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Ojibwe

Ojibwe

1 9.9
Relating to a Native people of the Great Lakes and their language or culture
  • adjective
  • /oʊˈdʒɪbweɪ/
  • US
: ojibwa
  • I originally heard the tale from Rose Barstow, my Ojibwe language instructor at the University of Minnesota.
  • Ojibwe pedagogy
  • Ojibwe treaty
  • Ojibwe allotments

And it'd be like, isn't it cool that the Greek lion's head is the Ojibwe lion's tail?

Examples

  • Still, the pursuit of knowledge for knowledge's sake alone seems of questionable value, I think, to many Ojibwe people.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Undoubtedly, berrying was an important resource for Ojibwe women during the nineteenth century.

    Academic text (2009)

  • But before we get to all that, let me tell you a little bit about the Ojibwe reservation where I grew up.

    Academic text (2011)

  • I learned much about this from my own chastened experience under my late Ojibwe teacher, Larry Cloud Morgan.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The history of berrying provides a picture of both continuity and change in Ojibwe survival strategies.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Finally, these exchanges between Elder and student are typically ceremonialized in Ojibwe tradition.

    Academic text (2004)

  • During the treaty negotiations, Ojibwe leaders pointed to the continued importance of subsistence activities and made specific reference to plant resources.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Finally, and most importantly, service learning can instill a characteristically Ojibwe sense of the necessary connection between knowledge and responsibility.

    Academic text (2004)

  • John's myth of wolf-human interaction is not unusual thematically in traditional Ojibwe myths.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The Ojibwe culture emphasizes the importance of storytelling and oral traditions.

Surface Forms

Ojibwe positive

Etymology

Ojibwe comes from the name the people use for themselves, often also given as Anishinaabe, which means 'original people' or 'first people'. So when we say something is Ojibwe, it means it belongs to that people, their language, or their culture.