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Anishinabeg

"Anishinabeg" is an alternate spelling of Anishinaabe, which is a name the Ojibway and Algonquin people use for themselves in their own language. Anishinabeg is actually a plural form of Anishinabe, and literally means "original people."

Here are links to our webpages about the Anishinabeg tribes and languages:

Algonquin language
Anishinaabe words
Anishinabeg people
Canadian Native people
Algic languages
Northeast Woodland

Here are links to more Internet resources about the Anishinabeg people:
Map of Great Lakes Anishinabeg Tribes
Wikipedia: Anishinabeg
Anishinaabe Culture

And here are a few good books about the Anishinabeg:
Voices of the Anishinabe People
Before and after the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists
Anishinaabe Mino-Bimaadiziwin: The Way of a Good Life
Life in an Anishinabe Camp

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