Ojibwe
Catholicism, Methodism | |
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Assiniboine, other Algonquian peoples Especially other Anishinaabe, Cree, and Métis |
Person | Ojibwe |
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People | Ojibweg |
Language | Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Ojibway, Otchipwe, Ojibwemowin, or Anishinaabemowin |
Country | Ojibwewaki[citation needed] |
The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people in what is currently southern Canada, the northern Midwestern United States, and Northern Plains. They are Indigenous peoples of the Subarctic and Northeastern Woodlands.
According to the U.S. census, Ojibwe people are one of the largest tribal populations among
The Ojibwe language is Anishinaabemowin, a branch of the Algonquian language family.
They are part of the
The Ojibwe are known for their
European powers, Canada, and the United States have colonized Ojibwe lands. The Ojibwe signed treaties with settler leaders to surrender land for settlement in exchange for compensation, land reserves and guarantees of traditional rights. Many European settlers moved into the Ojibwe ancestral lands.[7]
Etymology
The
The meaning of the name Ojibwe is not known; the most common explanations for the name's origin are:
- ojiibwabwe (/o/ + /jiibw/ + /abwe/), meaning "those who cook/roast until it puckers", referring to their fire-curing of
- ozhibii'iwe (/o/ + /zhibii'/ + /iwe/), meaning "those who keep records [of a Vision]", referring to their form of pictographs used in Midewiwin sacred rites;[12]or
- ojiibwe (/o/ + /jiib/ + /we/), meaning "those who speak stiffly" or "those who stammer", an exonym or name given to them by the Cree, who described the Ojibwe language for its differences from their own.[13]
Because many Ojibwe were formerly located around the outlet of Lake Superior, which the French colonists called Sault Ste. Marie for its rapids, the early Canadian settlers referred to the Ojibwe as Saulteurs. Ojibwe who subsequently moved to the prairie provinces of Canada have retained the name Saulteaux. This is disputed since some scholars believe that only the name migrated west.[14][page needed] Ojibwe who were originally located along the Mississagi River and made their way to southern Ontario are known as the Mississaugas.[15]
Language
The Ojibwe language is known as Anishinaabemowin or Ojibwemowin, and is still widely spoken, although the number of fluent speakers has declined sharply. among the northern Plains tribes. Anishinaabemowin is frequently referred to as a "Central Algonquian" language; Central Algonquian is an area grouping, however, rather than a linguistic genetic one.
Ojibwemowin is the fourth-most spoken Native language in North America after
The popularity of the
History
Precontact and spiritual beliefs
According to Ojibwe
According to Ojibwe oral history, seven great miigis (Cowrie shells) appeared to them in the
At a later time, one of these miigis appeared in a vision to relate a prophecy. It said that if the Anishinaabeg did not move farther west, they would not be able to keep their traditional ways alive because of the many new pale-skinned settlers who would arrive soon in the east. Their migration path would be symbolized by a series of smaller Turtle Islands, which was confirmed with miigis shells (i.e.,
The first of the smaller Turtle Islands was Mooniyaa, where Mooniyaang (present-day Montreal)[19] developed. The "second stopping place" was in the vicinity of the Wayaanag-gakaabikaa (Concave Waterfalls, i.e., Niagara Falls). At their "third stopping place", near the present-day city of Detroit, Michigan, the Anishinaabeg divided into six groups, of which the Ojibwe was one.
The first significant new Ojibwe culture-center was their "fourth stopping place" on Manidoo Minising (Manitoulin Island). Their first new political-center was referred to as their "fifth stopping place", in their present country at Baawiting (Sault Ste. Marie). Continuing their westward expansion, the Ojibwe divided into the "northern branch", following the north shore of Lake Superior, and the "southern branch", along its south shore.
As the people continued to migrate westward, the "northern branch" divided into a "westerly group" and a "southerly group". The "southern branch" and the "southerly group" of the "northern branch" came together at their "sixth stopping place" on Spirit Island (46°41′15″N 092°11′21″W / 46.68750°N 92.18917°W) located in the Saint Louis River estuary at the western end of Lake Superior. (This has since been developed as the present-day Duluth/Superior cities.) The people were directed in a vision by the miigis being to go to the "place where there is food (i.e., wild rice) upon the waters." Their second major settlement, referred to as their "seventh stopping place", was at Shaugawaumikong (or Zhaagawaamikong, French, Chequamegon) on the southern shore of Lake Superior, near the present La Pointe, Wisconsin.
The "westerly group" of the "northern branch" migrated along the Rainy River, Red River of the North, and across the northern Great Plains until reaching the Pacific Northwest. Along their migration to the west, they came across many miigis, or cowry shells, as told in the prophecy.
Contact with Europeans
The first historical mention of the Ojibwe occurs in the French
By the end of the 18th century, the Ojibwe controlled nearly all of present-day Michigan, northern Wisconsin, and Minnesota, including most of the Red River area. They also controlled the entire northern shores of lakes Huron and Superior on the Canadian side and extending westward to the Turtle Mountains of North Dakota. In the latter area, the French Canadians called them Ojibwe or Saulteaux.
The Ojibwe were part of a long-term alliance with the Anishinaabe
In 1745, they adopted guns from the British in order to repel the
Often, treaties known as "peace and friendship treaties" were made to establish community bonds between the Ojibwe and the European settlers. These established the groundwork for cooperative resource-sharing between the Ojibwe and the settlers. The United States and Canada viewed later treaties offering land cessions as offering territorial advantages. The Ojibwe did not understand the land cession terms in the same way because of the cultural differences in understanding the uses of land. The governments of the U.S. and Canada considered land a commodity of value that could be freely bought, owned and sold. The Ojibwe believed it was a fully shared resource, along with air, water and sunlight—despite having an understanding of "territory". At the time of the treaty councils, they could not conceive of separate land sales or exclusive ownership of land. Consequently, today, in both Canada and the U.S., legal arguments in treaty-rights and treaty interpretations often bring to light the differences in cultural understanding of treaty terms to come to legal understanding of the treaty obligations.[21]
In part because of its long trading alliance, the Ojibwe allied with the French against Great Britain and its colonists in the Seven Years' War (also called the French and Indian War).[22] After losing the war in 1763, France was forced to cede its colonial claims to lands in Canada and east of the Mississippi River to Britain. After Pontiac's War and adjusting to British colonial rule, the Ojibwe allied with British forces and against the United States in the War of 1812. They had hoped that a British victory could protect them against United States settlers' encroachment on their territory.
Following the war, the United States government tried to forcibly remove all the Ojibwe to Minnesota, west of the Mississippi River. The Ojibwe resisted, and there were violent confrontations. In the Sandy Lake Tragedy, several hundred Ojibwe died because of the federal government's failure to deliver fall annuity payments.[23] The government attempted to do this in the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Through the efforts of Chief Buffalo and the rise of popular opinion in the U.S. against Ojibwe removal, the bands east of the Mississippi were allowed to return to reservations on ceded territory. A few families were removed to Kansas as part of the Potawatomi removal.
In British North America, the Royal Proclamation of 1763 following the Seven Years' War governed the cession of land by treaty or purchase . Subsequently, France ceded most of the land in Upper Canada to Great Britain. Even with the Jay Treaty signed between Great Britain and the United States following the American Revolutionary War, the newly formed United States did not fully uphold the treaty. As it was still preoccupied by war with France, Great Britain ceded to the United States much of the lands in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, parts of Illinois and Wisconsin, and northern Minnesota and North Dakota to settle the boundary of their holdings in Canada.
In 1807, the Ojibwe joined three other tribes, the Odawa, Potawatomi and Wyandot people, in signing the
The Battle of the Brule was an October 1842 battle between the La Pointe Band of Ojibwe Indians and a war party of Dakota Indians. The battle took place along the Brule River (Bois Brûlé) in what is today northern Wisconsin and resulted in a decisive victory for the Ojibwe.
In Canada, many of the land cession treaties the British made with the Ojibwe provided for their rights for continued hunting, fishing and gathering of natural resources after land sales. The government signed numbered treaties in northwestern Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. British Columbia had not signed treaties until the late 20th century, and most areas have no treaties yet. The government and First Nations are continuing to negotiate treaty land entitlements and settlements. The treaties are constantly being reinterpreted by the courts because many of them are vague and difficult to apply in modern times. The numbered treaties were some of the most detailed treaties signed for their time. The Ojibwe Nation set the agenda and negotiated the first numbered treaties before they would allow safe passage of many more British settlers to the prairies.
Ojibwe communities have a strong history of political and social activism. Long before contact, they were closely aligned with Odawa and Potawatomi people in the Council of the Three Fires. From the 1870s to 1938, the Grand General Indian Council of Ontario attempted to reconcile multiple traditional models into one cohesive voice to exercise political influence over colonial legislation. In the West, 16 Plains Cree and Ojibwe bands formed the Allied Bands of Qu'Appelle in 1910 in order to redress concerns about the failure of the government to uphold Treaty 4's promises.
Culture
The Ojibwe have traditionally organized themselves into groups known as bands. Most Ojibwe, except for the Great Plains bands, have historically lived a settled (as opposed to nomadic) lifestyle, relying on fishing and hunting to supplement the cultivation of numerous varieties of
They have a culturally-specific form of pictorial writing, used in the religious rites of the
Some ceremonies use the miigis shell (
During the summer months, the people attend jiingotamog for the spiritual and niimi'idimaa for a social gathering (powwows) at various reservations in the Anishinaabe-Aki (Anishinaabe Country). Many people still follow the traditional ways of harvesting wild rice, picking berries, hunting, making medicines, and making maple sugar.
The jingle dress that is typically worn by female pow wow dancers originated from the Ojibwe. Both Plains and Woodlands Ojibwe claim the earliest form of dark cloth dresses decorated with rows of tin cones - often made from the lids of tobacco cans- that make a jingling sound when worn by the dancer. This style of dress is now popular with all tribes and is a distinctly Ojibwe contribution to Pan-Indianism.[25]
The Ojibwe bury their dead in
Several Ojibwe bands in the United States cooperate in the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission, which manages the treaty hunting and fishing rights in the Lake Superior-Lake Michigan areas. The commission follows the directives of U.S. agencies to run several wilderness areas. Some Minnesota Ojibwe tribal councils cooperate in the 1854 Treaty Authority, which manages their treaty hunting and fishing rights in the Arrowhead Region. In Michigan, the Chippewa-Ottawa Resource Authority manages the hunting, fishing and gathering rights about Sault Ste. Marie, and the resources of the waters of lakes Michigan and Huron. In Canada, the Grand Council of Treaty No. 3 manages the Treaty 3 hunting and fishing rights related to the area around Lake of the Woods.
Cuisine
There is renewed interest in nutritious eating among the Ojibwe, who have been expanding community gardens in
One traditional method of making granulated sugar known among the Anishinabe was to boil maple syrup until reduced and pour into a trough, where the rapidly cooling syrup was quickly processed into maple sugar using wooden paddles.[29]
Kinship and clan system
Traditionally, the Ojibwe had a
For this reason, children with French or English fathers were considered outside the clan and Ojibwe society unless adopted by an Ojibwe male. They were sometimes referred to as "white" because of their fathers, regardless if their mothers were Ojibwe, as they had no official place in the Ojibwe society. The people would shelter the woman and her children, but they did not have the same place in the culture as children born to Ojibwe fathers.Ojibwe understanding of kinship is complex and includes the immediate family as well as extended family. It is considered a modified
The Ojibwe people were divided into a number of doodemag (clans; singular: doodem) named primarily for animals and birds
Traditionally, each band had a self-regulating council consisting of leaders of the communities' clans, or odoodemaan. The band was often identified by the principal doodem. In meeting others, the traditional greeting among the Ojibwe people is, "What is your 'doodem'?" ("Aaniin gidoodem?" or "Awanen gidoodem?") The response allows the parties to establish social conduct by identifying as family, friends or enemies. Today, the greeting has been shortened to "Aanii" (pronounced "Ah-nee").[32]
Spiritual beliefs
The Ojibwe have spiritual beliefs that have been passed down by oral tradition under the Midewiwin teachings. These include a creation story and a recounting of the origins of ceremonies and rituals. Spiritual beliefs and rituals were very important to the Ojibwe because spirits guided them through life. Birch bark scrolls and petroforms were used to pass along knowledge and information, as well as for ceremonies. Pictographs were also used for ceremonies.
The
The modern
Funeral practices
Traditional
In Ojibwe tradition, the main task after a death is to bury the body as soon as possible, the very next day or even on the day of death. This was important because it allowed the spirit of the dead to journey to its place of joy and happiness. The land of happiness where the dead reside is called Gaagige Minawaanigozigiwining.[35] This was a journey that took four days. If burial preparations could not be completed the day of the death, guests and medicine men were required to stay with the deceased and the family in order to help mourn, while also singing songs and dancing throughout the night. Once preparations were complete, the body would be placed in an inflexed position with their knees towards their chest.[36] Over the course of the four days it takes the spirit to journey to its place of joy, it is customary to have food kept alongside the grave at all times. A fire is set when the sun sets and is kept going throughout the night. The food is to help feed the spirit over the course of the journey, while the smoke from the fire is a directional guide. Once the four–day journey is over, a feast is held, which is led by the chief medicine man. At the feast, it is the chief medicine man's duty to give away certain belongings of the deceased. Those who were chosen to receive items from the deceased are required to trade in a new piece of clothing, all of which would be turned into a bundle. The bundle of new cloths and a dish is then given to the closest relative. The recipient of the bundle must then find individuals that he or she believes to be worthy, and pass on one of the new pieces of clothing.[37]
Contemporary
According to Lee Staples, an Ojibwe spiritual leader from the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation, present day practices follow the same spiritual beliefs and remain fairly similar. When an individual dies, a fire is lit in the home of the family, who are also expected to continuously maintain the fire for four days. Over the four days, food is also offered to the spirit. Added to food offerings, tobacco is also offered as it is considered one of four sacred medicines traditionally used by Ojibwe communities. On the last night of food offerings, a feast is also held by the relatives which ends with a final smoke of the offering tobacco or the tobacco being thrown in the fire. Although conventional caskets are mainly used in today's communities, birch bark fire matches are buried along with the body as a tool to help light fires to guide their journey to Gaagige Minawaanigozigiwining.[35]
Ethnobotany
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Plants used by the Ojibwe include
The Ojibwe eat the corms of Sagittaria cuneata for indigestion, and also as a food, eaten boiled fresh, dried or candied with maple sugar. Muskrat and beavers store them in large caches, which they have learned to recognize and appropriate.[46] They take an infusion of the Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica after childbirth to purge afterbirth and to heal.[47] They use the roots of Solidago rigida, using a decoction of root as an enema[48] and take an infusion of the root for "stoppage of urine".[49] They use Abies balsamea; melting the gum on warm stones and inhaling the fumes for headache.[50] They also use a decoction of the root as an herbal steam for rheumatic joints.[50] They also combine the gum with bear grease and use it as an ointment for hair.[51] They use the needle-like leaves in as part of ceremony involving the sweatbath, and use the gum for colds and inhale the leaf smoke for colds.[52] They use the plant as a cough medicine.[53] The gum is used for sores and a compound containing leaves is used as wash. The liquid balsam from bark blisters is used for sore eyes.[52] They boil the resin twice and add it to suet or fat to make a canoe pitch.[54] The bark gum is taken for chest soreness from colds, applied to cuts and sores, and decoction of the bark is used to induce sweating. The bark gum is also taken for gonorrhea.[55] A decoction (tea) of powdered, dried Onoclea sensibilis root is used to stimulate milk flow in female patients.[56]
Bands
In his History of the Ojibway People (1855), William W. Warren recorded 10 major divisions of the Ojibwe in the United States. He mistakenly omitted the Ojibwe located in Michigan, western Minnesota and westward, and all of Canada. When identified major historical bands located in Michigan and Ontario are added, the count becomes 15:[citation needed]
English Name | Ojibwe Name (in double-vowel spelling) |
Location |
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Saulteaux | Baawitigowininiwag | Sault Ste. Marie area of Ontario and Michigan |
Border-Sitters | Biitan-akiing-enabijig | St. Croix-Namekagon River valleys in eastern Minnesota and northern Wisconsin |
Lake Superior Band | Gichi-gamiwininiwag | south shore of Lake Superior |
Mississippi River Band | Gichi-ziibiwininiwag | upper Mississippi River in Minnesota |
Rainy Lake Band | Goojijiwininiwag | River , about the northern boundary of Minnesota
|
Ricing-Rails | Manoominikeshiinyag | along headwaters of St. Croix River in Wisconsin and Minnesota
|
Pillagers | Makandwewininiwag | North-central Minnesota and Mississippi River headwaters |
Mississaugas | Misi-zaagiwininiwag | north of Lake Erie, extending north of Lake Huron about the Mississaugi River |
Dokis Band (Dokis's and Restoule's bands) | — | Along French River (Wemitigoj-Sibi) region (including Little French River (Ziibiins) and Restoule River) in Ontario, near Lake Nipissing |
Ottawa Lake (Lac Courte Oreilles) Band | Odaawaa-zaaga'iganiwininiwag | Lac Courte Oreilles, Wisconsin |
Bois Forte Band | Zagaakwaandagowininiwag | north of Lake Superior |
Lac du Flambeau Band | Waaswaaganiwininiwag | head of Wisconsin River |
Muskrat Portage Band
|
Wazhashk-Onigamininiwag | northwest side of Lake Superior at the Canada–US border |
Nopeming Band | Noopiming Azhe-ininiwag | northeast of Lake Superior and west of Lake Nipissing |
These 15 major divisions developed into the following Ojibwe Bands and First Nations of today. Bands are listed under their respective tribes where possible.[citation needed] See also the listing of Saulteaux communities.
- Aamjiwnaang First Nation
- Aroland First Nation
- Batchewana First Nation
- Bay Mills Indian Community
- Biinjitiwabik Zaaging Anishnabek First Nation
- Burt Lake Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians
- Caldwell First Nation
- Chapleau Ojibway First Nation
- Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point
- Chippewas of Lake Simcoe and Huron (Historical)
- Beausoleil First Nation
- Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation
- Chippewas of Rama First Nation (formerly known as Chippewas of Mnjikaning First Nation)
- Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation
- Chippewa of the Thames First Nation
- Chippewas of Saugeen Ojibway Territory(Historical)
- Rocky Boys Indian Reservation
- Curve Lake First Nation
- Cutler First Nation
- Dokis First Nation
- Eabametoong First Nation
- First Nation of Ojibwe California
- Fort William First Nation
- Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
- Garden River First Nation
- Henvey Inlet First Nation
- Grassy Narrows First Nation (Asabiinyashkosiwagong Nitam-Anishinaabeg)
- Islands in the Trent Waters
- Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation (also known as Riding Mountain Band)
- Koocheching First Nation
- Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation
- Lac La Croix First Nation
- Lac Seul First Nation
- Lake Nipigon Ojibway First Nation
- Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe
- Bad River Chippewa Band
- Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
- L'Anse Band of Chippewa Indians
- Ontonagon Band of Chippewa Indians
- Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
- Bois Brule River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Chippewa River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
- Removable St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
- Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Sokaogon Chippewa Community
- St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
- Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana
- Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
- Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians
- Magnetawan First Nation
- Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
- Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
- Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
- Lake Vermilion Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Little Forks Band of Rainy River Saulteaux
- Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Grand Portage Band of Chippewa
- Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
- Cass Lake Band of Chippewa
- Lake Winnibigoshish Band of Chippewa
- Leech Lake Band of Pillagers
- Removable Lake Superior Bands of Chippewa of the Chippewa Reservation
- White Oak Point Band of Mississippi Chippewa
- Pokegama Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa
- Removable Sandy Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa
- Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
- Mille Lacs Indians
- Sandy Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa
- Rice Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa
- St. Croix Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota
- Kettle River Band of Chippewa Indians
- Snake and Knife Rivers Band of Chippewa Indians
- White Earth Band of Chippewa
- Gull Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa
- Otter Tail Band of Pillagers
- Rabbit Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa
- Removable Mille Lacs Indians
- Rice Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa
- Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
- Mississaugi First Nation
- North Caribou Lake First Nation
- Ojibway Nation of Saugeen First Nation
- Ojibways of the Pic River First Nation
- Osnaburg House Band of Ojibway and Cree (Historical)
- Cat Lake First Nation
- Mishkeegogamang First Nation (formerly known as New Osnaburgh First Nation)
- Slate Falls First Nation
- Pembina Band of Chippewa Indians (Historical)
- Pikangikum First Nation
- Poplar Hill First Nation
- Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
- Lac des Bois Band of Chippewa Indians
- Rolling River First Nation
- Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation
- Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Council
- Sagkeeng First Nation
- Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians
- Saulteaux First Nation
- Shawanaga First Nation
- Southeast Tribal Council
- Berens River First Nation
- Bloodvein First Nation
- Brokenhead First Nation
- Buffalo Point First Nation (Saulteaux)
- Hollow Water First Nation
- Black River First Nation
- Little Grand Rapids First Nation
- Pauingassi First Nation (Saulteaux)
- Poplar River First Nation
- Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
- Wabaseemoong Independent Nation
- Wabauskang First Nation
- Wabun Tribal Council
- Beaverhouse First Nation
- Brunswick House First Nation
- Chapleau Ojibwe First Nation
- Matachewan First Nation
- Mattagami First Nation
- Wahgoshig First Nation
- Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation
- Wahnapitae First Nation
- Walpole Island First Nation
- Washagamis Bay First Nation
- Whitefish Bay First Nation
- Whitefish Lake First Nation
- Whitefish River First Nation
- Whitesand First Nation
- Whitewater Lake First Nation
- Wikwemikong Unceded First Nation
Notable historical Ojibwe people
Ojibwe people from the 20th and 21st centuries should be listed under their specific tribes.
- Francis Assikinack (1824–1863), historian from Manitoulin Island
- Stephen Bonga, Ojibwe/African-American fur trader and interpreter[57]
- George Bonga (1802–1880), Ojibwe/African-American fur trader and interpreter
- Jeanne L'Strange Cappel (1873–1949), writer, teacher and clubwoman
- Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwewoman warrior
- George Copway (1818–1869), missionary and writer
- Margaret Bonga Fahlstrom (c. 1797–1880), Ojibwe-African American woman in the early Methodist Episcopal Church in Minnesota
- Fr. Roman Catholic priest and activist from Gordon, Wisconsin
- Hole in the Day (1825–1868), Chief of the Mississippi Band of the Minnesota Ojibwe
- Peter Jones (1802–1856), Mississauga missionary and writer
- Kechewaishke (Gichi-Weshkiinh, Buffalo) (ca. 1759–1855), chief
- Edmonia Lewis (ca. 1844–1907), Mississauga Ojibwe/African-American sculptor
- Maungwudaus, (1811–1888), performer, interpreter, mission worker, and herbalist
- Red Lake Ojibwechief
- Ozaawindib (Yellow Head), early 19th c. nonbinary warrior, guide
- Chief Rocky Boy(fl. late 19th c.), chief
- Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, born in Sault Ste. Marie
- John Smith(ca. 1824–1922, chief, from Cass Lake, Minnesota
- Alfred Michael "Chief" Venne (1879–1971), athletic manager and coach from Leroy, North Dakota
- Waabaanakwad (White Cloud) (ca. 1830–1898), Gull Lake chief
- William Whipple Warren (1825–1853), first historical writer of the Ojibwe people, territorial legislator
- Zheewegonab (fl. 1780–1805), band leader among the northern Ojibwe
Ojibwe treaties
- Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority—1836CT fisheries
- Grand Council of Treaty 3—Treaty 3
- Grand Council of Treaty 8—Treaty 8
- Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission—1837CT, 1836CT, 1842CT and 1854CT
- Nishnawbe Aski Nation—Treaty 5 and Treaty 9
- Red Lake Band of Chippewa—1886CT and 1889CT
- Union of Ontario Indians—RS, RH1, RH2, misc. pre-confederation treaties
- Treaties with France
- La Grande Paix de Montréal (1701)
- Treaties with Great Britain and the United Kingdom
- Treaty of Fort Niagara (1764)
- Treaty of Fort Niagara (1781)
- Indian Officers' Land Treaty (1783)
- The Crawford Purchases (1783)
- Between the Lakes Purchase (1784)
- Treaty of Peace with Sioux, Chippewa and Winnebago (1787)
- Toronto Purchase (1787)
- Indenture to the Toronto Purchase (1805)
- The McKee Purchase (1790)
- Between the Lakes Purchase (1792)
- Chenail Ecarte (Sombra Township) Purchase (1796)
- London Township Purchase (1796)
- Land for Joseph Brant (1797)
- Penetanguishene Bay Purchase (1798)
- St. Joseph Island (1798)
- Head-of-the-Lake Purchase (1806)
- Lake Simcoe-Lake Huron Purchase(1815)
- Lake Simcoe-Nottawasaga Purchase (1818)
- Ajetance Purchase (1818)
- Rice Lake Purchase (1818)
- The Rideau Purchase (1819)
- Long Woods Purchase (1822)
- Huron Tract Purchase (1827)
- Saugeen Tract Agreement (1836)
- Manitoulin Agreement (1836)
- The Robinson Treaties
- Ojibewa Indians of Lake Superior(1850)
- Ojibewa Indians of Lake Huron(1850)
- Manitoulin Island Treaty (1862)
- Treaties with Canada
- Treaty No. 1 (1871)—Stone Fort Treaty
- Treaty No. 2 (1871)
- Treaty No. 3 (1873)—Northwest Angle Treaty
- Treaty No. 4 (1874)—Qu'Appelle Treaty
- Treaty No. 5 (1875)
- Treaty No. 6 (1876)
- Treaty No. 8 (1899)
- Treaty No. 9 (1905–1906)—James Bay Treaty
- Treaty No. 5, Adhesions (1908–1910)
- The Williams Treaties (1923)
- Treaty No. 9, Adhesions (1929–1930)
- Treaties with the United States
- Treaty of Fort McIntosh (1785)
- Treaty of Fort Harmar (1789)
- Treaty of Greenville (1795)
- Fort Industry (1805)
- Treaty of Detroit (1807)
- Treaty of Brownstown (1808)
- Treaty of Springwells(1815)
- Treaty of St. Louis (1816)—Ottawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi
- Treaty of Miami Rapids(1817)
- Treaty of St. Mary's(1818)
- Treaty of Saginaw (1819)
- Treaty of Saúlt Ste. Marie (1820)
- Treaty of L'Arbre Croche and Michilimackinac (1820)
- Treaty of Chicago(1821)
- First Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1825)
- Treaty of Fond du Lac (1826)
- Treaty of Butte des Morts (1827)
- Treaty of Green Bay (1828)
- Second Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1829)
- Treaty of Chicago (1833)
- Treaty of Washington (1836)—Ottawa & Chippewa
- Treaty of Washington (1836)—Swan Creek & Black River Bands
- Treaty of Detroit (1837)
- Treaty of St. Peters (1837)—White Pine Treaty
- Treaty of Flint River (1837)
- Saganaw Treaties
- Treaty of Saganaw (1838)
- Supplemental Treaty (1839)
- Treaty of La Pointe (1842)—Copper Treaty
- Isle Royale Agreement(1844)
- Treaty of Potawatomi Creek (1846)
- Treaty of Fond du Lac (1847)
- Treaty of Leech Lake (1847)
- Treaty of La Pointe (1854)
- Treaty of Washington (1855)
- Treaty of Detroit (1855)—Ottawa & Chippewa
- Treaty of Detroit (1855)—Sault Ste. Marie Band
- Treaty of Detroit (1855)—Swan Creek & Black River Bands
- Treaty of Sac and Fox Agency (1859)
- Treaty of Washington (1863)
- Treaty of Old Crossing (1863)
- Treaty of Old Crossing (1864)
- Treaty of Washington (1864)
- Treaty of Isabella Reservation (1864)
- Treaty of Washington (1866)
- Treaty of Washington (1867)
Gallery
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A-na-cam-e-gish-ca (Aanakamigishkaang/"[Traces of] Foot Prints [upon the Ground]"), Ojibwe chief, from History of the Indian Tribes of North America
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Bust of Aysh-ke-bah-ke-ko-zhay (Eshkibagikoonzhe or "Flat Mouth"), a Leech Lake Ojibwe chief
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Chief Beautifying Bird (Nenaa'angebi), by Benjamin Armstrong, 1891
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Bust of Beshekee, war chief, modeled 1855, carved 1856
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Caa-tou-see, an Ojibwe, from History of the Indian Tribes of North America
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Hanging Cloud, The female Ojibwe warrior the newspapers called the Chippewa Warrior Princess
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Jack-O-Pa (Zhaagobe/"Six"), a St. Croix Ojibwe chief, from History of the Indian Tribes of North America
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Kay be sen day way We Win, by Eastman Johnson, 1857
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Kei-a-gis-gis, a Plains Ojibwe woman, painted by George Catlin
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Leech Lake Ojibwe delegation to Washington, 1899
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Chippewa baby teething on "Indians at Work" magazine while strapped to a cradleboard at a rice lake in 1940.
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Chippewa Chief Ne-bah-quah-om (Big Dog) offered to fight the Sioux for the government in 1862
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"One Called From A Distance" (Midwewinind) of theWhite Earth Band, 1894.
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Pee-Che-Kir, Ojibwe chief, painted by Thomas Loraine McKenney, 1843
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Ojibwe chief Rocky Boy
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Ojibwe woman and child, from History of the Indian Tribes of North America
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Tshusick, an Ojibwe woman, from History of the Indian Tribes of North America
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Chief medicine man Axel Pasey and family at Grand Portage Minnesota.
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Historic 1849 petition of Ojibwe chiefs
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Wells American Indian picture writing
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Wildfire, English name Edmonia Lewis
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Aamoons, chief of La Flambeau band, photographed c. 1862, possibly in Washington, D.C.
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Details of Ojibwe Wigwam at Grand Portage by Eastman Johnson, c. 1906
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Vintagestereoscopicphoto entitled "Chippewa lodges, Beaver Bay, by Childs, B. F."
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Pictographs on Mazinaw Rock, Bon Echo Provincial Park, Ontario
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Ojibwe hunter in winter 1908
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Camp fire Chippewa village Itasca State Park Minnesota 1926
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Medicine man from Cass Lake 1911
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An Ojibwa woman and child, Red River Settlement, Manitoba, 1895
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Ojibwa village
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Minnesota Ojibwa 1910
See also
- Amikwa people
- First Nations
- Timeline of First Nations history
- History of Native Americans in the United States
- Native Americans in the United States
References
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Bibliography
- Densmore, Frances (1970) [1929]. Chippewa Customs. Minnesota Historical Society Press.
- H. Hickerson, The Chippewa and Their Neighbors (1970)
- R. Landes, Ojibwa Sociology (1937, repr. 1969)
- R. Landes, Ojibwa Woman (1938, repr. 1971)
- Smith, Huron H. (1932). "Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians". Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee (4): 327–525.
- F. Symington, The Canadian Indian (1969)
Further reading
- Aaniin Ekidong: Ojibwe Vocabulary Project. St. Paul: Minnesota Humanities Center, 2009
- Baker, Jocelyn (1936). "Ojibwa of the Lake of the Woods". Canadian Geographic Journal. 12 (1): 47–54.
- Bento-Banai, Edward (2004). Creation- From the Ojibwa. The Mishomis Book.
- Child, Brenda J. (2014). My Grandfather's Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press.
- Danziger, E.J. Jr. (1978). The Chippewa of Lake Superior. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
- Denial, Catherine J. (2013). Making Marriage: Husbands, Wives, and the American State in Dakota and Ojibwe Country. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press.
- Densmore, F. (1979). Chippewa customs. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press. (Published originally 1929)
- Grim, J.A. (1983). The shaman: Patterns of religious healing among the Ojibway Indians. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
- Gross, L.W. (2002). The comic vision of Anishinaabe culture and religion. American Indian Quarterly, 26, 436–459.
- Howse, Joseph. A Grammar of the Cree Language; With which is combined an analysis of the Chippeway dialect. London: J.G.F. & J. Rivington, 1844.
- Johnston, B. (1976). Ojibway heritage. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.
- Long, J. Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader Describing the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians, with an Account of the Posts Situated on the River Saint Laurence, Lake Ontario, & C., to Which Is Added a Vocabulary of the Chippeway Language ... a List of Words in the Iroquois, Mehegan, Shawanee, and Esquimeaux Tongues, and a Table, Shewing the Analogy between the Algonkin and the Chippeway Languages. London: Robson, 1791.
- Nichols, J.D., & Nyholm, E. (1995). A concise dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
- Treuer, Anton. Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2012.
- Treuer, Anton. The Assassination of Hole in the Day. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2011.
- Treuer, Anton. Ojibwe in Minnesota. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 2010. Ojibwe in Minnesota. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2010.
- Treuer, Anton. Living Our Language: Ojibwe Tales & Oral Histories. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2001.
- Vizenor, G. (1972). The everlasting sky: New voices from the people named the Chippewa. New York: Crowell-Collier Press.
- Vizenor, G. (1981). Summer in the spring: Ojibwe lyric poems and tribal stories. Minneapolis: The Nodin Press.
- Vizenor, G. (1984). The people named the Chippewa: Narrative histories. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
- Warren, William W. (1851). History of the Ojibway People.
- White, Richard (1991). The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650–1815 (Studies in North American Indian History) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England.
- White, Richard (July 31, 2000). Chippewas of the Sault. The Sault Tribe News.
- Wub-e-ke-niew. (1995). We have the right to exist: A translation of aboriginal indigenous thought. New York: Black Thistle Press.
External links
- Ojibwe Song Pictures, recorded by Frances Desmore
- Ojibwe People's Dictionary
- Ojibwe Waasa-Inaabidaa—PBSdocumentary featuring the history and culture of the Anishinaabe-Ojibwe people of the Great Lakes (United States–focused).
- Ojibwe migratory map from Ojibwe Waasa-Inaabidaa
- Batchewana First Nation
- Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Mississaugi First Nation
- Southeast Tribal Council
- Wabun Tribal Council
- Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa from the Public Radio Exchange
- Ojibwe Astronomy