sentences:  The Ojibwe occupied Madeline Island as early as the 15th century, but were prevented from expanding onto mainland present-day Wisconsin by the Dakota.The Meskwaki arrived in the 17th century, pushed west by the disturbances caused in their homelands by the French and Iroquois Wars.During this time period, the Ojibwe, Dakota and Meskwaki all competed for control of northern Wisconsin.