Nanabijou is a mythical giant of Ojibwe legend. According to myth, Nanabijou protected the Ojibwe people but warned that if they ever revealed the location of local silver deposits to white settlers, something terrible would happen. When a Sioux infiltrator revealed the location during a night of drinking, Nanabijou collapsed where he stood, forming the rock formation now known to many as the “Sleeping Giant” in Thunder Bay, Ontario.