Anisinabe

Appearance
Anisinabe is a pure cream-colored steed with a long flowing tail and mane and thick feathering.

Personality
Anisinabe is goal-oriented and passionate. He blazes his own trail and allows his pursuits to enlighten him as he lives his life.

Bear
Anisinabe has a special connection with bears. He admires their strength and independence and is inspired by them.

The Name Game
The tribe this steed is based on were primarily located in the Great Lakes region of North America, but have spread through a vast geographical area of the U.S. and Canada. Includes  Ojibwa, Algonquians, Potawatomi, and the Chippewa. The tribe calls itself Anisinabe, “Original People.” One of the largest tribal groups in North America, the third largest after the Cherokee and Navajo.

Anisinabes hunted, fished and trapped. They gathered wild rice and made maple sugar. They farmed squash and maize. Anisinabe created sacred birch-bark scrolls in which they recorded their tribal history. Anisinabe also practiced the Sun Dance.

Anisinabe did not move around as much as other tribes. They built wigwams and also made birch-bark canoes. Their society was organized around clans named for totem animals. The Anisinabe term is "dodem".

Today, there are Anisinabe reservations in the states of Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Montana, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.

Inspirational Message
English: "Let your dreams inspire you and lead you to an answer."

Italian: "Lascia che I sogni ti ispirino, e ti suggeriscano le risposte che cerchi."

French : "Laisse tes rêves te donner l'inspiration et te guider vers la réponse."