John Cameron (chief)

John Cameron (chief)

Chief John Cameron (1764–1828), also known as Chief Ogimauh-binaessih (from the Anishinaabe language: Ogimaa-binesiinh, "chief little-bird") or Chief Wageezhegome (from the Anishinaabe language: Wegiizhigomi, "Who Possesses the Day"), was one of two principal Indigenous Mississauga Ojibwa chiefs, member of the eagle doodem, and farmer. He was born in May 1764 at Credit River, Ontario, and died September 30, 1828 at the Credit Mission (Mississauga), Upper Canada.

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