Claim: Minnesota was inhabited by native peoples of Canada and the northern United States.

Anishinaabe -LRB- or Anishinabe , plural : Anishinaabeg -RRB- is the autonym for a group of culturally related indigenous peoples of Canada and the United States that include the Odawa , Ojibwe , Potawatomi , Oji-Cree , Mississaugas , and Algonquin peoples . The Anishinaabeg speak Anishinaabemowin , or Anishinaabe languages that belong to the Algonquian language family . They traditionally have lived in the Northeast Woodlands and Subarctic .   The word Anishinaabeg translates to `` people from whence lowered . '' Another definition refers to `` the good humans , '' meaning those who are on the right road or path given to them by the Creator Gichi-Manidoo , or Great Spirit . The Ojibwe historian , linguist , and author Basil Johnston wrote that its literal translation is `` Beings Made Out of Nothing '' or `` Spontaneous Beings , '' since the Anishinaabeg were created by divine breath .   Anishinaabe is often mistakenly considered a synonym of Ojibwe ; however , it refers to a much larger group of tribes .