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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Odawa people, Anishinaabe traditional beliefs, Ojibwe language, Anishinaabe clan system, Chief Pontiac, Stomp dance, Petosegay, Andrew Blackbird, Daphne Odjig, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Egushawa, Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Kelly Church, Council of Three Fires, Antoine Carre, Enmegahbowh, Wasauksing First Nation, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians. Excerpt: Ojibwe (O-jib-way) (or Ojibwa, Ojibway, Chippewa), also called Anishinaabemowin, is an indigenous language of the Algonquian language family. Ojibwe is characterized by a series of dialects that have local names and frequently local (non-indigenous) writing systems. There is no single dialect that is considered the most prestigious or most prominent, and no standard writing system that covers all dialects. The relative autonomy of the regional dialects of Ojibwe is associated with an absence of linguistic or political unity among Ojibwe-speaking groups. The dialects of Ojibwe are spoken in Canada from southwestern Quebec, through Ontario, Manitoba and parts of Saskatchewan, with outlying communities in Alberta, and in the United States from Michigan through Wisconsin and Minnesota, with a number of communities in North Dakota and Montana, as well as migrant groups in Kansas and Oklahoma. The aggregated dialects of Ojibwe comprise the second most commonly spoken First Nations language in Canada (after Cree), and the fourth most widely spoken in the United States or Canada behind Navajo, Inuit and Cree. The Algonquian language family of which Ojibwe is a member is itself a member of the Algic language family, other Algic languages being Wiyot and Yurok. Ojibwe is sometimes described as a Central Algonquian language, along with Fox, Cree, Menominee, Miami-Illinois, Potawatomi, and Shawnee....
