Apostle Islands National Lakeshore comprises a stretch of shoreline and 21 islands at the northern tip of Wisconsin, on Lake Superior (gitchi-gami). This area is home to some of the Ojibwe people who live throughout the Great Lakes area. According to their written and oral history, the Ojibwe were the original inhabitants of this area. In order to gain the materials they needed to survive, they traveled throughout the islands with their main village being on Madeline Island, which is known as Moningwunakauning: "Home of the yellow breasted woodpecker."