Stories
and memories tell of a time when the Ojibway people, or Anishinabe
("original men") lived near the ocean. This may
have been the Atlantic, or possibly Hudson Bay to the north.
From these waters, the Ojibway spread across much of Canada and
the northern United States to become one of the largest and most
powerful Native American groups north of Mexico. Including the
Metis people who possess Ojibway blood, there are around 60,000
Ojibway people in Canada alone. Another 130,000 reside in
the United States.
Depending
upon whether they lived in wooded areas of the country or on the
vast buffalo filled plains, the Ojibway people adopted lifestyles
best suited to their conditions.
Here
at Assabaska Ojibway Heritage Park, the Anishinabe that you meet
and the culture you will experience will be that of the Woodland
people.
The
Ojibway Nation