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The Ojibwe , Ojibwa , or Chippewa are an Anishinaabeg group of indigenous peoples in ___MASK91___ . They live in Canada and the United States and are one of the largest Indigenous ethnic groups 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 fourth - largest population among Native American tribes , surpassed only by the Navajo , Cherokee , and Lakota - Dakota - Nakota peoples . The Vermilion River is located in Saint Louis County of northeast Minnesota , flowing between Crane Lake and Dago Bay of Lake Vermilion near Vermilion Dam . The Vermilion River ' s width varies considerably , being the size of a large creek in places and looking like a large lake in another . The Vermilion River passes through the community of Buyck in Portage Township . As its name suggests , the waters of the Vermilion are a brownish - red color . The murky waters and the over - abundance of leeches make the Vermilion an undesirable swimming destination . Forests around the Vermilion , being logged about 50 years ago , are thick and hard to penetrate as many competing trees are closely spaced . Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands , savannas , and shrublands biome by ecologists , based on similar temperate climates , moderate rainfall , and a composition of grasses , herbs , and shrubs , rather than trees , as the dominant vegetation type . Temperate grassland regions include the Pampas of Argentina , southern Brazil and Uruguay as well as the steppes of ___MASK71___ . Lands typically referred to as " prairie " tend to be in ___MASK91___ . The term encompasses the area referred to as the Interior Lowlands of Canada , the United States , and Mexico , which includes all of the Great Plains as well as the wetter , somewhat hillier land to the east . In the U . S ., the area is constituted by most or all of the states of North Dakota , South Dakota , Nebraska , Kansas , and Oklahoma , and sizable parts of the states of Montana , Wyoming , Colorado , New Mexico , Texas , Missouri , Iowa , Illinois , Ohio , Indiana , Wisconsin , and western and southern Minnesota . The Central Valley of California is also a prairie . The Canadian Prairies occupy vast areas of Manitoba , Saskatchewan , and Alberta . The Horn of ___MASK20___ (, " yäafrika qänd ", " al - qarn al -' afrq ") ( shortened to HOA ) is a peninsula in Northeast ___MASK20___ . It juts hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden . The area is the easternmost projection of the African continent . The Horn of ___MASK20___ denotes the region containing the countries of Djibouti , Eritrea , Ethiopia , and Somalia . Scandinavia is a historical and cultural region in Northern ___MASK22___ characterized by a common ethnocultural North Germanic heritage and mutually intelligible North Germanic languages . Minnesota ( locally ) is a state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States . Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U . S . state on May 11 , 1858 , created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory . The state has a large number of lakes , and is known by the slogan " Land of 10 , 000 Lakes ". Its official motto is " L ' Étoile du Nord " ( French : " Star of the North "). Minnesota is the 12th largest in area and the 21st most populous of the U . S . states ; nearly 60 percent of its residents live in the Minneapolis  Saint Paul metropolitan area ( known as the " Twin Cities "), the center of transportation , business , industry , education , and government and home to an internationally known arts community . The remainder of the state consists of western prairies now given over to intensive agriculture ; deciduous forests in the southeast , now partially cleared , farmed and settled ; and the less populated North Woods , used for mining , forestry , and recreation . Minnesota is known for its progressive political orientation and its high rate of civic participation and voter turnout . Until European settlement , Minnesota was inhabited by the Dakota and Ojibwe / Anishinaabe . During the 19th and early 20th centuries , the large majority of the European settlers emigrated from Scandinavia and Germany , and the state remains a center of Scandinavian American and German American culture . In recent decades , immigration from ___MASK81___ , the Horn of ___MASK20___ , and Latin America has broadened its historic demographic and cultural composition . Minnesota ' s standard of living index is among the highest in the United States , and the state is also among the best - educated and wealthiest in the nation .