Ojibwa - Notable Ojibwe People

Notable Ojibwe People

  • Ah-shah-way-gee-she-go-qua (Aazhawigiizhigokwe, Hanging Cloud), woman warrior
  • David Wayne "Famous Dave" Anderson (Business Entrepreneur)
  • Arron Asham (Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins)
  • Dennis Banks (Political Activist)
  • James Bartleman (Diplomat, Author)
  • Adam Beach (Actor, Writer)
  • Carl Beam (Artist)
  • Jason Behr (Actor)
  • Clyde Bellecourt (White Earth Ojibwe), social activist
  • Vernon Bellecourt (White Earth Ojibwe), social activist
  • Chief Bender (Baseball player)
  • Odell Borg (Native American flutist and flute maker)
  • Benjamin Chee Chee (Artist)
  • Henry Boucha (American former professional ice hockey player, United States Hockey Hall of Fame)
  • Al Hunter (Poet and Writer)
  • George Copway (Missionary and Writer)
  • Eddy Cobiness (Artist)
  • Kelly Church (Grand Traverse Band) basket weaver, painter, and birch bark biter
  • Jim Denomie (Artist)
  • Patrick DesJarlait, painter and graphic artist
  • Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Chippewa), author
  • Phil Fontaine (Politician)
  • William Gardner, one of the Untouchables
  • Kraig Grady (Composer, Puppeteer)
  • Gordon Henry Jr. (Writer)
  • Virgil Hill (Boxer)
  • Basil Johnston (Historian and Cultural Essayist)
  • Peter Jones (Missionary and Writer)
  • Ke-che-waish-ke (Gichi-Weshkiinh, Buffalo) (Chief)
  • Maude Kegg (Author, Cultural Embassidor)
  • Winona LaDuke (Activist and Writer)
  • Carole LaFavor (Writer)
  • Chief Little Bear (Chief)
  • Joe Lumsden (Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians), tribal chairman
  • Loma Lyns (Singer, Songwriter)
  • Cody McCormick (Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Colorado Avalanche)
  • Medweganoonind, Chief
  • Rod Michano (AIDS Activist/Educator)
  • George Morrison (Artist)
  • Norval Morrisseau, artist and founder of the Woodlands style of painting
  • Ted Nolan (Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach, Jack Adams Award winner)
  • Jordan Nolan (Canadian professional ice hockey player, son of Ted Nolan, 2012 Stanley Cup champion)
  • Jim Northrup (Columnist)
  • O-zaw-wen-dib (Ozaawindib, Yellow Head), woman warrior, guide
  • Francis Pegahmagabow, warrior
  • Leonard Peltier, political activist, prisoner, author, artist
  • Mel Pervais (Entrepreneur)
  • Tommy Prince (Soldier)
  • Chief Rocky Boy (Chief)
  • Buffy Sainte-Marie, singer, songwriter
  • Keith Secola, rock and blues Singer
  • Chris Simon (Canadian professional ice hockey player, Stanley Cup winner w/ 1996 Colorado Avalanche)
  • John Smith, Gaa-binagwiiyaas, chief, reported to have lived 137 years
  • Albert Smoke, long-distance runner
  • Drew Hayden Taylor (Playwright, Author and Journalist)
  • Roy Thomas, artist
  • David Treuer, author
  • E. Donald Two-Rivers (Poet, Playwright)
  • Alfred Michael "Chief" Venne (Athletic manager and coach)
  • Gerald Vizenor, author and educator
  • Wawatam, Chief
  • Waabaanakwad (White Cloud), Chief
  • William Whipple Warren, first historian of the Ojibwe people, territorial legislator
  • Jennifer Redsky-Ross, ( Canadian Talent Agent)
  • Crystal Shawanda, (Canadian Country music singer)

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