- Tagwagane
Chief Tagwagané (Ojibwe: "Dagwagaane", "Two Lodges Meet") (c. 1780-1850) was an
Anishinaabe (Ojibwa ) sub-chief of theLa Pointe Band ofLake Superior Chippewa , located in theChequamegon 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 isAshland, Wisconsin .During the signing of the 1842
Treaty of La Pointe , FatherChrysostom Verwyst , according to theWisconsin Historical Society , was informed by Chief Tagwagané of acopper 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 theChequamegon Bay area sometime around 1490.
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