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Andaigweos, also written as Ou-daig-weos and other variants of
Ojibwa The Ojibwe (; syll.: ᐅᒋᐺ; plural: ''Ojibweg'' ᐅᒋᐺᒃ) are an Anishinaabe people whose homeland (''Ojibwewaki'' ᐅᒋᐺᐘᑭ) covers much of the Great Lakes region and the northern plains, extending into the subarctic and thro ...
: ''Aandegwiiyaas'' (Crow's Meat), was an Ojibwe leader who lived in the ''Zhaagawaamikong'' (Chequamegon) region in present-day
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during the 18th century. Andaigweos was member of the Loon
doodem The Anishinaabe, like most Algonquian languages, Algonquian-speaking groups in North America, base their system of kinship on clans or totems. The Ojibwe language, Ojibwe word for clan () was borrowed into English as totem. The clans, based ma ...
. He was born on Madeline Island in the early 18th century. His father was from Canada (likely Sault Ste. Marie area) and moved to the western end of Lake Superior during the Ojibwe migrations of the 18th century. In his youth, the hereditary chiefs at ''Zhaagawaamikong'' were members of the Crane doodem. He was the grandfather of Chief Buffalo.


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Year of death missing American Ojibwe people Year of birth unknown 18th-century Native American leaders Native American people from Wisconsin People from Ashland County, Wisconsin {{NorthAm-native-bio-stub