Nawash-Kinjoano Reservation

The Nawash-Kinjoano Reservation was an Ottawa reservation located along the Maumee River in Northwestern Ohio until slightly after 1830.

The reservation consisted of the villages of Nawash and Kinjoano (or Kinjoino's Town) on the north side of the Maumee.^[1] Nawash's Town, establlished around 1819, was named after its chief, Nawash, a Saugeen Ojibwe war chief who fought beside Tecumseh in the War of 1812.^[2]

There was also a village of Tontongany on the south side of the Maumee, located about 2.8 miles north of today's town of Tontogany.^[2] This village was not part of the reservation but was inhabited by Ottawas as well.

The reservation essentially stretched from just west of Waterville, Ohio to slightly east of Prairie Damascus, Ohio.

The reservation was established in 1807 and dissolved in 1831.^[1]

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Prehistory of Ohio – History of Ohio – Northwest Territory – Ohio Country – Native Americans in the United States – History of Native Americans in the United States
Historic tribes	Chalahgawtha (Shawnee) Delaware (Lenape) Erie people (Iroquois) Honniasont Huron (Wyandot) Miami Mingo (Iroquoian speaking) Mosopelea (Siouan speaking) Ojibwe (Anishinaabe) Odawa (Anishinaabe) Pekowi (Shawnee) Piankeshaw (Miami) Shawnee Wyandot See also Western Confederacy
Consulted tribes	Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians Citizen Potawatomi Nation Delaware Nation Delaware Tribe of Indians Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Forest County Potawatomi Community Miami Tribe of Oklahoma Osage Nation Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Seneca–Cayuga Nation Seneca Nation of New York Shawnee Tribe Tonawanda Band of Seneca Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Wyandotte Nation
Languages	Algonquian languages
Former reservations	Blanchard's Fork Reserve Moravian Indian Grants Nawash-Kinjoano Reservation Two Mile Square Reservation Upper Sandusky Reservation See also Indian removals in Ohio
Historic figures	Blue Jacket (Shawnee) Buckongahelas (Lenape) Cornstalk (Shawnee) Egushawa (Odawa) Joseph Brant (Mohawk) Kakowatcheky (Shawnee) Little Turtle (Miami) Roundhead (Wyandot) Tecumseh (Shawnee) Tenskwatawa (Shawnee)
Historic communities	Hell Town, Ohio Lenape settlements Lower Shawneetown Muskingum (village) Pickawillany
Prehistoric cultures	Adena (Early Woodland) Fort Ancient (Late Prehistoric) Glacial Kame culture (Archaic) Hopewell (Middle Woodland) Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands Monongahela culture (Late Woodland) Whittlesey culture (Late Prehistoric)
Prehistoric communities or sites	Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Archaeological sites in Ohio Mounds in Ohio Petroglyphs in Ohio‎ Tower Site See also Ohio River – Wilderness Road
Culture	Birdstone (sculpture) Mounds in Ohio Petroglyphs in Ohio‎ Thunderbird (mythology) Underwater panther
Museums	Flint Ridge State Memorial Fort Ancient (Lebanon, Ohio) Fort Hill State Memorial Fort Recovery Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum New Indian Ridge Museum Shawnee Woodland Native American Museum SunWatch Indian Village Zane Shawnee Caverns
Events	Beaver Wars (1609–1701) Nanfan Treaty (1701, 1726) Raid on Pickawillany (1752) Pontiac's War (1763) Lord Dunmore's War (1774) Yellow Creek massacre (1774) Treaty of Camp Charlotte (1774) Northwest Indian War (1785–1795) St. Clair's defeat (1791) Siege of Fort Recovery (1794) Battle of Fallen Timbers (1794) Treaty of Greenville (1795) Treaty of Grouseland (1805) Treaty of Detroit (1807) Treaty of Brownstown (1808) Treaty of Fort Meigs (1817) Treaty of St. Mary's (1818)
Other topics	Native American place names in Ohio Indian removals in Ohio

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