Ojibway
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Ojibway
See Ojibwe ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The tribes are descended from Odawa and Ojibway nations, described collectively as Anishinaabek, that under the treaty ceded lands comprising nearly 40% of Michigan’s eventual territory.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023
Misty Rose Nace, 45, who is part of the Brokenhead Ojibway and the Roseau River Anishinaabe First Nations in Canada, came from her home in Mechanicsville, Pa., with her sons to dance at the powwow.
From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2023
INAATE/SE/ An ancient Ojibway story based on a prophecy predicting the arrival of Europeans is reimagined in Adam Khalil and Zack Khalil’s 2016 mix of documentary, narrative and experimental film.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2019
These societies spread well beyond the Ojibway – to Oka and to Gustafsen Lake and to the Trans Mountain pipeline disputes.
From The Guardian • Oct. 16, 2018
“We’ll do like the Ojibway Indians. We’ll bend saplings from one side to the other to form a dome—a wigwam—and we’ll cover it with bark, just like they did.”
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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