Editing Paul Bunyan (section)

== In Ojibwe folklore ==

[[File:Red_Lake_by_Sentinel-2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Red Lake (Minnesota)]] ]]
The figure of Bunyan was adapted by the [[Ojibwe]] people into folklore about [[Nanabozho]], a [[culture hero]] of the Ojibwe and [[Anishinaabe]].

In the story, when Paul Bunyan came to log the forests of Northern Minnesota, Nanabozho fought him in defense of the forest. They fought for three days; Nanabozho finally slapped Bunyan with a giant [[walleye]]. Bunyan was knocked onto his [[buttocks]] in the mud, the imprint of which formed [[Red Lake (Minnesota)|Red Lake, Minnesota]]. This is responsible for the lake's distinctive shape and the preservation of the [[Chippewa National Forest]] and [[Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Cultural Sovereignty and Native American Hermeneutics in the Interpretation of the Sacred Stories of the Anishinaabe |first=Lawrence W. |last=Gross |journal=Wíčazo Ša Review |volume=18 |number=2 |year=2003 |pages=127–134 |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |doi=10.1353/wic.2003.0014 |jstor=1409540 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1409540 }}</ref><ref name=Frankhouse2023>{{cite news |url=https://wrkr.com/paul-bunyon-ojibwe-origin/ |title=The Untold Ojibwe Story of The Alleged Michigan-Based Paul Bunyan |first=Mark |last=Frankhouse |date=January 9, 2023 |work=WRKR }}</ref>