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North of Superior Ojibwe dialect information


North of Superior is a dialect of the Ojibwe language spoken on the north shore of Lake Superior in the area east of Lake Nipigon to Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. Communities include (east to west) Pic Mobert, Pic Heron, Pays Plat, Long Lac, Aroland, Rocky Bay, and Lake Helen, all in Ontario.[1]

  1. ^ Valentine, J. Randolph, 1994, 28, 33

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North of Superior Ojibwe dialect

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North of Superior is a dialect of the Ojibwe language spoken on the north shore of Lake Superior in the area east of Lake Nipigon to Sault Ste Marie, Ontario...

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Ojibwe dialects

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Some sources recognize a Central Ojibwe dialect, covering approximately the same territory as North of (Lake) Superior and Nipissing. In this article the...

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Ojibwe language

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several other dialects: Berens Ojibwe in northwestern Ontario, which he distinguishes from Northwestern Ojibwe; North of (Lake) Superior; and Nipissing...

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Lake Superior

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Atlantic Ocean. The Ojibwe name for the lake is gichi-gami (in syllabics: ᑭᒋᑲᒥ, pronounced gitchi-gami or kitchi-gami in different dialects), meaning "great...

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Ojibwe grammar

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Minnesota variety of the Southwestern dialect. The orthography used is the Fiero Double-Vowel System. Like many North American languages, Ojibwe is polysynthetic...

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Ojibwe

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The Ojibwe (syll.: ᐅᒋᐺ; plural: Ojibweg ᐅᒋᐺᒃ) are an Anishinaabe people whose homeland (Ojibwewaki ᐅᒋᐺᐘᑭ) covers much of the Great Lakes region and the...

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North American fur trade

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of all the "nations of the north" which was attended by Ojibwe, Dakota, and Assiniboine leaders, where it was agreed that the daughters and sons of the...

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Chippewa language

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indigenous language of North America. Chippewa is part of the dialect continuum of Ojibwe (including Chippewa, Ottawa, Algonquin, and Oji-Cree), which...

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List of Michigan placenames of Native American origin

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primary Native American languages in Michigan are Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi, all of which are dialects of Algonquin. Some other places names in Michigan...

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Cree

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lived from Lake Superior westward. Today, they live mostly in Montana, where they share the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation with Ojibwe (Chippewa) people...

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Wiikwemkoong First Nation

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otherwise." The local Ojibwe placename is wiikwemkong (Manitoulin dialect; notice the vowel dropping) with the locative -ong ('at') form of wiikwemik 'bay with...

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Dakota people

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The actual Nakota are the Assiniboine and Stoney of Western Canada and Montana. Migrations of Ojibwe people from the east in the 17th and 18th centuries...

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Mamongazeda

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Ma-mong-a-ze-da (Ojibwe: Mamaangĕzide "[Have Very] Big Foot") was an 18th-century Ojibwa chief from Shagawamikong. He was a member of the Caribou doodem...

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The Song of Hiawatha

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Manabozho, the name in use at the time among the Ojibwe of the south shore of Lake Superior for a figure of their folklore who was a trickster and transformer...

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Bois Forte Band of Chippewa

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of the Bois Forte dialect of the Ojibwe language, interspersed with cultural history of the Band. Official website of the Bois Forte Band People of the...

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Sioux

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("Nadouessioux") of the Ojibwe term "Nadowessi", can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or to any of the nation's many language dialects. Before...

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The Birchbark House

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series. The story follows the life of Omakayas and her Ojibwe community beginning in 1847 near present-day Lake Superior. The Birchbark House has received...

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General American English

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problematically implying a superior or "best" form of speech. The terms Standard North American English and General North American English, in an effort...

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Ottawa phonology

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spelled Odawa) is a dialect of the Ojibwe language spoken in a series of communities in southern Ontario and a smaller number of communities in northern...

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Algonquin people

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which is part of the Algonquian language family. Culturally and linguistically, they are closely related to the Odawa, Potawatomi, Ojibwe (including Oji-Cree)...

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Michigan

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a gallicized variant of the original Ojibwe word ᒥᓯᑲᒥ (mishigami), meaning "large water" or "large lake". Michigan consists of two peninsulas. The Lower...

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Received Pronunciation

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Country, Ulster, most North American varieties including General American, Australian English, and the Cape Coloured dialect of South Africa) is not used...

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Francis Xavier Pierz

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making converts, even though the Ottawa dialect of the Ojibwe language was a terrible struggle for him to learn. One of Fr. Pierz's particularly devout converts...

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior

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missionary who was fluent in the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Huron dialects. In Spring 1661, he explored to Chequamegon Bay on Lake Superior. In 1665, Reverend Claude...

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Midwestern United States

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shift away from the standard pronunciation of vowels. The dialect of Minnesota, western Wisconsin, much of North Dakota and Michigan's Upper Peninsula is...

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Cherokee language

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5 people under the age of 50 are fluent. The dialect of Cherokee in Oklahoma is "definitely endangered", and the one in North Carolina is "severely endangered"...

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Classical Arabic

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of the dialectal forms of a given word as variants of the standardized forms, albeit often with much less currency and use. Various Arabic dialects freely...

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Italian phonology

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being seen for what it is, just one dialect among many with its own regional peculiarities and qualities, many of which are shared with Umbria, Southern...

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Upper Peninsula of Michigan

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Ojibwe ancestry. Upper Peninsula natives speak a dialect influenced by Scandinavian and French-Canadian speech. A popular bumper sticker, a parody of...

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Wiigwaasabak

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disrespect of the teachings.[citation needed] Some scrolls are songs and details of Midewiwin rituals and medicine lodges. A map created by an Ojibwe on birchbark...

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