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The video thumbnail image shows a graphic of the Great Lakes with the text Anishinaabemowin.
Detail of Ojibwa birchbark scroll showing a moiety pattern ceremonial dance, c. 1875. In the Denver Art Museum, Colorado. Detail 46x41 cm. Wigwam of the southwestern Ojibwa (Chippewa), Lac du Flambeau, Wis., 1933 Map of northern North America showing the distribution of Indigenous peoples in the subarctic region, with labeled areas for groups such as Deg Xinag, Gwich'in, Tanaina, Slave, Dogrib, Chipewyan, Cree, Ojibwa, Innu, and others. Solid and dashed lines indicate cultural and drainage divisions across Alaska, Canada, and parts of the northern United States. Map showing the distribution of Indigenous peoples of the Northeast Woodlands region in North America, with tribal names such as Algonquin, Ojibwa (Chippewa), Iroquois, Shawnee, and Powhatan labeled across present-day northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Major lakes and rivers are marked, and a red boundary outlines the general region inhabited by these groups.
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Ojibwe: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Milwaukee Public Museum - Ojibwe History. Jul 24, 2026
Add new Web site: Legends of America - Chippewa Β– People of the Great Lakes. Jan 31, 2025
Add new Web site: PBS - Ojibwe History. Dec 19, 2024
Corrected spelling of Ojibwe. Nov 07, 2024
Media added. Oct 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of the Great Plains - Ojibwa. Dec 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Milwaukee Public Museum - Ojibwe History. Feb 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Minnesota Historical Society - The Ojibwe People. Sep 13, 2021
Add new Web site: Native Indian Tribes - Chippewa Tribe. May 28, 2019
Add new Web site: Milwaukee Public Museum - Ojibwe Tribe. Jul 15, 2016
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Ojibwa. Jul 15, 2016
Article revised and updated. Apr 19, 2007
Added new Web site: Catholic Encyclopedia - Chippewa Indians. Apr 18, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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