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Kitihawa Point Du Sable (also known by her Christian name, Catherine) was a Potawatomi woman who, with her husband Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, established the first permanent settlement in what is now the city of Chicago.
Feb 3, 2022 · By 1778, DuSable had established himself in the area that would become Chicago and, in that year, married Kitihawa, a Potawatomi woman also known as Catherine. The pair settled by a place the Potawatomi called Eschecagou, on the north bank of the Chicago River at its junction with Lake Michigan.
Jul 15, 2021 · Starla Thompson, Educator and Cultural Consultant, said DuSable's wife Kitihawa, a woman from a prominent Potawatomi family, was responsible for his release and contributed to his success.
Jul 10, 2023 · Sometime in the mid-1780s, Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable, a Black man from Saint-Domingue, and his Potawatomi wife, Kitihawa, settled with their family on a swampy site near Lake Michigan called Eschecagou, “land of the wild onions.”
Jun 13, 2021 · DuSable was married to Kitihawa, a member of the Potawatomi tribe, and through that marriage he was native “kin.” Carlson is a member of the Ojibwe tribe, a Chicago-based visual artist, and co ...
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Mar 30, 2023 · By Audrina Sinclair, Aida Mogos. March 30, 2023 / 9:35 AM CDT / CBS Chicago. CHICAGO (CBS) -- This Women's History Month, we're highlighting a hidden figure in Chicago's story; a woman you might...
Jun 29, 2021 · SMART NEWS. History of Now. Who Was Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, the New Namesake of Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive? Chicago leaders voted to rename the city’s iconic lakeside roadway after a...
