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===Early settlement=== At the time when the first Europeans arrived in the 17th century, the Detroit River region was inhabited by the [[Huron people|Huron]], [[Odawa]], [[Potawatomi]] and [[Iroquois]] [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]].<ref name="teasdale">{{Cite journal |last=Teasdale |first=Guillaume |date=2012 |title=Old Friends and New Foes: French Settlers and Indians in the Detroit River Border Region |journal=Michigan Historical Review |volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=35β62 |doi=10.5342/michhistrevi.38.2.0035}}</ref> The land along the Detroit River was part of the [[Council of Three Fires|Three Fires Confederacy]] between the [[Ojibwe]], Potawatomi, and Odawa and was referred to as ''Wawiiatanong'' or ''Wawiiatanong Ziibi'' meaning "where the river bends" in [[Anishinaabemowin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Sandwich |url=https://www.citywindsor.ca/residents/historyofwindsor/history-of-sandwich/Pages/default.aspx#:~:text=Before%20Europeans%20arrived%2C%20the%20land,%2C%20and%20Odawa%20(Ottawa) |access-date=2022-02-21 |website=Citywindsor.ca |archive-date=September 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926230044/https://citywindsor.ca/residents/historyofwindsor/history-of-sandwich/Pages/default.aspx#:~:text=Before%20Europeans%20arrived%2C%20the%20land,%2C%20and%20Odawa%20(Ottawa) |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Israelson |first=David |date=February 9, 2021 |title=Transforming a 70s law school to reflect changing student and social demographics |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/industry-news/property-report/article-transforming-a-70s-law-school-to-reflect-changing-student-and-social/ |access-date=February 21, 2022|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|publisher=Theglobeandmail.com |archive-date=February 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214174437/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/industry-news/property-report/article-transforming-a-70s-law-school-to-reflect-changing-student-and-social/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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