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Anishinaabe

Anishinaabe

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A person from the Anishinaabe peoples of Canada and the United States
  • proper noun
  • /əˌnɪʃɪˈnɑːbə/
: anishinaabe
  • "I am Anishinaabe."

Examples

  • I am Anishinaabe, so I prefer to ask a Haudenosaunee person to deliver the address, if possible, in the Haudenosaunee language.

    Academic text (2004)
  • My friend Keewaydinoquay told me a story about her father, an Odawa (Ottawa or Anishinaabe) man whose life spanned the shift between native land and white-controlled land.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • "Bear on the Mountain, an elder, said: "Make sure you Anishinaabe have someone to pass on those stories.

    Academic text (2016)
  • "Saulteaux," of course, is one Canadian name for the Anishinaabe.

    Academic text (2002)
  • He feels an affinity with other Indigenous people; he loves his culture, language, and just being Anishinaabe!

    Academic text (2004)
  • We'd listen to old stories of the Anishinaabeg, plural of Anishinaabe.

    Academic text (2007)
  • One St. Ignace elder explained that the preferred term by this community is the word Anishinaabe (singular) or Anishinaabeg (plural).

    Academic text (2016)
  • I teach environmental education at Oshki Ogimaag, a charter school on the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Reservation where the students are Anishinaabe, also known as Ojibwe or Chippewa.

    Blog text (12)
  • As an Anishinaabe, she takes pride in her community's rich traditions and history.

  • During the festival, many Anishinaabe gathered to celebrate their heritage and share stories.

Surface Forms

Etymology

Anishinaabe comes from the Ojibwe word Anishinaabeg, often translated as 'original people' or 'first people'. So an Anishinaabe is a person who is a member of that Indigenous community.