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  2. Ojibwe - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of the Brule was an October 1842 battle between the La Pointe Band of Ojibwe Indians and a war party of Dakota Indians. The battle took place along the Brule River (Bois Brûlé) in what is today northern Wisconsin and resulted in a decisive victory for the Ojibwe.

  3. Native American weaponry - Wikipedia

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    Piercing weapons consisted of both short and long-range weapons. They were used for hunting and combat. Spears were used by the Native Americans to thrust and strike their enemies or the animals they were hunting. The spears were made of a short blade or tip, made from stone, and attached to the end of a long wooden handle or shaft.

  4. List of U.S. military equipment named for Native Americana

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    In the 20th and 21st centuries Indigenous peoples played a significant role in U.S. military operations; for example the code talkers of World Wars I and II, and Ira Hayes, one of the soldiers who raised the flag on Iwo Jima, was Akimel O'odham (Pima) born and raised in Gila River Indian Community. [2]

  5. Aamjiwnaang First Nation - Wikipedia

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    The Aamjiwnaang First Nation (formerly known as Chippewas of Sarnia First Nation) (Ojibwe: Aamjiwnaang Anishinaabek) is an Anishinaabe First Nations Band located on reserve land by the St. Clair River in Ontario, Canada, three miles south of the southern tip of Lake Huron.

  6. Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians - Wikipedia

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    [8] With this provision, the Chippewa agreed to the terms and the final agreement was ratified by Congress on 21 April 1904. [4] In the decades after signing the McCumber agreement and the Great Depression, the Chippewa adopted farming and gardening as a way of survival. They developed a Big Store in 1922 to sell goods and operated a creamery.

  7. Anishinaabe - Wikipedia

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    The Odawa (also known as Ottawa or Outaouais) are a Native American and First Nations people. Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa (or Anishinaabemowin in Eastern Ojibwe syllabics) is the third most commonly spoken Native language in Canada (after Cree and Inuktitut), and the fourth most spoken in North America behind Navajo, Cree, and Inuktitut ...

  8. Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe - Wikipedia

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    The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, also known as the Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians or the Leech Lake Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (Ojibwe: Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag Ojibweg) is a federally recognized Ojibwe band located in Minnesota and one of six making up the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. The band had 9,426 enrolled tribal members as of March 2014.

  9. Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Brant, a Mohawk, depicted in a portrait by Charles Bird King, circa 1835 Three Lenape people, depicted in a painting by George Catlin in the 1860s. Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands include Native American tribes and First Nation bands residing in or originating from a cultural area encompassing the northeastern and Midwest United States and southeastern Canada. [1]