Jacob Berens

Jacob Berens was an Ojibwa chief whose native name was Nah-wee-kee-sick-quah-yash. The name means light moving in the centre of the sky and probably was a result of the Halley's Comet occurrence in 1835.
Berens was instrumental in negotiations of Treaty No.5 with the Canadian government in 1875.
The community of Berens [River, Manitoba|Berens River], and the Berens River, itself gave rise to his English surname. The Berens River First Nation are the aboriginal population that also utilize the name.