Craig White's Literature Courses Historical Backgrounds Ojibwe or Chippewa people a.k.a. Ojibwa, Anishinaabe, other variant spellings

The Chippewa, also known as Ojibwa, live primarily in northern Minnesota and surrounding states. In the 2000 census, 105,907 people in the U.S. claimed Chippewa ancestry. http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Chippewa.html

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"Boy Chief," painting by George Catlin 1835

5 Ojibwa chiefs, mid-19th century

George Catlin, drawing of Ojibwa Snowshoe Dance

Lake Leech Chippewa Delegation to Washington 1899

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Chippewa mother with child on cradle board 1903

http://arc.lib.montana.edu/indian-great-plains/item/1048

Chippewa on Leech Lake 

http://www.firstpeople.us/canoe/chippewa-indians-at-leech-lake.html

Arrow Maker, Chippewa / Ojibwa

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Chippewa_Indians

Hole-in-the-Day, Chippewa delegate, 1864

http://www.old-picture.com/mathew-brady-studio/HoleintheDay-Chippewa-Younger-delegate.htm

Cree

Native American people (200,000) living mostly in Canada, on north and west side of Lake Superior. In the United States the Cree live primarily in Montana on the Rocky Boy Reservation with Ojibwe / Chippewa, constituting the Chippewa Cree tribe. Originally the Cree also lived in the current states of Minnesota and North Dakota.

The Cree language of the Algonquian family is the most widely spoken Indian language in Canada.

location of Cree language groups in Canada & Montana (Great Lakes on lower right)