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Waaskiinaysay Ziibi Inc.
Development Corporation is a
First Nations economic development corporation in
northern Ontario. It
includes the
First Nations...
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square kilometres (2,249 sq mi). The
river is also
known as Deshkaan-
ziibi / Eshkani-
ziibi ("Antler River") in the
Ojibwe language,
spoken by
Anishnaabe peoples...
- Wiinibiigoonzhish-
ziibi (Miserable
Wretched Dirty Water River), Gichi-
ziibi (Big River)
after the
confluence with the
Leech Lake River, then
finally as Misi-
ziibi (Great...
- ago 7.7
Named for the
Mississippi River, from the
Ojibwe word ᒥᐦᓯᓰᐱ (misi-
ziibi)
meaning 'great river'
Middle Mississippian 346.7 to 330.9
million years...
- The
Rainy River (French: Rivière à la Pluie; Ojibwe: ojiji-
ziibi) is a river,
approximately 137
miles (220 km) long,
forming part of the Canada–United...
- boundary. European-American
settlers named it
after the
Ojibwe word ᒥᓯ-ᓰᐱ misi-
ziibi (English:
great river). Near 9500 BC
Native Americans or Paleo-Indians arrived...
- as
located near the
forks of
Thames River (Anishinaabe language: Eshkani-
ziibi, "Antler River") in c. 1690 and was
referred to as
Pahkatequayang ("Baketigweyaang":"At...
- Manoominikeshiinh-
ziibi (Ricing-Rail River).
Downstream of its
confluence with the Namekagon, the
Ojibwa renamed the
river as Gichi-
ziibi (Big River) or Okijii-
ziibi (Pipestem...
- Potawatomi, and
Odawa and was
referred to as
Wawiiatanong or
Wawiiatanong Ziibi meaning "where the
river bends" in Anishinaabemowin. A
French agricultural...
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Ojibwa called Elk Lake and the
stream Bekegamaag-zaaga'igan and Bekegamaag-
ziibi (Sidelake Lake and
Sidelake River), respectively. In 1887
Williard Glazier...
