>>>Sheesh..I'd rather be called an "Indian Giver" :o)
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>>>OK, can I now call you Blondie, or Pocohantas? (spelling)
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>>Anishinaabe is the actual name but most folks don't know that... most call them the Chippewa in Wis...
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>The Chicago city park I took my daughters to about a million times when they were little is called Chippewa Park.
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>I grew up in Maine, which has probably as many Indian names as Wisconsin. Penobscot, Madawaska, Messalonskee, on and on and on.
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>Olympia Snowe, who I wrote about yesterday, is from Lewiston. It is not Indian / Native American, just another faded mill town. It's as ugly as the day is long. If there are any stereotypes they are of the French-Canadians who have settled there and brought bright green and day-glo blue to the home coloring scheme. This is the environment she came from, an ugly mill town. She was orphaned at 6 and widowed at 26 when her first husband died in a car crash. All these circumstances allow her to vote her conscience and for her constituents, which she does.

This thread has certainly made some twists and turns... :o)

When I was young I asked my great grandmother if she was Chippewa or Ojibwa or Ojibway. Her response was "We are known by that name. You are all those and you are also the...(insert about 20 words) " :o) She then began to tell us the stories (Anishinaabe, Wenabozho, Wendigo, etc) which are all quite interesting. I took a LOT of teasing in school in Wisconsin for having Indian blood. Back then it was a different world. My grandmother on my dad's side was mean to me as a child (she was mean anyway) because I had Indian blood. She and her husband were Norwegian and very prejudiced. You were around then and since you are from Main, I am sure you saw/heard it as well. Other kids who are not teased though tend to tune it out.