Findians
Ethnic group in North America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the people of mixed Finnish American or Finnish Canadian and Indigenous peoples of North America descent. For the people of Indian descent in Finland, see Indians in Finland. For the Fijian citizens of Indian descent, see Indo-Fijians.
Findians or Finndians (Finnish: fintiaanit; Swedish: findianer) are American or Canadian people that descend from the mix of Finnish Americans or Finnish Canadians and Indigenous peoples of North America, mainly the Ojibwe. Most Findians today live around the Great Lakes in Canada and the United States.[1][2][3]
Quick Facts Fintiaanit, Total population ...
Fintiaanit | |
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Total population | |
c. 200–9,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Around the Great Lakes in the United States and Canada | |
Languages | |
Ojibwe, English, Fingelska†, Swedish† | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Ojibwe, Finnish Canadians, Finnish Americans, Lake Superior Chippewa, Métis |
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The population number of Findians is unknown, but it could be between a few hundred and a few thousand.[4][5]