Ojibwe
The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people of Canada and the United States. They are one of the largest indigenous peoples north of the Rio Grande. In Canada, they are the second-largest First Nations population, surpassed only by the Cree. In the United States, they have the fifth-largest population among Native American peoples, surpassed in number only by the Navajo, Cherokee, Choctaw and Sioux.
List of indigenous Canadian politicians
Provincially, indigenous persons have been elected to 11 of the 13 legislatures – with only Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island never having had indigenous representation. There are currently 25 indigenous people serving in six provincial legislatures. Of those members, eleven are New Democrats, five are Independents, five are Conservatives (two Progressive Conservative, one BC Liberal, one Saskatchewan, one Yukon), two are Liberals, and one is Green Party.