Wainchemahdub

:This article is about "Wenji-maadab" of White Earth. For "Wenji-maadab" of Fond du Lac, see Waingemawdub."Wenji-maadab" (recorded in English as Wain-che-mah-dub, Wen-ge-mah-dub or Wendjimadub, meaning "Where He Moves From Sitting")(born March 10, 1840, died February 14, 1920 or 1921), was a Chief of the Ojibwe tribe at White Earth Reservation in Minnesota. He was a Mississippi Chippewa. During "Wenji-maadab"'s time, chiefhood was no longer a meaningful position of leadership, but an honorary title bestowed by the United States government. However, "Wenji-maadab" was described by Gilfillan as "a genius, a truly, remarkably eloquent man...the best speaker, the greatest orator, I have ever met...his powers are remarkable. He has all the vehemence, the fire, the energy, command of language, range of thought, of the true orator." [ [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2000.03.0044;query=spage%3D%2390;layout=;loc=73 Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Volume 9 ] ]

"Wenji-maadabs Christian name was Joseph Charette"'. He had three wives and thirteen children. [ [http://www.ojibwe.info/RedLake/HTML/people/p000009l.htm#I4080 John CHAPMAN - Joseph Iahbaykewenzie Wenjemahdub CHARETTECRITT ] ] He was a Civil War veteran for the Union Army and served as President in 1910 for The 14th June Association.

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