Michel Cadotte
Deceased Person
1764 – 1837
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Who was Michel Cadotte?
Michel Cadotte or was a Métis fur trader of Ojibwe and French-Canadian descent who dominated business in the area of the south shore of Lake Superior.
He gained a strategic alliance through marriage to Ikwesewe, the daughter of the head of the White Crane clan; they were the hereditary chiefs of the Lake Superior Ojibwe. His trading post at La Pointe on Madeline Island was a critical center for the trade between the Lake Superior band and the British and United States trading companies.
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