Domitilde
18th century Anishinaabe Odawa woman
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Domitilde Marie Kapeouapnokoue (c. 1692–1782, aka Ouikabe, LaFourche, Nepveu Villeneuve, Mouet) was an Odawa woman of the Nassauakueton doodem.[1]: 107 Her father was chief Returning Cloud Kewinaquot and her mother was Nesxesouexite Neskes Mi-Jak-Wa-Ta-Wa. Her brother was Nissowaquet, also known as La Fourche.[2] She lived near Michilimackinac, where the Jesuits had very few converts to Catholicism, Domitilde being one of the few.[1]: 109
In 1712, she married Daniel Villeneuve, a French courer des bois with whom she had seven Métis children.[1]: 110 Villeneuve died in 1724, and soon after Domitilde married Augustin Langlade, giving birth to Charles Michel de Langlade in 1729.[3] Domitilde went on to become the godmother of dozens of French, Métis, and Anishinaabe children and adults, a number of whom were enslaved, at least one to her.[1]: 113
Domitilde's position within the Anishinaabe, Catholic, and fur trading communities created powerful alliances for her brother Nissowaquet and her son Charles.[1]: 117 Her marriages were especially important because there were relatively few Anishinaabe–French marriages at the time.[1]: 117
