Annie Park

Annie Park is # 1376 on the 1907 Wooster Roll where she is identified as the daughter of Mrs. Catherine Park # 1373. She also is identified as # 1403, the daughter of Mrs. Catherine Pahwakodado # 1401. Annie's traditional name is recorded as "Zhibagiding" but no translation is offered. To gain fuller and more accurate understanding the name requires scrutiny and comment by those with expertise in nuances of the Anishinaabemowin language and Potawatomi culture.

In 1907 when Annie Park was age 14 (13 as Ann Pahwakodado) she was living at West Bay, Manitoulin Island where she held full rights in Canada.

In modern times West Bay First Nation, a predominantly Ojibway community but with members of Potawatomi ancestry, now has its original name "M'Chigeeng" http://www.mchigeeng.ca/. M'Chigeeng also is the location of the Ojibway Cultural Foundation http://www.ojibweculture.ca/. Among other aspects of the leadership of this foundation is a focus on the Anishinaabemowin language, including an annual conference in Sudbury, Ontario drawing speakers, researchers and participants from widely dispersed places in Canada and the USA, mostly from the Great Lakes region. See http://www.ojibweculture.ca/anishinaabewin-conference/