The Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma is made up of descendants of the Ottawa who after migrating from Canada into Michigan agreed to live in the area around Fort Detroit and the Maumee River in Ohio. After the passage of President Jackson's Indian Removal Bill in 1830 there were villages in Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan. In 1833, they signed over their lands in Ohio, Michigan and Illinois. They were very hesitant to move, and it wasn't until April 1837, that the Ottawa of Blanchard's Fork, Roche de Boeuf, and Oquanoxies's Village agreed to immigrate to a new site in Kansas. Within five years of the move nearly half of the Ottawa had died. The Ottawa knew that in order to survive their children must be educated. In 1862 the Ottawa were allotted 74,000 acres of land. The Ottawa gave 20,000 acres of that land to be used and sold to raise money to build a Baptist school for the education of whites and Indians. This university was named after the Ottawa. The Indians made an arrangement with the university that the Ottawa children would be educated free of charge. The reservation where the Ottawa lived became a township named after them. They lived there until 1867. In 1867, the Ottawa sold their land in Kansas and moved to Indian Territory, in Oklahoma. There they entered into a contract with the Shawnee tribe to purchase approximately 14863 acres, which was part of the Shawnee reservation. When the tribe moved to Oklahoma in 1867 more of the Ottawa had died and only about 200 were left. In 1956 The United States Government decided that the Ottawa Tribe served no purpose and terminated them. This was a long dark period in the Tribes history but we did not give up and on May 15, 1978 the Ottawa Tribe was restored. The Ottawa Tribe was reestablished as a federally recognized government when the Ottawa Council and U.S. Congress ratified the Constitution in 1979. The Government structure of the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma was made up of band chiefs who formed a governing council with a head chief. Each band elected their own ...
| Website | http://ottawatribe.org |
| Revenue | $760000 |
| Employees | 10 (3 on RocketReach) |
| Address | PO Box 110, Miami, Oklahoma 74355, US |
| Phone | +1 918-540-1536 |
| Fax | (918) 541-1904 |
| Industry | Government |
| Keywords | Indigenous, Native American, Tribe, First Nations, Heritage, Culture, Community, Indigenous Rights, Sovereignty, Preservation, Tradition, History, Ancestry, American Indian, Tribal, Indigenous Peoples, Native American Culture, Tribal Government, Indigenous Culture, Native American History |
| Competitors | The Chickasaw Nation, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Navajo Nation, Osage Nation, Sault Tribe Of Chippewa Indian, Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, Blackfeet Nation, Miami Tribal Office, Hopi Utilities Corporation +18 more (view full list) |
| SIC | SIC Code 86 Companies, SIC Code 864 Companies |
| NAICS | NAICS Code 92 Companies, NAICS Code 92115 Companies, NAICS Code 921 Companies, NAICS Code 9211 Companies |
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The Ottawa Tribe annual revenue was $760000 in 2026.
Brittany Long is the Director of Ottawa Tribe.
3 people are employed at Ottawa Tribe.
Ottawa Tribe is based in Miami, Oklahoma.
The NAICS codes for Ottawa Tribe are [92, 92115, 921, 9211].
The SIC codes for Ottawa Tribe are [86, 864].
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Brittany Long
Director at Ottawa Tribe
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