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Jan 1, 1400
Migration ends
Ojibwe people as far west as northern Minnesota reached the land where food (wild rice) grows on water as prophesied. -
Jan 1, 1540
White peoples news
news of white explorers in the east reaches Moningwunkauning (Madeline Island) -
found
French explorer Samuel de Champlain encounters Ojibwe living on the eastern shores of Georgian Bay in northern Quebec. -
Encounntered
French explorer Etienne BrulÚ encounters Ojibwe in the Lake Superior area. -
Today
Today the decendents of the Anishinabe live with us peacefully -
Pre-contact BC 1500
1500 BC - ancient ancestors of the Anishinabe people, begins and is recorded as the Wallum Olum (an ancient written record on bark tablets and song sticks). It is the oldest written record of people in North America and dates back to before 1600 B.C. -
Westward Anishinaabe migration
Seven Spirits or Grandfathers come to the Anisihnaabe living on the eastern shores of the Atlantic from what today is the St. Lawrence River south into Maine and other New England States. They deliver seven prophecies, including the coming of the white race. This marks the beginning of the westward Anishinaabe migration