Ojibwa
Americannoun
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Ojibwas,
plural
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Ojibwa
plural
adjective
noun
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a member of a North American Indian people living in a region west of Lake Superior
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the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
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Etymology
Origin of Ojibwa
See Ojibwe ( def. )
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Ojibwa Casino locations in Baraga and Marquette were closed for much of the afternoon.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2021
European immigrants settled in Ottertail in the 19th century on land that was home to Dakota and Ojibwa tribes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2020
In 1993, she was finally signed to a record label and changed her name to Shania, which she says is an Ojibwa word for “on my way”.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 22, 2018
Dennis James Banks — his Ojibwa name was Nowacumig, meaning “at the center of the universe” — was born on the Leech Lake Reservation in Minnesota on April 12, 1937.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2017
Although his grandfather had been French, he was raised and considered himself Ojibwa and kept the rules of his mother’s dodem or clan, the catfish clan.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
The conflict began in earnest in 1763, when Pontiac and several hundred Ojibwas, Potawatomis, and Hurons laid siege to Fort Detroit.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
I go not like a dog struck in the ribs," retorts Baluk, "but like a chief of the Ojibwas.
From Time Magazine Archive
The north wind and great snows meet the Ojibwas on their march.
From Time Magazine Archive
At that meeting Tecumseh had delegates with him from several nations, including Kickapoos, Wyandots, Peorias, Ojibwas, Potawatomis, Winnebagos, and Shawnees.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Before the end of May, news reached the Ojibwas that Pontiac had already struck the English at Detroit.
From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman
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