 So the flickering shaft of light is the Megis, and La Pointe is the center of the Earth for the Ojibwa.Kechewaishke, commonly known as "Chief Buffalo", was an Ojibwa leader born at La Pointe in 1759.Recognized as the principal chief of the Lake Superior Chippewa (Ojibwa) for nearly a half-century until his death in 1855, he led his nation into a treaty relationship with the United States Government, signing treaties in 1825, 1826, 1837, 1842, 1847, and 1854.