Ojibwa

Ojibwa, or Chippewa, large Algonquian-speaking tribes of Native Americans. Small bands of hunter-gatherers lived in woodland areas around Lakes Superior and Huron, and to the west. They fought with the Sioux, but had little contact with white settlers. Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha was based on Ojibwa mythology. Today some 60,000 Ojibwas live on U.S. and Canadian reservations.