Chippewa

[ chip-uh-wah, -wey, -wuh ]

/ ˈtʃɪp əˌwɑ, -ˌweɪ, -wə /

Ojibwa.

Origin of Chippewa

An Americanism dating back to 1665–75

Chippewa ²

[ chip-uh-wah, -wey, -wuh ]

/ ˈtʃɪp əˌwɑ, -ˌweɪ, -wə /

a river in N Wisconsin, flowing S to the Mississippi River. 200 miles (322 km) long.

A non-Sioux nation in the state, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, also said no.

The Native Americans Who Voted for ‘The Fighting Sioux’ |Evan Weiner |June 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
We next met a Chippewa with his wife and child on the banks.

Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers |Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
It tells us of our God, Chippewa; and teaches us how we are to please him, and how we may offend.

Oak Openings |James Fenimore Cooper
But, until this moment, I believed we people at Chippewa Harbor were the only ones on the island.

The Crystal Ball |Roy J. Snell

Blake and his troops came on the steamboat named Chippewa, and this was the first time a steamboat ever landed at Fort Benton.

Then and Now |Robert Vaughn
Here the Methodists have built a mission-house, maintain a missionary, and instruct a fragment of the Chippewa tribe.

Letters of a Traveller |William Cullen Bryant

Chippewa

/ (ˈtʃɪpɪˌwɑː) /

another name for Ojibwa