Bugonaygeshig

Bugonaygeshig (from Ojibwe Bagonegiizhig: "Hole/Opening in the Sky/Day", referring to the constellation Pleiades) was an Anishinaabe leader of the late 19th century and early 20th century. Bugonaygeshig was native to the Leech Lake Indian Reservation of Minnesota. The Anishinaabe people of the Leech Lake Reservation are known as the Pillagers, another "term" for the military and police totem of the Anishinaabe people. They were called by members from other Anishinabe totems, the Noka Nation or Nooke-doodem. The Nooke clan were the most numerous of the clans of the Anishinaabe people.

Chief Bugonaygeshig was born in either 1835, 1836, or 1839. His birthplace was probably in north central Minnesota. His Anishinabe name, Bugonaygeshig, was very popular at the time (19th century) in Minnesota and still is. Though, historians claim Ogimaa (chief) Bagonegiizhig was never an actual leader, that could be misleading. Ogimaa Bagonegiizhig did not become well known among the whites until the 1890s. He had four wives and four children during his life.

On January 14, 1889 the United States approved the Nelson Act of 1889 to forcibly relocate Minnesota's Chippewa Reservations, except the Red Lake Reservation and White Earth Reservation. The goal of the 1889 Nelson Act was to relocate all Minnesota Chippewas to the White Earth Reservation. The Nelson Act was named after Minnesota congressman Knute Nelson. He caused the casualties at the Battle of Sugar Point.

The Bankruptcy Act of 1898 was accepted by the government of the United States. The act gave companies protection from creditors which signaled to those companies in Minnesota, they could freely do as their business wants required. Little evidence tells of the 1898 Nelson Act leading to the Rebellion a few months after the act was accepted on July 1, 1898.

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