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Assikinack, Francis (1824 -1863 )
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1955 (Creation)
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(1925-2005)
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This file is about Chief Assikinack (also known as Chief Blackbird). This file contains biographies, essays, articles, book excerpts on his life. Francis Asskinack, a noted warrior and orator of the Ottawas, held the record for longest continuous oration ever delivered by an Indigenous man in the Great Lakes region (on July 18th,1812). He was from L'Arbor Croche (on Lake Michigan) and was a chief for a time, a fighter with Tecumseh in his wars against the Americans, and an ally of the British when the War of 1812 broke out. He wrote 3 essays for the Canadian journal (1858) - including "Social and Warlike Customs of the Odahwah Indians". Also contains photocopies of two letters he wrote, one of which is in English.