Chequamegon Bay

Greg Connor

This is a story about the Ojibwa migration to Chequamegon Bay area in Wisconsin. Inspired by a vision, the Anishinabeg (Original People) or Anishinabe (Refering to One Person) migrated west to where the food grew on the water (wild rice) and fish and game were plentiful.

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Go west toward the sunset to Chequamegon Bay
With wild rice and fish for Anishinabe
It had been foreseen find a new home and stay 
Where food grows on the water, the vision showed the way
 
Chorus
Shoreline gives way to Chequamegon Bay
And the sun shines like diamonds on the waves
I’m filled with wonder with every season change
Food grows on the water the vision showed the way
 
The French trapped the fur the English cut the trees
The land was lost to others with the White Pine Treaty
In the name of progress the Brownstone was quarried
Where food grows on the water, the vision showed the way
 
Bridge
Change is always constant but the vision stays the same
Go west toward the sunset, make a home, Chequamegon Bay