What kind of clothing did the Ottawa Indians of Ohio have?

Answer 1

"Moccasins, Leggings, Headdress, Parkas, Deerskin, And Skirts!" That is what we would like to remember. Actually according to historians, like Allan W Eckert's research Ottawa men went about completely naked in the summer. Women wore only a narrow breechclout that reached to the knees, no more than 3 or 4 inches wide, but like most Native Americans before contact with whites were otherwise naked when weather permitted.

In the winter they wore buckskin leggings and buffalo robes or other animal hides Later, winter garb consisted of leggings and breechclouts with shirts and whatever blanket items they could trade for with the English or in some cases the French traders.

In Ohio and Kentucky, many do not realize there were ample buffalo as well as deer and elk before they were decimated by the White men who came in droves after the American Revolution from Virginia and Pennsylvania.