Chief Wabanquot “White Cloud” Waabaanakwad

Waubojeeg’s son Wabanquot “White Cloud” (1830-1898) succeeded his father and governed the Leech Lake Chippewa, White Earth Chippewa, and Mississippi Bands of Chippewa indians. Chief Wabanquot was a signatory on the Treaty of Washington (1867) in which on June 14th, 1868 he led the Chippewa to the White Earth Reservation.

Wabanquot (from the Ojibwe Waabaanakwad: White Cloud) was born at Gull Lake, Minnesota, around 1830. He succeeded to the office of chief of the Ojibwa at the death of his father, Waubojeeg, one of the principal chiefs for the Gull Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa. After the Dakota War of 1862, the Gull Lake Band was removed to the Leech Lake area. There, Wabanquot was considered by many to be the principal chief of the removed Mississippi bands of Chippewa. He was a signatory to the Treaty of Washington (1867) (16 Stat. 719), in which on June 14, 1868, he led his band to the White Earth Indian Reservation, where he lived until his death 30 years later. Upon his supposed conversion to Christianity sometime in the 1870s, he adopted the name D.G. Wright after an Episcopalian benefactor, but he rarely used his English name; however, sometime in the 1890s before his death, he converted to Roman Catholicism.[1]

References[edit] ^ pp. 92-93. The White Earth Tragedy by Melissa L. Meyer. ISBN 0-8032-8256-7 ^ Rubinstein, Sarah P. Minnesota history along the highways: a guide to historic markers and sites, p. 247. (St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2003) ISBN 0-87351-456-4 Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Wabanquot (ship namesake paragraph) Treaty of Washington (1867) (16 Stat. 719)(digital copy at the Digital Kappler Project)