Louise Erdrich

Louise Erdrich

female, 55 years old
North Dakota writer, children's books, From North Dakota, Children's literature, Short story writer, Minnesota writer…Chippewa
The earth was full of life and there were dandelions growing out the window, thick as thieves, already seeded, fat as big yellow plungers. She let...

Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish

female
from Michigan, Treaty of Chicago, Mashipinashiwish, Kalamazoo River, Allegan County, Mash-i-pi-wish…Chippewa
Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish (also spelled with various transliterations as Mashipinashiwish, Me-chee-pee-nai-she-insh, Mash-i-pi-wish ,...

Louis Jourdain

male
criminal, American, juvenile, conspiracy, murder, Chippewa
Louis Jourdain is the son of Buck Jourdain, chairman of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa. He was charged with conspiracy to commit murder based on...
Edmonia Lewis

Edmonia Lewis

female, deceased (1911)
African American, Mary Edmonia Lewis, Fort Wagner, 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Ojibwa, Chippewa
Edmonia Lewis was the first African American and Native American woman to gain fame and recognition as a sculptor. At a time in America when slaves...
Nicolas Perrot

Nicolas Perrot

male, deceased (1717)
French, diplomat, Translator, New France, Jesuit, lake superior…Chippewa
Nicolas Perrot (1644 - 1717), explorer, diplomat, and fur trader, was one of the first white men in the upper Mississippi Valley. Born in France,...

Gordon Henry

male
University of North Dakota, writer, Native American, University of North Dakota alumni, Chippewa, The Light People
Gordon Henry (b. 1955) is a Chippewa author from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received his PhD in Literature from the University of North Dakota...

Wapasha

male
British, Native American, Sioux, leader, American Revolutionary War, Native American in the American Revolution…Chippewa
Wapasha was the name of a Sioux chief born around 1720 in present-day Minnesota. He was known for leading successful battles against the Chippewa....
Kimberly M. Blaeser

Kimberly M. Blaeser

female
German-American, university of wisconsin-milwaukee, German, reservation, University of Wisconsin, poet…Chippewa
Kimberly Blaeser is a Native American (Chippewa) writer of mixed German and Anishinaabe descent. She is an enrolled tribal member, and grew up on...
Peter Rindisbacher

Peter Rindisbacher

male, deceased (1834)
Red River Colony, Chippewa, Canadian, metis, Red River, Hudson's Bay Company
Peter Rindisbacher (12 April 1806 - 12 August or 13 August 1834) was a North American artist who specialized in watercolors and illustrations...
Henry Mower Rice

Henry Mower Rice

male, deceased (1894)
Democrat, Ho-Chunk, Minneapolis, from Vermont, from Minnesota, lake superior…Chippewa
Henry Mower Rice (November 29, 1816 - January 15, 1894) was an American politician. Henry Rice was born on November 29, 1816, in Waitsfield,...