Alternate Names: Ojibway, Ojibwe, Southwestern Ojibwa
Dialects: Central Minnesota Chippewa, Minnesota Border Chippewa, Red Lake Chippewa, Upper Michigan-Wisconsin Chippewa. Turtle Mountain in North Dakota shares features with Central Minnesota. Red Lake includes Northwest Angle on shore of Lake of the Woods. Nett Lake on the Minnesota border is closely related to Lac la Croix (Rainy River Ojibwa of Northwestern Ojibwa ,) in Ontario. A member of macrolanguage Ojibwa ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 5,000. Ethnic population: 104,000 (1990 census).
Language Use: Concerted efforts via language teaching in public schools and other efforts to reverse decline. Mainly older adults.
Language Development: Taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1833–1854.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: United States