Sequoia Carrillo
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Whether or not you're worried, approach it with curiosity, not judgment.
For decades, Ojibwe people lived in small communities across the region.
They brokered deals with the neighboring Dakota people, as well as the French, the British, and after the American Revolution, the U.S.
And that's when things began to change in a big way.
settlers and business leaders encroached on Ojibwe homelands, the more some leaders felt they had to act as a single entity.
But still, the idea of an Ojibwe nation was fast becoming an appealing tool for negotiating with the U.S.
And perhaps no one saw that more clearly than the chief of the Mississippi Band of Ojibwe, Bogunogijig, or as he was known in English, Hole in the Day.
Hall in the Day was young, he was cocky, and he was ready to make his mark.
And he made that obvious at his first treaty negotiation in 1847.
The move was a big gamble, but it paid off.
Hole in the Day the Younger quickly ascended to power.
He took the helm at a moment when Native land across North America was being lost at an alarming rate.
He refused to cede land without putting up a fight for what he thought was best for the Ojibwe people.
and he was not afraid of the personal consequences.
The way Holden the day saw it, if the U.S.
government was hell-bent on putting his people onto a single reservation, then it needed to build the infrastructure that would set them up for success.