22 Facts About Ojibwe

The Ojibwe population is approximately 320, 000 people, with 170, 742 living in the United States as of 2010, and approximately 160, 000 living in Canada.

Ojibwe language is Anishinaabemowin, a branch of the Algonquian language family.

Ojibwe are known for their birchbark canoes, birchbark scrolls, mining and trade in copper, as well as their cultivation of wild rice and maple syrup.

The Ojibwe signed treaties with settler leaders to surrender land for settlement in exchange for compensation, land reserves and guarantees of traditional rights.

Many Ojibwe were formerly located around the outlet of Lake Superior, which the French colonists called Sault Ste.

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Ojibwe who were originally located along the Mississagi River and made their way to southern Ontario are known as the Mississaugas.

Ojibwe were part of a long-term alliance with the Anishinaabe Odawa and Potawatomi peoples, called the Council of Three Fires.

The Ojibwe expanded eastward, taking over the lands along the eastern shores of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.

The Ojibwe did not understand the land cession terms in the same way because of the cultural differences in understanding the uses of land.

The Ojibwe believed it was a fully shared resource, along with air, water and sunlight—despite having an understanding of "territory".

In part because of its long trading alliance, the Ojibwe allied with the French against Great Britain and its colonists in the Seven Years' War.

In 1807, the Ojibwe joined three other tribes, the Odawa, Potawatomi and Wyandot people, in signing the Treaty of Detroit.

In Canada, many of the land cession treaties the British made with the Ojibwe provided for their rights for continued hunting, fishing and gathering of natural resources after land sales.

The Ojibwe Nation set the agenda and negotiated the first numbered treaties before they would allow safe passage of many more British settlers to the prairies.

Ojibwe communities have a strong history of political and social activism.

Ojibwe have traditionally organized themselves into groups known as bands.

Traditionally, the Ojibwe had a patrilineal system, in which children were considered born to the father's clan.

Ojibwe people were divided into a number of doodemag named primarily for animals and birds totems (pronounced doodem).

Ojibwe have spiritual beliefs that have been passed down by oral tradition under the Midewiwin teachings.

Plants used by the Ojibwe include Agrimonia gryposepala, used for urinary problems, and Pinus strobus, the resin of which was used to treat infections and gangrene.

The Ojibwe eat the corms of Sagittaria cuneata for indigestion, and as a food, eaten boiled fresh, dried or candied with maple sugar.

Ojibwe mistakenly omitted the Ojibwe located in Michigan, western Minnesota and westward, and all of Canada.