Ojibway

[ oh-jib-wey ]

noun,plural O·jib·ways, (especially collectively) O·jib·way.

Origin of Ojibway

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This was where the Ojibways came to lay offerings before the image of Manitou, whose home was there believed to be.
Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete | Charles M. Skinner
Think of the glory, think of being the greatest of Ojibways.
The Curious Book of Birds | Abbie Farwell Brown
The Jossakeeds of the Ojibways are soothsayers who are able, by the aid of spirits, to read the past as well as the future.
Indian Legends of Minnesota | Various
The island called by the Ojibways the Mak-i-nak (the turtle) from its tortoise-like shape, lifts its huge form in the distance.
The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems | H. L. Gordon
Nadouecioux was a name given the Dakotas generally by the early French traders and the Ojibways.
The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems | H. L. Gordon

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