what is the ojibwe word for family
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There are many ways of saying (my) grandmother in the Ojibwe language:naannookomnookomisninookomisnimaamaanaannigookomis
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Menominee, Ho-Chunk, Ojibwe,Potawatomi, Sauk, Mohegan, and probably the Fox at one time.
A longhouse is technically a wigwam, but a wigwam is not always a longhouse.The term "wigwam" refers to dwellings of any shape that are covered in birch-bark, including longhouses. But wigwams can also be small and cone-shaped, or small and domed.The word wigwam derives from many different Algonquian languages of the north-eastern cultural region: Mi'kmaq wikuom, Mahican wiqâhm, Ojibwe wiigiwaam and so on). All are derived from the respective words for birchbark (for example Ojibwe wiigwaas).So if a dwelling was in the eastern woodlands and was covered in birchbark it was a wigwam, no matter what shape it happened to be.See links below for images: