Mississaugas
The
Mississaugas are a native people located in Southern
Ontario. The Mississaugas were driven off their land in
1847 and relocated to a reserve in the Grand River Valley area of Ontario. The city of
Mississauga is named after them. An alternate spelling of the name is Missisauga. The Mississaugas are related to the larger
Ojibwe (also known as Chippewa) nation, and were called Mississauga by European settlers due to the fact that they traded along the Mississagi River (at the head of
Lake Huron).