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| Tango01 | 01 Dec 2014 9:37 p.m. PST |
"Also known as the Ojibway, Ojibwe, and Anishinaabe, the Chippewa tribe are one of the largest and most powerful nations, having nearly 150 different bands throughout their original homeland in the northern United States -- primarily Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan; and southern Canada -- especially Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Ojibway means "to roast till puckered up", referring, to the puckered seam on their moccasins. Formerly, the tribe ranged along both shores of Lakes Huron and Superior, extending across the Minnesota Turtle Mountains and North Dakota. Although strong in numbers and occupying an extensive territory, the Chippewa were never prominent in history, owing to their remoteness from the frontier during the period of the colonial wars. According to tradition, they are part of an Algonquian group which included the Ottawa and Potawatomi, which separated into divisions when it reached Mackinaw in its westward movement…" link Full article here
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