 Like any other Algonquian groups, the Anishinaabe clan system served as a system of government as well as a means of dividing labour.The five groups or phratries are listed below, listing each of the "doodem" clans or gentes within their group.The known Algonquin clans are marked with (Al), Mississauga clans with (Ms), Nipissing clans with (Ns), Ojibwa clans with (Oj), Odawa clans with (Od) and Potawatomi clans with (Po).