Historical Markers in La Pointe, Wisconsin

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Historical Markers in La Pointe, Wisconsin

1 ► Wisconsin, Ashland County, La Pointe — Early Vessels — Wisconsin's Maritime Trails —

Native American canoes launched North America’s maritime legacy about 12,000 years ago, making them among the world’s oldest watercraft. The origins of the birchbark canoe are told in the oral traditions of the Ojibwe people. The spirit . . . — — Map (db m57836) HM

2 ► Wisconsin, Ashland County, La Pointe — Gidanamikaagoo omaa Mooningwanekaaning —

... means welcome to Madeline Island in Anishinaabe (also called Ojibwe), the native language of the Ojibwe Tribes.

Madeline Island is the spiritual home of the Ojibwe people, who lived here hundreds of years before the first . . . — — Map (db m165829) HM

3 ► Wisconsin, Ashland County, La Pointe — Human History at Big Bay —

Early Native American Inhabitants
People have been using and occupying sites in the Apostle Islands area for thousands of years. But it was probably not until after 800 A.D. that more extensive use of the islands took place in the form of . . . — — Map (db m165677) HM

4 ► Wisconsin, Ashland County, La Pointe — La Pointe Indian Cemetery —

Established about 1836 as part of a Roman Catholic mission under the guidance of the dynamic Austrian priest, Frederick Baraga, later made a bishop. The white man's style of house was adopted as a grave cover by the Christianized Ojibway . . . — — Map (db m144130) HM

5 ► Wisconsin, Ashland County, La Pointe — 108 — Madeline Island — Known to the Ojibway Indians as Moningwunakauning, "The Home of The Golden Breasted Woodpecker" — Reported permanently removed

The largest of the Apostle Islands was one of the earliest areas of Indian settlement, fur trade, missionary activity and commercial fishing in the interior of North America. It was discovered by French explorers in 1659. Trading posts were built . . . — — Map (db m234580) HM

6 ► Wisconsin, Ashland County, La Pointe — Michel Cadotte —

A French-Canadian trader built a post on this site about 1792. From his wife Madeline daughter of the Chippewa chief White Crane the island takes its present name. The official French fort La Pointe was built in 1718 about 500 feet west. Its . . . — — Map (db m144128) HM

7 ► Wisconsin, Ashland County, La Pointe — 608 — Mooningwaanikaaning —

Aaniin, visitors. Welcome to Mooningwaanikaaning, the homeland of the Ojibwe people. The Ojibwe name for Madeline Island means “home of the yellow-breasted flicker bird.” This island was the last-foretold stopping point on the Ojibwe migration . . . — — Map (db m234361) HM

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