How to use the Ojibwe People's Dictionary

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Showing Category: lodges

: Vennum on rice camp wigwams

: Treuer on lodges

: Hilger on lodges

: Hilger on wigwams

: Gilfillan on lodges

: Gilfillan on wigwam interior

: Gilfillan on staying in wigwams

: Gilfillan on the typical Red Lake home

: Sister Bernard on lodge decoration

: Kohl on wigwam construction

: Kohl on apakwas

: Carrie A. Lyford explaining the different types of dwellings

: Nodinens on winter lodges

: Densmore on dwellings

: Densmore on wigwam interior

: Hilger on wigwam size

: Hilger on the bark lodge

: Hilger on peaked lodge

: Hilger on the tipi

: woven bulrush and basswood floor mat

: dyed bulrush mat

: dyed bulrush mat

: Thomas E. Smith family seated in front of wigwam, Cass Lake

: Drying moose meat, Indian camp near Kenora.

: Chief Ne-gon-na-geseg and his wife

: Ojibwe woman and children in dwelling

: Ojibwe woman and children in front of wigwam

: Woman seated in front of wigwam

: Woman and children sitting in front of wigwam

: Ojibwe wigwam on the St. Croix

: Ojibwe people standing in front of lodge

: Ojibwe lodge

: Ojibwe lodge near Lake Bemidji

: Birch bark and lake grass wigwam

: Ojibwe lodge at Leech Lake

: Ojibwe in birch bark canoes

: Ojibwe family in front of wigwam

: Ojibwe family outside their wigwam

: People sitting inside wigwam

: Ojibwe dwelling

: Chief Wadena's wigwam

: Zaagajiw outside dwelling

: Ojibwe dwelling

: Lodge with pointed top

: People sitting in front of a wigwam

: Family outside of their dwelling

: Mothers and children outside of a dwelling

: People standing by bull-rush wigwam

: Wigwam at trading post

: Naabaw at Zaagajiw's wigwam

: Woman in front of dwelling

: William Hanks family in front of a wigwam

: Frame of a maple sugar lodge

: Indians by dwelling

: Georgia Sherman and family

: Georgia Sherman at sugar camp

: Tom Smith in front of a birch bark dwelling

: People in front of a wigwam

: Ojibwe Indians building a wigwam

: Mrs. Tamarack and Mrs. Spruce

: Ojibwe family standing in front of wigwam

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

with support and collaboration from the University of Minnesota's Department of American Indian Studies and University Libraries.

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Many of the words in the Ojibwe People's Dictionary have related resources. Click through to the full dictionary entry to hear audio recordings, see images, read documents and watch videos. Here's a key to resource icons.

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Speakers & Regions Key

Individual speakers and speakers from different regions use different words when speaking. Each audio recording is marked with the initials of the Ojibwe speaker. Click on a speaker's initials to go to the speaker's bio page. If an Ojibwe word is particular to a certain region, it will be marked with a region code. Click on the region code to go to the Regions page.