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James Powell – The Anishinabek

Ottawa First Nation family, J.G. de Sauveur, Engraving, 1801 Ottawa First Nation family, J.G. de Sauveur, Engraving, 1801 Library and Archives Canada, 2937181

James Powell is the author of the blog Today in Ottawa's History giving  a day-by-day account of local history.

The Anishinabek
For thousands of years before the Rideau Canal and Bytown, the Ottawa Valley was home to the Anishinaabe Algonquin people and remains their unceded land. James Powell explores the story of the Algonquin people and the devastating impact that European settlement had on their lives and livelihoods: The Anishinabek, Time Immemorial, 7 October 1783

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9 August 2025
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