O'Jibway Nation Grand-Chiefs

The Wazhazha Mdewakanton of the O'Jibway Nation is ceremonial. The O'Jibway Nation traces back 2000 years as a collection of Nations who unified and worked collectively to establish trade, family unity, among the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabemowin, Algonquin descendants of the Great Lakes. Ojibwa, also spelled Ojibwe or Ojibway, also called Chippewa, self-name Anishinaabe, Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe who lived in what are now Ontario and Manitoba, Can., and Minnesota and North Dakota, U.S., from Lake Huron westward onto the Plains. [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ojibwa]

Reservation to Red Bear, Chief of Chippewas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to a reservation made to Red Bear, Chief of the Chippewas, by provisions of the ninth article of the treaty of October 2, 1863. [https://digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/indianserialset/2291/]

23. (2018 - Present) Red Bear Reservation Giche Ogema Midegah Ogichidaa

23. (1989 - 2017) *EMERITUS Chairman Albert Dennis Lambert, Jiisakiiwinini Ogima Ma'Iingaan

22. Elmer "Pat" Patrice Brunelle (1965-1989)

21. O'Jibway Nation Grand Chief Thomas Little Shell IV Pierre Kiyon, Wazhazha Mdewakanton (1903-1965)

20. O'Jibway Nation Grand Chief Ayabe-Way-We-Tung Apitwewitu Little Shell III Thomas (Peter Cochelle) Wenis, Long Voice, Egec, Wazhazha Mdewakanton (1872-1903)

19. Weesh-e-damo Little Shell II Tacgitcit Split Rump, Thomas Petit dit Thomas (1813-1872)

18. O'Jibway Nation Grand Chief Black Duck Makadeshib Lerat, Wazhazha Mdewakanton (1811-1813)

17. Tabasnawa Little Shell II Joseph (1790-1804)

16. Pembina Nation Chief Joseph La Petite Coquille Little Shell I Corbeau

15. O'Jibway Nation Grand Chief Gay Tay Menomin Old Wild Rice Cetanwakanmani Petit Corbeau Little Crow I, Red Wing Vieux Folle Avoine, Wazhazha Mdewakanton

14. The Great Sioux Nation & The O'Jibway Nation Wazhazha Mdewakanton Grand Chief Mdokečiŋhaŋ “Coming Summer” Petit Corbeau Chatonwahtooamany, Wazhazha Mdewakanton

13. Wazhazha Mdewakanton Dakota Grand Chief Delonais Wakute Wazican Red Leaf I Wáȟpe šá I (Wáȟpe šá) Chief Delonaise Wáȟpe Šá IV Songab Okichita "Ojibwaince"

12. O'Jibway Nation Grand Chief Chief White Crane (Waub-Uj-Jauk) "White Fisher" "King Fisher" Waishkey, Wazhazha Mdewakanton

11. O'Jibway Nation Grand Chief Mamaangĕzide "Loons Foot" "Big Foot", Wazhazha Mdewakanton

10. Sandy Lake Ojibwe Band Chief Kadawibida No-Ka Gaa-dawaabide Broken Tooth Nooke “Bear”

9. Sandy Lake Ojibwe Chief Chief Biauswah II Bayaaswaa "The Dry One" Bajasswa Thomme Qui Faitsecher

8. Chief Biauswah I Bayaaswaa Matchiwaijan Thomme Qui Porte Une Grande Peau, The Great Skin

7. Chief Jos Ojiibway, Reindeer Dynasty

6. O'Jibway Nation Grand Chief Wajawadajkoa a cause qu'il avait la peau bien rouge, Wazhazha Mdewakanton

5. O'Jibway Nation Grand Chief Wajki Weshki The Great Firstborn, Wazhazha Mdewakanton

4. O'Jibway Nation Grand Chief Schawanagijik Shahwanegeshick Zhaawano-giizhig The Southern Sky le ciel du sud, Wazhazha Mdewakanton

3. Chief Mitiguakosh Timber Sprout le bec de bois

2. Chief Miskwandibagan Red Skull thomme a la tete rouge

1. Chief Gijigossekot Giizhig-gosigwad Great Thunderbird, Wazhazha Mdewakanton

O'Jibway Nation Ogimaakwe: Mah Je Gwoz Since Ah-dik Songab "Star Woman" daughter of Wazhazha Mdewakanton Dakota Grand Chief Chief Delonaise Wáȟpe Šá IV Songab Okichita "Ojibwaince"; sister of Pierre Red Bear I Mis-co-muk-quoh DeCoteau, son of Sandy Lake Ojibwe Chief Chief Biauswah II Bayaaswaa "The Dry One" Bajasswa Thomme Qui Faitsecher