Endonyms
Anishinaabe(g)
The most general name for the Nipissing is ''Nibiinsing
The general term for the Nipissing peoples arise from the Anishinaabe word ''Nibii(n)sing'', meaning "at the little water". When the name is syncoped, it can appear as either ''Nbii(n)sing'', ''Mbii(n)sing'' or ''Bii(n)sing''. * Neperinks. — Clinton (1745) in ''New York Documents of Colonial History'', VI, 276, 1855. * Nepesangs. — Pike, ''Expedition'', pt. 1, appendix, 62, 1810. * Nepesinks. — Clinton (1745) in ''New York Documents of Colonial History'', VI, 281, 1855. * Nepessins. — Buchanan, ''North American Indians'', I, 139, 1824. * Nepisin. — Dobbs, ''Hudson Bay'', map, 1744. * Nepisinguis. — Mackenzie, ''Voyage'', xlii, 1801. * Nepissens. — Bondinot, ''Star in the Wes''t, 127, 1816. * Nepissings. — "Document of 1695" in ''New York Documents of Colonial History'', IX, 599, 1855. * Népissingues. — ''New York Documents of Colonial History'', IX, 602, 1855. * Nipisings. — Cox, Columbia R., II. 142, 1831. * Nipisingues. — Henry, Travels, 30, 1809. * Nipisinks. — "German Flats conference (1770)" in ''New York Documents of Colonial History'', VIII, 229, 1857. * Nipissings. — "Document of 1741" in ''New York Documents of Colonial History'', IX, 1080, 1855. * Nipissingues. — Du Chesneau (1679) in ''New York Documents of Colonial History'', IX, 133, 1855. * Nipissins. — Smith, ''Bouquet's Expedition'', 69, 1766. * Nipístingues. — Lettres Edif. I, 696, 1838. * Nippsingues. — Frontenac (1682) in ''New York Documents of Colonial History'', IX, 182, 1855. * Nipsang. — Lear (1792) in Am. St. Pap., Indian Affairs, I, 244, 1832. * Nypissings. — Lamberville (1686) in ''New York Documents of Colonial History'', III, 489, 1853. * Nypsins. — Long, ''Expedition of St. Peters River'', II, 151, 1824.Nibiinsinini(wag)/Nibiinsininii(g)
The ''Nibiinsinini(wag)'' and ''Nibiinsininii(g)'' names are a slight variation of ''Nibiinsing''. This variant name means "Man (men) of the little water", though John Trumbull translates the name as "small lake men". The ''Nibiinsinini(wag)'' reflects theOdishkwaagamii(g)
Among the Anishinaabe peoples, the Nipissings and theExonyms
Iroquoian name
Due to theFrench names
* Ilgonquines. — La Salle (1682) in ''French'', Historical Collections of Louisiana, I, 46, 1846. * Longs Cheveux. — Jesuit Relations: 1671, 35, 1858.See also
*References
* J. Mooney and C. Thomas. "Nipissing" in ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico'', edited by Frederick Webb Hodge (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 30. GPO: 1910.) Anishinaabe culture Nipissing