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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Battle of the Maumee Rapids combatantTribe Ojibwe
this entity surface form: Chippewa (Ojibwe)
Menominee ethnonymGivenBy Ojibwe
Odawa language closelyRelatedTo Ojibwe
this entity surface form: Eastern Ojibwe
Odawa language hasAlternativeName Ojibwe
this entity surface form: Ottawa Ojibwe
Winona LaDuke ethnicGroup Ojibwe