Some further thoughts on the Anishinabeg.......

These last several postings have been the thoughts of others' research on the Anishnabeg, that combined group of people who represent a large speaking class. I share these writings with and have made comments here and there to illustrate some further truth, now and again. I hope you take the time to do some research of your own on the people you descend from, for we are a very large group when considered linguistically. Enjoy this blog, as I shall share information on our people, as well as personal knowledge, from time to time, on our people.
I have lived as a traditional believer of our Anishinabeg people all of my life and was raised speaking our heritage language, which for me is Bodewadmimwen. From time to time, I shall post in that language, with the proper translations.

Hau wawidan ode mbyegewnen.....

Relations today between the Anishinaabeg and their neighbours

Other indigenous groups

There are many Anishinaabeg reserves and reservations; in some places the Anishinaabeg share some of their lands with others, such as the Cree,the Dakota, Delaware, and the Kickapoo, among others. The Anishnabek who "merged" with the Kickapoo tribe may now identify as being Kickapoo in Kansas and Oklahoma. The Prairie Potawatomi were the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi of Illinois and Wisconsin who were relocated to Kansas during the 19th century.

Canada

The Anishinaabe of Manitoba, particularly those along the east side of Lake Winnipeg, have had longstanding historical conflicts with the Cree people.

United States

The relationships between the various Anishinaabe communities with the United States government have been steadily improving since the passage of the Indian Reorganization Act. Several Anishinaabe communities still experience tensions with the state governments, county governments and with non-Native American individuals and their groups.

In contemporary times, the Anishinaabe have worked to renew the clan system as a model for self-governance. They have drawn from the work of Ojibwe educator Edward Benton-Banai (1934 - ), who emphasizes education based in one's own culture. They believe using the clan system will also be a basis of cultural and political revitalization of the people.^{[citation needed]}

Major issues facing the various Anishinaabe communities are:

• cultural and language preservation or revitalization;
• full and independent federal recognition: some Anishinaabe communities are recognized by county or state governments, or are recognized by the federal government only as part of another tribe;
• treaty rights: traditional means of support (hunting, fishing and gathering), establishment of reservations or upholding of the reservation boundaries per treaties and their amendments;
• personal health: diabetes and asthma affect many Anishinaabe communities at a rate higher than the general population; and
• social disparity: many Anishinaabeg suffer poor education, high unemployment, substance abuse/addiction and domestic violence at rates higher than the general population.

Anishinaabe in popular culture

A fictional Anishinaabe clan in Ontario, the Mtigwaki, were featured in the comic strip For Better or For Worse from 2005-2006.

The popular book "Keeper N' Me" also reflects on the people and the traditions of the Anishinaabe people.

See also

• Algonquin (Omaamiwinini)
• Algonquin language
• Anishinaabe/Tribal Political Organizations
• Midewiwin
• Mississaugas (Misi-zaagiing)
• Nipissing (Odishkwaagamii)
• Oji-Cree/Severn Ojibwa (Anishinini)
• Oji-Cree language (Anishininiimowin)
• Ojibwa/Chippewa (Ojibwe)
• Ojibwe language
• Ojibwa ethnonyms
• Ottawa (Odaawaa/Odawa)
• Odawa language
• Potawatomi (Boodewaadamii/Bodéwadmi)
• Potawatomi language
• Potawatomi ethnonyms
• Saulteaux/Plains Ojibwa (Nakawē)

References

1. ^Baraga, Frederic. 1878. A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language, explained in English. Montréal: Beauchemin & Valois.
2. ^Cuoq, Jean André. 1886. Lexique de la Langue Algonquine. Montréal: J. Chapleau & Fils.
3. ^Alexander Morris, The Treaties of Canada with the Indians, Belfords , Clarke & Co., Toronto (1880)
4. ^Merriem-Webster Online, http://www.merriam-webster.com/
5. ^ ^{a b} William W. Warren, History of the Ojibway People, new intro and ed. by Theresa Schenk, St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1885; reprint, 2009, pp. iii-xxi, accessed 22 Feb 2010

• Bento-Banai, Edward (2004). Creation- From the Ojibwa, The Mishomis Book.
• Cappel, Constance, "Odawa Language and Legends: Andrew J. Blackbird and Raymond Kiogima, Xlibris, 2006.
• Warren, William W. History of the Ojibway People. Borealis Books (St. Paul, MN: 1984).
• White, Richard (July 31, 2000). "Chippewas of the Sault", The Sault Tribe News.
  
  
  I ye i wa je toyan shote ewawijgeyek ni mbyegewnen.....
  
  
  Nin se Neaseno.