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Several different explanations are given for the common name Ojibwe.. from ojiibwabwe (/o/ + /jiibw/ + /abwe/), meaning "those who cook\roast until it puckers", referring to their fire-curing of moccasin seams to make them waterproof, [1] though some sources instead say this was a method of torture the Ojibwe implemented upon their enemies.
The Ojibwe, being Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands and of the subarctic, are known by several names, including Ojibway or Chippewa. As a large ethnic group , several distinct nations also consider themselves Ojibwe, including the Saulteaux , Nipissings , and Oji-Cree .
Munising – Ojibwe word "miinising" meaning "at the island". [48] [49] Township of Munising; Mohawk – named after the Mohawk people. Mohawk Lake; Nahma – Ojibwe word "name" meaning "sturgeon". Naubinway – from an Ojibwe phrase naabinwe meaning "it echoes". [50] Shared with Naubinway Island. Neahtawanta – Odawa word "neahtawauta ...
The name "Wyoming" comes from a Delaware Tribe word Mechaweami-ing or "maughwauwa-ma", meaning large plains or extensive meadows, which was the tribe's name for a valley in northern Pennsylvania. The name Wyoming was first proposed for use in the American West by Senator Ashley of Ohio in 1865 in a bill to create a temporary government for ...
Blue Earth County – English translation of the Sisseton Dakota [10] name for the Blue Earth River Makato Osa Watapa: "the river where blue earth is gathered" [11] [12] [13] City of Blue Earth; Chippewa County – named for the Chippewa River, which takes its name from the Chippewa people, known in modern times as Ojibwe [14] [15]
Chippewa (native name: Anishinaabemowin; [4] also known as Southwestern Ojibwa/Ojibwe/Ojibway/ Ojibwemowin) is an Algonquian language spoken from upper Michigan westward to North Dakota in the United States. [4] It represents the southern component of the Ojibwe language.
Attributed to the Ojibwe. [ 1 ] Anishinaabe traditional beliefs cover the traditional belief system of the Anishinaabeg peoples, consisting of the Algonquin / Nipissing , Ojibwa/Chippewa / Saulteaux / Mississaugas , Odawa , Potawatomi and Oji-Cree , located primarily in the Great Lakes region of North America .
Chippewa County – the Ojibwe (or Chippewa) people City of Chippewa Falls; Iowa County – the Iowa people; Kenosha County – Kenosha (ginoozhe), an Ojibwe word meaning "pike" (fish) City of Kenosha; Kewaunee County – for either a Potawatomi word meaning "river of the lost" or an Ojibwe word meaning "prairie hen", "wild duck" or "to go around"