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Anishnabeg

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

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

Algonquin language
Anishinaabe words
Anishnabeg people
Canadian Native tribes
Algic languages
Eastern Woodlands Native Americans

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

And here are a few good books about the Anishnabeg:
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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