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Anishinabek

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

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

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

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

And here are a few good books about the Anishinabek:
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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