Chippewa Tribe
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Chippewa Tribe

The Chippewa, or Ojibwe (Anishinaabe), are one of the largest Indigenous nations in North America, with traditional territories spanning the Great Lakes region from present-day Ontario and Quebec through Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. They are part of the broader Anishinaabe confederacy, which includes the Ottawa and Potawatomi in the Council of Three Fires. The Ojibwe entered into numerous treaties with the United States throughout the 19th century, ceding vast territories in the upper Midwest while retaining important reserved rights to fishing, hunting, and gathering. They remain one of the most populous Native American nations, with communities across the U.S. and Canada.

Portrait: George Catlin, Chippewa (Ojibwa) portrait, c. 1835.

9 treaties 14 total items 6 mapped locations

Most Mentioned in Chippewa Tribe-tagged Entries

People

  1. Collins (2)
  2. Shannon (2)
  3. Gibson (2)
  4. Labiech (1)
  5. Goudrich (1)
  6. Labuche (1)
  7. Reubin Field (1)
  8. Goodrich (1)

Wildlife

  1. Elk (2)

Territory & Encounter Locations

Pin color = Planning (1801–1804) Westward (1804–1805) Fort Clatsop (1805–1806) Return (1806) Post (1806–1812)
Master expedition route Approximate territory

Treaties (9)

Treaty with the Blackfoot and Chippewa, Ontonagon band, 1851
Treaty with the Chippewa et al., 1795
Treaty with the Chippewa et al., 1805
Treaty with the Chippewa et al., 1816
Treaty with the Chippewa et al., 1833
Treaty with the Chippewa et al., 1846
Treaty with the Chippewa of Swan creek and Black River, 1836
Treaty with the Ottawa, etc., 1816
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Treaty with the Sioux, etc., 1825
08/19

Tent of Many Voices (3)

Cree and Chippewa Leaders on Traditional Games and Cultural Preservation 48:42
Cree and Chippewa Leaders on Traditional Games and Cultural Preservation
Videl Stump Cree, Chippewa
Rocky Boy Lewis and Clark Encampment: Awards and Closing Ceremony 33:12
Rocky Boy Lewis and Clark Encampment: Awards and Closing Ceremony
Gloria Wells on Buffalo and Chippewa Spirituality 47:46
Gloria Wells on Buffalo and Chippewa Spirituality
Gloria Wells Chippewa

Journal Entries (2)

Ten Elk Located; Two Abandoned on Inaccessible Mountain
Jan 27, 1806
Shannon Reports Ten Elk Killed in Difficult Terrain
Jan 27, 1806

Other Key Figures

William Clark 1304 Meriwether Lewis 1032 Robert Heacock 788 George Drouillard 405 Patrick Gass 326 Mandan 277 John Ordway 214 Shoshone 188 George Shannon 179 John Collins 167 Clatsop 142 Nathaniel Pryor 141
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Cross-Narrator Analyses

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Figure: Chippewa Tribe

The Chippewa (Ojibwe) in the Lewis & Clark Record: A Note on Absence

Although the Chippewa (Ojibwe) were among the most populous and consequential Native nations of the Great Lakes and northern plains during the…

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