Back أنيشينابه Arabic Anishinaabe Catalan Anishinabe German Aniŝinaboj Esperanto Anishinaabe Spanish انیشینابه Persian Anichinabés French Anishinaabeg Italian 아니시나베 Korean Анишинаабе Russian
ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒃ | |
|---|---|
 Homelands of Anishinaabe and Anishinini, c. 1800 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Canada (Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba) United States (Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin) | |
| Languages | |
| English, French, Ojibwe (including Odawa), Potawatomi, and Algonquin | |
| Religion | |
| Midewin, Methodism, and others | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Odawa, Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Oji-Cree, Algonquin peoples and Métis |
| Person | Anishinaabe ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯ |
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| People | Anishinaabeg ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒃ |
| Language | Anishinaabemowin ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ |
| Country | Anishinaabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ |
The Anishinaabe (alternatively spelled Anishinabe, Anicinape, Nishnaabe, Neshnabé, Anishinaabeg, Anishinabek, Aanishnaabe[2]) are a group of culturally related Indigenous peoples in the Great Lakes region of Canada and the United States. They include the Ojibwe (including Saulteaux and Oji-Cree), Odawa, Potawatomi, Mississaugas, Nipissing, and Algonquin peoples. The Anishinaabe speak Anishinaabemowin, or Anishinaabe languages that belong to the Algonquian language family.
At the time of first contact with Europeans they lived in the Northeast Woodlands and the Subarctic, and some have since spread to the Great Plains.
The word Anishinaabe means "people from whence lowered". Another definition is "the good humans", meaning those who are on the right road or path given to them by the Creator Gitche Manitou, or Great Spirit. Basil Johnston, an Ojibwe historian, linguist, and writer, wrote that the term's literal translation is "beings made out of nothing" or "spontaneous beings". The Anishinaabe believe that their people were created by divine breath.[3]
The word Anishinaabe is often mistakenly considered a synonym of Ojibwe, but it refers to a much larger group of Nations.
- ^ Deleary, Nick. "Some of the work I do". Some of the work I do. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
- ^ Hele, Karl. "Anishinaabe". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
- ^ Johnston, Basil (1990). Ojibway Heritage. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. p. 15. ISBN 0803275722.