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Ojibwa
Ojibwa (Chippewa) Group of Algonquian-speaking Native North Americans. In the 17th century, they were constantly at war with the Sioux, eventually driving them across the Mississippi River. Since then, they have lived on reservations in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota. Today,
c.90,000 live in the USA and Canada.
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The Ojibwa of Southern Ontario. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: The American Indian Quarterly; 6/22/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...versions of oral accounts of Ojibwa battles with the Iroquois and...Ottawa history is simply part of Ojibwa history, but he also cites...pity us" speeches given by Ojibwas to traders or colonial officials...and Mary Black-Rogers for Ojibwa uses of the phrase "pity...
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Fatal errors: Ruth Landes and the creation of the "Atomistic Ojibwa"
Magazine article from: Anthropologica; 1/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Landes' depiction of the Boundary Waters Ojibwa. Based on field work in the 1930s, the "Emo" Ojibwa were characterized ahistorically by Landes...Landes' field work and her analysis of the Ojibwa. Although Landes' work represents many...
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American Indian environmental ethics: an Ojibwa case study.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Environments; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...American Indian environmental ethics: An Ojibwa case study J. Baird Callicott and Michael...focus on one Aboriginal culture, the Ojibwa, to provide an in-depth analysis of...should be prepared to approach several Ojibwa narratives with an open mind, as well...
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Susan Elaine Gray. "I Will Fear No Evil": Ojibwa-Missionary Encounters along the Berens River, 1875-1940.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Michigan Historical Review; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Elaine Gray. "I Will Fear No Evil": Ojibwa-Missionary Encounters along the Berens...removed from the shores of Michigan, the Ojibwa living along Lake Winnipeg emigrated from...in her book "I Will Fear No Evil": Ojibwa-Missionary Encounters along the Berens...
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Michael Angel, Preserving the Sacred: Historical Perspectives on the Ojibwa Midewiwin.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Manitoba History; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...analysis of the role of the Midewiwin in Ojibwa culture and society as described by early...day significance of the Midewiwin within Ojibwa culture and society. The texts Angel...the Midewiwin as an integral aspect of Ojibwa culture and society. He incorporates...
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Susan Elaine Gray, "I Will Fear No Evil:" Ojibwa-Missionary Encounters Along the Berens River, 1875-1940.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Manitoba History; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Elaine Gray, "I Will Fear No Evil:" Ojibwa-Missionary Encounters Along the Berens...missionaries, in contrast to the inclusivity of Ojibwa folks as they seek to understand the messages...open enough to learn something of the Ojibwa views, they became more secure in their...
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When Stones Come to Life.(Ojibwa people, and others, who practice animism)
Magazine article from: Science News; 6/5/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...ago among a hunting and trapping group called the Ojibwa, an anthropologist asked an old man if all the stones...A. Irving Hallowell recounted in a 1960 essay on Ojibwa beliefs. The Ojibwa people, Hallowell noted, said that they communicated...
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Ojibwa Warrior: Dennis Banks and the Rise of the American Indian Movement
Newspaper article from: Circle, The; 7/31/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...publication of Dennis Bank's memoir, "Ojibwa Warrior," is a welcome event. Wounded...a major part of their food supply. "Ojibwa Warrior" covers other key events in the...Recent disclosures, pursued by brave Ojibwa journalist Paul DeMain of Indian Country...
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Ojibwa moccasins: center seam/vamp.
Magazine article from: Whispering Wind; 5/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...beaded ones from the Dakota and Saulteaux Ojibwa on the one hand, and the floral beaded ones of the Great Lakes Ojibwa on the other. In this article I concentrate...and helps maintain them when dry. The Ojibwa moccasins which I feature here are a...
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From the hands of the master. (Ojibwa handicraft expert Freda McDonald) (Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Canadian Geographic; 5/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...reaffirms her roots by teaching crafts in the Ojibwa tradition WHEN FREDA McDONALD was a child...offers a crystalline window on traditional Ojibwa values. Survival, economy and spirituality...venerated of these natives. She is an Ojibwa whose Scottish surname was acquired from...
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Ojibwa
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Ojibwa ETHNONYMS: Anishinabe, Bungee, Bungi, Chippewa, Mississauga, Northern Ojibwa, Plains Ojibwa, Saulteaux, southwestern Chippewa, Southeastern Ojibwa Orientation Identification. The Ojibwa are a large American Indian group located...
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American Indian Movement
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...urban Indians in the Twin Cities. AIM's three primary founders were Clyde Bellecourt (Ojibwa), Dennis Banks (Ojibwa), and George Mitchell (Ojibwa). According to Bellecourt, 120 American Indians of an estimated 20,000 living in the...
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Native American Written Language
Book article from: American Eras
...from them. Copway. George Copway, an Ojibwa who converted to Methodism in 1827, was...toward Indians. His warm portrayals of Ojibwa domestic life counteract stereotypes of...the Ojibway Nation in 1850, describing Ojibwa culture, their migrations and hostilities...
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Cree, Western Woods
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Hudson Bay, known to the French, from Ojibwa, as "Kiristino," later shortened to...including Blackfeet, Piegan, Blood, Ojibwa, and Gros Ventre. Later, Siouan-speaking...late eighteenth century led many Cree, Ojibwa, and Iroquois to move west. Intermarriage...
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Banks, Dennis J.
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...Native Americans. Like many Anishinabe Ojibwa, or Chippewa, children, he was sent...culture by forbidding the speaking of the Ojibwa language, Lakota. Thus, like many of...fellow convict Clyde Bellecourt, also an Ojibwa. The two men and others founded AIM in...
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