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Ojibwe

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Also known as Ojibwa, Chippewa, Ojibwe people, Ojibwes, Ojibwas, Chippewas, Achipoés, Anishinaabe

thumb|Ojibwe fishermen in the St. Marys Rapids, 1901

Key facts

Ethnic group.group
Ojibwe (Chippewa)ᐅᒋᑉᐧᐁ (ᒋᑉᐯᐧᐊ)
Ethnic group.image
Ojibwe_Language_Map.png
Ethnic group.image_caption
Precontact distribution of Ojibwe-speaking people
Ethnic group.pop
170,742 in United States (2010)160,000 in Canada (2014)
Ethnic group.popplace
Canada (Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta)United States (Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana)
Ethnic group.rels
Ojibwe religion, Catholicism, Methodism
Ethnic group.langs
English, Ojibwe, French
Ethnic group.related
Assiniboine, other Algonquian peoplesEspecially other Anishinaabe, Cree, and Métis
Ethnonym.person
Ojibwe ᐅᒋᐺAnishinaabeᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯ
Ethnonym.people
Ojibweg ᐅᒋᐺᒃ / ᐅᒋᐺᐠAnishinaabekᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒃ / ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐠ
Ethnonym.language
Ojibwemowin ᐅᒋᐺᒧᐎᓐAnishinaabemowinᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐHand Talk
Ethnonym.country
Ojibwewaki ᐅᒋᐻᐘᑭAnishinaabewakiᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐘᑭ

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Wikidata facts

Population
360000
Image
Ojibwa village.jpg
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Ojibwa
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24 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Population history
  • Language
  • History
  • Precontact and spiritual beliefs
  • Contact with Europeans
  • Culture
  • Cuisine
  • Kinship and clan system
  • Spiritual beliefs
  • Funeral practices
  • Traditional
  • Contemporary
  • Ethnobotany
  • Bands
  • Notable historical Ojibwe people
  • Ojibwe treaties
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • References
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|Ojibwe fishermen in the St. Marys Rapids, 1901

thumb|Manoomin picking, 1905, Minnesota

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