Chippewa
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Chippewa is an alternative name for the Ojibwe, a large Indigenous people of North America whose traditional territories span the Great Lakes region and parts of Canada and the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chippewa canonical | 11 |
| Severn Ojibwe | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Nations people
ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ Native American people ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Ojibwe
ⓘ
surface form:
Anishinaabe
Ojibwe ⓘ
surface form:
Ojibwa
Ojibwe ⓘ |
| CanadianLegalTerm | Ojibwe more commonly used than Chippewa in Canada ⓘ |
| colonialContact |
early sustained contact with French colonists
ⓘ
later contact with American settlers ⓘ later contact with British colonists ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalArea |
Northeast Woodlands
ⓘ
surface form:
Northeast Woodlands cultural area
Subarctic region ⓘ
surface form:
Subarctic cultural area
|
| culturalGroup |
Anishinabek
ⓘ
surface form:
Anishinaabe peoples
|
| ethnonymLanguage | English ⓘ |
| language |
Anishinaabemowin
ⓘ
surface form:
Ojibwe language
|
| languageFamily | Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| notablePoliticalOrganization | Grand Council of Treaty 3 (historical and contemporary Ojibwe governance) ⓘ |
| populationDistribution |
numerous First Nations in Canada
ⓘ
numerous federally recognized tribes in the United States ⓘ |
| primaryRegions | Great Lakes region ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Cree
ⓘ
Odawa ⓘ Potawatomi ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Midewiwin ⓘ traditional Anishinaabe spirituality ⓘ |
| traditionalCraft |
basketry
ⓘ
beadwork ⓘ birchbark canoe building ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | wigwam ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ small-scale agriculture ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Quetico–Superior region
ⓘ
surface form:
Lake Superior region
Manitoba ⓘ Northern Michigan ⓘ Northern Minnesota ⓘ Northern Wisconsin ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Saskatchewan ⓘ |
| treatyHistory |
signatories to multiple treaties with the British Crown
ⓘ
signatories to multiple treaties with the United States ⓘ |
| USLegalTerm | term used in names of several federally recognized tribes ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics (for some Ojibwe dialects)
ⓘ
Latin alphabet (for Ojibwe language) ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Severn Ojibwe
this entity surface form:
Severn Ojibwe
subject surface form:
Bay Mills Indian Community