L’Arbre Croche Odaawaa in Manitoba

Are you interested in history? I mean bare-knuckle, primary source, deep dive history? If so, you are in for a treat here, with a recent and previously unpublished essay by Eliot Singer, scholar and friend of OHS.

Family lore has it that the Wakazoos were originally located in Manitoba. Andrew Blackbird, whose father was Makade-binesi, brother of Asignack and Ningwegon (Old Wing), tells this family origin story, of living with the “Undergrounds” in the prairie. Using primary sources related to this time, some of which are becoming easier to access due to digitization efforts, Eliot Singer has put together a splendid array of evidence, from wide-ranging contemporary sources, shedding new light on this family origin story.

Eliot maintains an extensive website, The Picaresque Scholar (click here), devoted to wide ranging historical topics of the early days of the Michigan peninsulas. And I’m sure nothing would please him more than to engage in any follow-up questions or sharings of info, so please do not hesitate to reach out. Eliot’s writing is dense with information and he has documented all his writing meticulously, making it possible for readers to follow up if they wish.

Please enjoy the following piece by Eliot A. Singer, L’Arbre Croche Odaawaa in Manitoba (click here)