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The Ojibwe (also
Ojibwa or Ojibway) or Chippewa (also Chippeway) are among the
largest groups of Native Americans–First Nations north of Mexico.
They are divided between Canada and the United States. In Canada,
they are the second-largest population among First Nations,
surpassed only by Cree. In the United States, they had the
fourth-largest population among Native American tribes, surpassed
only by Navajo, Cherokee and the Lakota. Because many Ojibwe were
historically formerly located mainly around the outlet of Lake
Superior, which the French colonists called Sault Ste. Marie, they
referred to the Ojibwe as Saulteurs. Ojibwe who subsequently moved
to the prairie provinces of Canada have retained the name Saulteaux.
Ojibwe who were originally located about the Mississagi River and
made their way to southern Ontario are known as the Mississaugas.
The Ojibwe peoples are a major component
group of the Anishinaabe-speaking peoples, a branch of the
Algonquian language family which includes the Algonquin, Nipissing,
Oji-Cree, Odawa and the Potawatomi. The Ojibwe peoples number over
56,440 in the U.S., living in an area stretching across the northern
tier from Michigan west to Montana. Another 77,940 of main-line
Ojibwe; 76,760 Saulteaux and 8,770 Mississaugas, in 125 bands, live
in Canada, stretching from western Quebec to eastern British
Columbia.[citation needed] They are historically known for their
crafting of birch bark canoes, sacred birch bark scrolls, use of
cowrie shells for trading, cultivation of wild rice, and use of
copper arrow points. In 1745 they adopted guns from the British to
use to defeat and push the Dakota nation of the Sioux to the south.
The Ojibwe Nation was the first to set
the agenda with European-Canadian leaders for signing more detailed
treaties before many European settlers were allowed too far west.
The Midewiwin Society is well respected as the keeper of detailed
and complex scrolls of events, history, songs, maps, memories,
stories, geometry, and mathematics.
Books in pdf format
Here we list some book about the Ojibway
which we think you'll find interesting...
American Primitive Music
With especial attention to the Songs of the Ojibways by Frederick R.
Burton (1909)
The Hero of the Saskatchewan
Life among the Ojibway and Cree Indians in Canada by John MacLean
(1891)
Indian Life and Indian
History by an Indian Author
Embracing the Traditions of the North American Indians regarding
themselves, particularly of that most important of the Tribes, The
Ojibways by the celebrated KAH-GE-GA-GAH-BOWH, the Chief of the
Ojibway Nation known also by the English name of George Copway
(1858)
The Life of
KAH-GE-GA-GAH-BOWH
History of a Child of the Forrest and his Nation (1850)
Manitoulin
Or five years of church work among Ojibway Indians and Lumbermen,
resident upon that Island or in its vicinity by H. N. B. (1895)
The Ojibway
A novel of Indian Life in the period of the Early Advance of
civilisation in the Great Northwest by Joseph A. Gilfillan (1904)
The Ojibway Conquest
A Tale of the Northwest by KAH-GE-GA-GAH-BOWH, the Chief of the
Ojibway Nation (1850)
The Traditional History and
characteristic sketches of the Ojibway Nation
By G. Copway (1950)
Ojibwa Texts
Collected by William Jones.
The Historic Johnston Family
By Charles H. Chapman (1902) (pdf)
Videos of the
Ojibway Indians
A Short History and description of the Ojibbeway Indians
Now on a visit to England (1844) (pdf)
Report of a Mission to the
Ottahwahs and Ojibwas on Lake Huron
By the Rev. F. O'Meara (1846) (pdf) |
