A Portrait of the Ojibwe
One of the native tribe names that commonly floats around Minnesota is the Ojibwe. Being the 4th largest of native American tribes that shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. Truth be told though that actually isn’t their name but the one that was Anglicized. The real name to know is the Anishinaabe.
The Anishinaabe were primarily resided around the great lakes areas but wandered out a little in each direction from there. Minnesota has a few places left where they can be found including the Mille Lacs, Leech Lake, White Earth Reservation and more.
Historically the Anishinaabe have been known for their birch bark canoes, birch bark scrolls, use of cowrie shells for trading, cultivation of wild rice, and copper arrow points. One of the great things that has survived from this is keeping with the traditional ways to organically grow rice. You can purchase wild rice directly from http://realwildrice.com/.
Learn more about the Anishinaabe with these links:
http://www.native-languages.org/minnesota.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojibwe
http://www.whiteearth.com/
http://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/
http://www.llojibwe.org/
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