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What's the difference between Ojibwe & Chippewa?

There is no distinction. These different spellings all refer to the same person. More people in the United States use'Chippewa' while Canadians use'Ojibway', but both spellings are used. In their native language, the Ojibway call themselves Anishinabe which means "original person".



People often ask if Chippewa is the same as Ojibwe.

The Chippewa and Ojibwe are the same tribe. However, Chippewa is pronounced slightly differently because of accent. Chippewa or Ojibwe derives its name from the Algonquin "otchipwa", which means to pucker. It refers specifically to Ojibwe moccasins with a puckered seam.

Are Ojibwe, anishinaabe also the same thing? Anishinaabe is "original person." Because the different Anishinaabe tribes have different languages and tribes, it can be spelled in many different ways. Anishinaabe is the Ojibwe spelling for the word. It's usually pronounced similarly to uhNISH-ih–NAH-bay.

What does Chippewa in Native American mean?

The Chippewa Indians were also known as Ojibwe or Ojibwe. They lived mostly in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Chippewa are an Algonquian-speaking group that merged as a tribe in 1600.

What's my Chippewa name?"

Ojibwa (also spelled Ojibwe, Ojibway), also known as Chippewa was an Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe that lived in Canada, Ontario, Manitoba, Can., Minnesota, and North Dakota, U.S.A, starting at Lake Huron and moving westward to the Plains.