The Ojibway Nation

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 experience is that of the Woodland people.