Francis Assikinack

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[Wikidata] 19th-century Ojibwe historian... | [Wikipedia] Francis Assikinack was a 19th-century Ojibwe historian. Assikinack was born on Manitoulin Island. He was raised learning only Ojibwe and did not learn English until after enrolling at Upper Canada College in 1840. His father Jean-Baptiste Assiginack was a prominent leader of the Ojibwe.