Enmegahbowh was an Odawa from Canada who converted to Christianity from Midewiwin. In 1851, James Lloyd Breck began a mission among the Ojibwa of Minnesota. Enmegahbowh was a catechumen there and was baptized by Breck. Enmegahbowh became a deacon and went to Crow Wing, Minnesota to assist in a new mission there in 1858. The Mille Lacs Chief Fine-Day was an early member of Enmegahbowh's church in 1859. Enmegahbowh died at the White Earth Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota on June 12, 1902 at the age of 95. He is commemorated on June 12 on the Episcopal calendar of saints.