Chief Tagwagané (
Ojibwe: ''Dagwagaane'', "Two Lodges Meet") (c. 1780–1850) was an
Anishinaabe (
Ojibwa
The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people in what is currently southern Canada, the northern Midwestern United States, and Northern Plains.
According to the U.S. census, in the United States Ojibwe people are one of ...
) sub-chief of the
La Pointe Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa, located in the
Chequamegon
Chequamegon Bay ( ) is an inlet of Lake Superior in Ashland and Bayfield counties in the extreme northern part of Wisconsin.
History
A Native American village, known as ''Chequamegon'', developed here in the mid-17th century. It was developed b ...
area in the first half of the 19th century. He was of the ''Ajijaak-
doodem'' (Crane Clan). His village was often located along Bay City Creek (''Naadoobiikaag-ziibiwishenh'': "creek for collecting water") within the city limits of what now is
Ashland, Wisconsin
Ashland is a city in Ashland and Bayfield counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the county seat of Ashland County. The city is a port on Lake Superior, near the head of Chequamegon Bay. The population was 7,908 at the 2020 census, al ...
.
During the signing of the 1842
Treaty of La Pointe, Father Chrysostom Verwyst, according to the
Wisconsin Historical Society, was informed by Chief Tagwagané of a
copper plate his family used for time reckoning. Based on the description Verwyst gave,
William Whipple Warren concluded that Chief Tagwagané's ancestors first arrived in the
Chequamegon Bay
Chequamegon Bay ( ) is an inlet of Lake Superior in Ashland and Bayfield counties in the extreme northern part of Wisconsin.
History
A Native American village, known as ''Chequamegon'', developed here in the mid-17th century. It was developed b ...
area sometime around 1490.
1780 births
1850 deaths
People from Wisconsin
Native American leaders
Ojibwe people
Native American people from Wisconsin
18th-century Native Americans
19th-century Native Americans
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