Bois Forte Band of Chippewa - Ethnonyms

Ethnonyms

The Bois Forte Band are named after their location of thick conifer forest of northern Minnesota. Handbook of North American Indians record other variations of their names.

• Boise Forte — Indian Affairs Report, 332, 1873.
• Bois Forts — Warren (1852) in Minnesota Historical Society Collections, V, 85, 1885.
• Hardwoods — Warren (1852) in Minnesota Historical Society Collections, V, 85, 1885.
• Sagantwaga-wininiwak — Gatschet, Ojibwa Manuscript. BAE 1882
• Sagwandagawinini — Baraga, English-Otchipwe Dictionary, 109, 1879
• Sạgwāndạgāwininiwạg — William Jones, information, 1905.
• Sakâwiyiniw — Baraga, English-Otchipwe Dictionary, 109, 1879
• Sug-wau-dag-ah-win-in-e-wug — Warren (1852) in Minnesota Historical Society Collections, V, 85, 1885.
• Sug-waun-dug-ah-win-ine-wug — Warren in Schoolcraft, Indian Tribes, II, 139, 1852
• Sug-wun-dug-ah-win-in-e-wug — Ramsey in Indian Affairs Report, 90, 1850.
• Thick Woodsmen — Warren in Schoolcraft, Indian Tribes, II, 139, 1852
• Waub-ose — Warren (1852) in Minnesota Historical Society Collections, V, 86, 1885.