Shab-wa-way (c. 1770 - 1872), also known by the names Chabowaywa, Shabwaway, Shab-we-we and Shabway among others, was an Odawa Chief who ruled over what is known today as the Les Cheneaux Islands.
[3] His name was an Odawa phrase roughly translating to "voice that shakes the Earth" or "echo from a distance".
[2][4] Shab-wa-way extended marked hospitality to the early voyagers and white pioneers, who, it is said, were welcome to enter his log cabin on Marquette Island.
[5] He was a signatory of the Indian Treaties of March 28, 1836, and of July 31, 1855, in which most of the territory of Northern Michigan was ceded to the United States.
March 28th, 1836, he represented his tribe and signed the Indian treaty at Washington, D.C., ceding most of northern Michigan to the United States, but reserving for himself and for his people 'The Islands of the Chenos'.