Ojibwe

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The Ojibwe are a large Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people of North America, traditionally inhabiting areas around the Great Lakes and central Canada, known for their rich oral traditions, birchbark canoes, and intricate beadwork.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
First Nations
Indigenous people
Native American people
alsoKnownAs Chippewa
Ojibwe
surface form: Ojibwa

Ojibwe
surface form: Ojibway
artForm floral beadwork
storytelling
autonym Ojibwe self-linksurface differs
surface form: Anishinaabe

Anishinabek
clanSystemType doodem system
culturalPractice beadwork
birchbark canoe building
midewiwin ceremonies
oral tradition
culturalSymbol birch tree
eagle
turtle
economyTraditional fishing
gathering wild rice
hunting
ethnicGroupOf Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
historicalActivity alliances with British colonists
alliances with French colonists
fur trade participation
languageFamily Algonquian languages
nativeLanguage Ojibwe self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ojibwe language
populationRegion Manitoba
Michigan (most of state)
surface form: Michigan

Minnesota
North Dakota
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Wisconsin
relatedEthnicGroup Algonquin people
Odawa
Potawatomi
stapleFood wild rice
subgroupOf Odawa
surface form: Anishinaabe peoples
traditionalCraft birchbark canoes
birchbark scrolls
moccasin making
quillwork
traditionalHousing wigwams
traditionalRegion Great Lakes region
Great Lakes region
surface form: Lake Superior region

central Canada
northern United States
traditionalReligion Midewiwin
animism
treatyHistory signatories to numerous treaties with the British Crown
signatories to numerous treaties with the United States
usesClanSystem yes

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Ottawa people traditionalLanguage Ojibwe
this entity surface form: Ojibwe language
Midewiwin ethnicContext Ojibwe
central Canada hasIndigenousPeople Ojibwe
subject surface form: Central Canada
central Canada hasHistoricalInhabitants Ojibwe
subject surface form: Central Canada
Nokomis culturalContext Ojibwe
Walpole Island ethnicGroup Ojibwe
Walpole Island hasIndigenousLanguage Ojibwe
this entity surface form: Ojibwe language
Anishinabek hasPart Ojibwe
Anishinabek speaks Ojibwe
this entity surface form: Anishinaabemowin
Anishinabek speaks Ojibwe
this entity surface form: Ojibwe language
M’Chigeeng First Nation hasTraditionalLanguage Ojibwe
this entity surface form: Anishinaabemowin
Sheshegwaning First Nation hasOfficialLanguage Ojibwe
this entity surface form: Ojibwe language
Sheshegwaning First Nation hasCulturalAffiliation Ojibwe
this entity surface form: Ojibwe culture
Sheguiandah First Nation hasTraditionalLanguage Ojibwe
this entity surface form: Anishinaabemowin
Sheguiandah First Nation hasTraditionalLanguage Ojibwe
this entity surface form: Ojibwe language
Garden River First Nation hasLanguage Ojibwe
this entity surface form: Ojibwe language
Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation traditionalLanguage Ojibwe
this entity surface form: Anishinaabemowin
Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation culture Ojibwe
this entity surface form: Ojibwe culture