassed much of present-day southern Ontario from the Mississauga in a series of transactions. They purchased the land to fulfill promises made in the Haldimand Proclamation concerning land promised to the Iroquois for their support for
44-574: The Mississagi River . The Mississauga called for the core Anishinaabe to Midewiwin , meaning 'return to the path of the good life'. 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 homelands of
55-478: The "Second Stopping Place" near Niagara Falls , the core Anishinaabe peoples migrated along the shores of Lake Erie to what is now southern Michigan . They became "lost" both physically and spiritually. The Mississauga migrated along a northern route by the Credit River , to Georgian Bay . These were considered their historic traditional lands on the shores of Lake Superior and northern Lake Huron around
66-657: The 19th century, the Mississauga sought to gain compensation for the land granted to them but given to other settlers. In the 21st century, the Canadian government awarded the Mississauga of the New Credit First Nation nearly $ 145 million in settlement of this land claim. All the Mississaugas are a subset of the Ojibwe nation of 200,000 people. Historically, there were five First Nations that made up
77-656: The Council maintains a political and advocacy staff to support its efforts in helping their communities to prosper. Mississaugas The name "Mississauga" comes from the Anishinaabe word Misi-zaagiing , meaning "[Those at the] Great River-mouth." It is closely related to the Ojibwe word Miswe-zaagiing , which means ‘a river with many outlets.’ According to the oral histories of the Anishinaabe, after departing
88-632: The Crown during the war, and to compensate the Iroquois for losing territory to American colonists. The sale of land by the Mississaugas of the Credit to the Crown was referred to as the "Between the Lakes Treaty." In 1848, the Iroquois granted land to the Mississauga within the former's Six Nations Reserve on Grand River. The Mississauga became established on the New Credit. Beginning in
99-668: The Mississaugas were originally claimed by the Huron/Wyandot , who were driven off by the Iroquois in the Beaver Wars in 1649/50. The Ojibwe Anishinaabe then moved into the area around 1700, pushing out the Iroquois. The French had previously called an Anishinaabe band near the Mississagi River Oumisagai or Mississauga and for unknown reasons began to apply that name to the Ojibwe who took over
110-534: The approved name of the Ogemawahj Tribal Council ... To exercise this delegation with respect and proper duty ... And to comply fully with the wishes and expectations of those First Nations from which the OTC authority is derived." The Council is made up of a representing Chief from each of the six member communities. The Chiefs provide political direction to the organization in its strategic planning, government relations and policy development. To assist in these activities,
121-479: The lands immediately north of Lake Ontario . On the 1675 Carte du Mississippi et des lacs Supérieur, Michigan et Huron , the Mississauga were recorded as "Missisakingdachirinouek" ( Misi-zaaging dash ininweg : "Regular-speakers of the Great River-mouth"). This was not how the Mississaugas originally knew themselves, but they eventually adopted the name and use it today. When Conrad Weiser conducted
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