Minnesota was inhabited by native peoples of Canada and the United States.
Anishinaabe ( or Anishinabe , plural : Anishinaabeg ) 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 Dakota people are a Native American tribe and First Nations band government in North America . Minnesota . Until European settlement , Minnesota was inhabited by the Dakota and Ojibwe/Anishinaabe . The Ojibwe , Ojibwa , or Chippewa are an Anishinaabeg group of indigenous peoples in North America .