Mississippi River Band of Chippewa Indians ( Ojibwe: Gichi-ziibiwininiwag) or simply the Mississippi Chippewa, are a historical Ojibwa Band inhabiting the headwaters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries in present-day Minnesota.Īccording to the oral history of the Mississippi Chippewa, they were primarily of the southern branch of Ojibwe who spread from the 'Fifth Stopping Place' of Baawiting ( Sault Ste.