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.
Mid-Continental Canadian forests
Wildlife of the area includes moose ("Alces alces"), American black bear ("Ursus americanus"), wolf ("Canis lupus"), Canada lynx ("Lynx canadensis"), white-tailed deer ("Odocoileus virginianus"), elk ("Cervus canadensis"), North American beaver ("Castor canadensis"), muskrat ("Ondatra zibethicus"), snowshoe hare ("Lepus americanus"). The plain to the south of the lake is home to moose, coyote ("Canis latrans"), and eastern cottontail ("Sylvilagus floridanus") as well. Wood Buffalo National Park on the Slave River is the largest national park in Canada and home to the world's largest herd of American bison ("Bison bison").