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Inger, Minnesota
It is a CDP (census designated place) at Leech Lake Reservation. Below are several links to google earth photos of Inger. Inger has 56 housing units. According to the 2020 census, population of Inger is 200. Average per person household is nearly 4.0 persons per housing unit which is normal for Chippewa settlements. Ojibwa's make up 94.0% of Ingers population. Whites 4.0%. Mixed bloods 2.0%. Mexicans 1.0%. Inger is located at LLR's northeast where old Winnibigoshish Reservation was located. It's 6.75 miles or 10.9 kilometers northeast of Lake Winnibigoshish. That "osh" is an Ojibway diminutive. A wikipedia page claims this lakes name as being derived from "Wiinibiig." It supposedly means Filthy Water. Dirty in Ojibway is "Win-na." Water in Ojibwa Language is "Ni-bi." More often than not they use only "bi" for their word for water! Supposedly there's the diminutive and also a pejorative. The pejorative is "ish." However, it has another meaning. Lake Winnibigoshish should possibly be pronounced Winnibigosis instead of Winnibigoshish. Maybe it is and I don't know! So "Win-na Biig' O shish" may mean Dirty Water People Little. It's a combined word making translation difficult. Either it's Winna Biig O shish or Winna Biig O Sis. The "Winna Biig" means "Dirty Water People." Some dialects pronounce it "Winna Peak." Then the "os" needs translation. It might be derived from "osamisiwin." It means excessive, extravagancy, surpass, ect. The "os" may mean "excess and surpass." Could "Winna Biig Ossis" mean "Dirty Water People Surpass Little?" Some dialects use "osh" instead of "os." Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba has the same meaning. Without the diminutive and pejorative! It simply means "Dirty Water People." William Clark wrote it "Winapeak." Lake Winnipigosis in Manitoba is similar yet is either pronounced different or written different. It's interesting and also suspicious! And Winnebago also represents likewise.
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