Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people originally located north of Lake Huron before moving westward in the 1600s and 1700s into Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, western Ontario, and Manitoba, with later migrations onto the northern Great Plains in North Dakota, Montana, and Saskatchewan.
- noun The Algonquian language of the Ojibwa.
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- proper noun Alternative form of
Ojibwe .
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- noun the Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa
- noun a member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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By the end of the eighteenth century the Ojibwa were the almost unchallenged owners of nearly all of the present Michigan, Northern Wisconsin, and
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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My experiences with the Lakota, Ojibwa, Cree, Crow, Cheyenne, and Micmac medicine traditions taught that you must sincerely pray and often fast before knowing whether you should seek a vision.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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Peters, an ordained minister with Resurrection Life Church, an independent congregation in Grandville, dubbed his ministry 4 Fires to reflect the three nations that historically characterize Michigan: Odawa, Ojibwa and Potawatomi.
American Indian and Christian Beliefs Blend at Michigan Church Josh Fleet 2010
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He was being visited by a friend of his, an Ojibwa man from around Lake Simcoe.
The Right Words in the Right Place Ulysses 2010
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Peters, an ordained minister with Resurrection Life Church, an independent congregation in Grandville, dubbed his ministry 4 Fires to reflect the three nations that historically characterize Michigan: Odawa, Ojibwa and Potawatomi.
American Indian and Christian Beliefs Blend at Michigan Church The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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He was being visited by a friend of his, an Ojibwa man from around Lake Simcoe.
Archive 2010-01-01 Ulysses 2010
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The Ojibwa told a story about something that happened up on Lake Simcoe back in the seventies.
The Right Words in the Right Place Ulysses 2010
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The Ojibwa told a story about something that happened up on Lake Simcoe back in the seventies.
Archive 2010-01-01 Ulysses 2010
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Peters, an ordained minister with Resurrection Life Church, an independent congregation in Grandville, dubbed his ministry 4 Fires to reflect the three nations that historically characterize Michigan: Odawa, Ojibwa and Potawatomi.
American Indian and Christian Beliefs Blend at Michigan Church Josh Fleet 2010
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"You feel like you're a kid when you're there," says Mr. Anixter, who attended Ojibwa from 1981 to 1994 and whose three sons are currently Ojibwa campers.
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