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Chippewa Indian
Divisions
As the Chippewa were scattered over a region
extending 1,000 miles from north to west, they had a large number
of villages, bands, and local divisions. Some of the bands bore the name
of the village, lake, or river near which they resided, but these were
grouped under larger divisions or sub-tribes which occupied certain
fixed limits and were distinguished by marked differences. According to
Warren there were 10 of these principal divisions:
Kechegunmewininewug, on the south shore of Lake Superior;
Betonukeengainubejig, in North Wisconsin;
Munominikasheenhug, on the headwaters of St Croix river in Wisconsin and
Minnesota;
Wahsuahgunewininewug, at the head of Wisconsin river;
Ottawa Lake Men, on Lac Courte Oreilles, Wis.;
Kechesebewininewug, on the upper Mississippi in Minnesota;
Mukmeduawininewug, or Pillagers, on Leech lake, Minn.;
Sugwaundugahwininewug, north of Lake Superior;
Kojejewininewug, on Rainy lake and river about the north boundary of
Minnesota; Omushkasug, on the northwest side of Lake Superior at the
Canadian border.
Besides these general divisions the following
collective or local names are recognized as belonging to various
settlements, bands, or divisions of the tribe:
Lower Michigan
Angwassag
Big Rock
Little Forks
Menitegow
Blackbird
Menoquet's Village
Ketchewaundaugenink
Kawkawling
Kishkawbawee
Saginaw |
Thunder Bay
Nagonabe
Ommunise
Shabwasing
Beaver Islands
Nabohish
Cheboygan
Otusson
Reaum's Village
Wapisiwisibiwininiwak |
Wisconsin and upper Michigan
Red Cedar Lake
Sukaauguning
Knife Lake
Kechepukwaiwah
Long Lake
Chetac Lake
Turtle Portage
Rice Lake
Yellow Lake
Trout Lake
Pawating
Ontonagon |
Wauswagiming
Lac Courte Oreilles
Shaugwaumikong
Burnt Woods
Gatageteganning
Bay du Noc
Wequadong
Mekadewagamitigweyawininwak
Michilimackinac
St Francis Xavier
Wiaquahhechegumeeng |
Minnesota and the Dakotas
Grand Portage
Pokegma
Fund du Lac
Red Cliff
Crow Wing River
Gull Lake
Onepowesepewenenewak
Miskwagamiwisagaigan
Wabasemowenenewak(?)
Wanamakewajenerik |
Mikinakwadshiwininiwak
Misisagaikaniwininiwak
Gasakaskuatchimmekak
Oschekkamegawenenewak
Winnebegoshishiwininiwak
Gamiskwakokawininiwak
Gawababiganikak
Anibiminanisibiwininiwak
Kahmetahwungaguma
Rabbit Lake |
Ontario
Oueschekgagamioulimy
Walpole Island
Obidgewong
Michipicoten
Doki's Band
Bagoache |
Epinette (1744)
Ouasouarini
Mishtawayawininiwak,
Nopeming
Nameuilni |
Manitoba
Portage de Prairie
Mattawan
Pic River
Saskatchewan
Nibowisibiwininiwak
The books presented are for their
historical value only and are not the
opinions of the Webmasters of the site.
Handbook
of American Indians, 1906
Index of Tribes or NationsFree
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