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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: 35. Chapters: Ojibwe, Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Sandy Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa, Mille Lacs Indian Reservation, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Red Lake Indian Reservation, St. Croix Chippewa Indians, Mississippi River Band of Chippewa Indians, Lake Superior Chippewa, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Bois Forte Indian Reservation, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Fond du Lac Indian Reservation, Shakopee-Mdewakanton Indian Reservation, White Earth Band of Ojibwe, Mille Lacs Indians, Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, Sandy Lake, Minnesota, Lower Sioux Indian Reservation, Grand Portage Indian Reservation, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Bois-Brules, Prairie Island Indian Community, Upper Sioux Indian Reservation, Pembina Band of Chippewa Indians, Sioux Tribe of Minnesota. Excerpt: 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 third-largest population among First Nations, surpassed only by Cree and Inuit. 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...