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.

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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.

Ojibwe alsoKnownAs Chippewa
Saugeen Ojibway Nation people Chippewa
Rama First Nation ethnicGroup Chippewa
Oji-Cree hasDialect Chippewa
this entity surface form: Severn Ojibwe
Oji-Cree hasAlternativeName Chippewa
this entity surface form: Severn Ojibwe
Bay Mills Indian Community (part) ethnicGroup Chippewa
subject surface form: Bay Mills Indian Community
Treaty of La Pointe signatory Chippewa