Anishinaabe

Long ago, the First People for this was what the word Anishinaabe meant had lived on the shores of the great salt water far to the east.

IRON LAKE William Kent Krueger 2001

Long ago, the First People for this was what the word Anishinaabe meant had lived on the shores of the great salt water far to the east.

IRON LAKE William Kent Krueger 2001

To the Ojibwe, whom the white men often called Chippewa but who preferred the name Anishinaabe, which meant Original People, it was known as Maanadamon—Bad Trail—because it was a long portage with stretches of marsh and deep mud.

Mercy Falls William Kent Krueger 2005

To the Ojibwe, whom the white men often called Chippewa but who preferred the name Anishinaabe, which meant Original People, it was known as Maanadamon—Bad Trail—because it was a long portage with stretches of marsh and deep mud.

Mercy Falls William Kent Krueger 2005

“They prefer to be called Anishinaabe,” she told him.

BOUNDARY WATERS WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER 2003

Noopiming, Cork said, using the name the Anishinaabe gave to the Boundary Waters area.

BOUNDARY WATERS WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER 2003

Noopiming, Cork said, using the name the Anishinaabe gave to the Boundary Waters area.

BOUNDARY WATERS WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER 2003

“They prefer to be called Anishinaabe,” she told him.

BOUNDARY WATERS WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER 2003

“They prefer to be called Anishinaabe,” she told him.

BOUNDARY WATERS WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER 2003

Noopiming, Cork said, using the name the Anishinaabe gave to the Boundary Waters area.

BOUNDARY WATERS WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER 2003