Ojibwe

American  

[oh-jib-wey, -wuh] / oʊˈdʒɪb weɪ, -wə /

Also Ojibwa,

noun

• Ojibwes,
  plural
• Ojibwe
  plural

1. a member of a large tribe of North American Indians found in Canada and the United States, principally in the region around Lakes Huron and Superior but extending as far west as Saskatchewan and North Dakota.

2. Also called Ojibwemowin.  an Algonquian language used by the Ojibwe, Algonquin, and Ottawa peoples.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Ojibwe or their language.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Ojibwe
  plural
• Ojibwes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Ojibwe

An Americanism dating back to 1665–75; from Ojibwe očipwe·, a self-designation of uncertain meaning

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Ojibwe

To an Ojibwe citizen born in Minneapolis, according to his sister, who saw his arrest.

From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026

The cantata is based on a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that tells the tale of an Ojibwe warrior in what is now Michigan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

It was there, in an Ojibwe community in northern Wisconsin, that Pember’s mother, Bernice Rabideaux, was born a century ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2025

Ojibwe hunters wore snowshoes to chase down elk that became exhausted by sinking into deep drifts.

From Science Magazine ● May 12, 2024

In the Ojibwe language the word is mandaamin.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz