Vocabulary
People/Spirits
Events
Lifestyle
Miscellaneous
100
Dakota word for extended family
What is tiyospaye?
100
Dakota prayed to this being to protect people from drowning
Who is Unktehi, the Water Spirit?
100
this event was the collecting of a very important food during the summer season
What is the wild rice harvest?
100
these are the main Dakota homes
What are tipis?
100
this bird is considered sacred (holy) to both tribes
What is an eagle?
200
Dakota word for generosity
What is ohanwaste?
200
he was the son of an earth woman and a star
Who was Star Boy?
200
this event was almost the only way the Dakota and the Ojibwe had to get something sweet into their diet
What is collecting maple sap to make maple syrup and sugar?
200
these are the main Ojibwe homes
What are wigwams?
200
this is the animal shape of islands that begin and end the Ojibwe migration
What is a turtle?
300
custom of telling stories about the history and legends of a group in order to teach about that culture
What is oral tradition?
300
they were responsible for educating the children of the tribe by telling them stories of the tribe's history and legends
Who were the elders?
300
this event was what the Dakota did to get their main source of food in the autumn
What is the buffalo hunt?
300
these were the three main crops both tribes planted themselves to eat
What are corn, beans and squash?
300
both tribes moved during the year according to these
What are the seasons?
400
animal skins which still have the fur on them
What are pelts?
400
they did most of the fishing in the summer for the Ojibwe
Who were Ojibwe women?
400
the Ojibwe migration had this many stops on it
What is seven?
400
this is the type of canoe invented by the Ojibwe
What is a birchbark canoe?
400
this tree was very important to both tribes for making many of the things they used
What is a birch tree?
500
an agreement made between two or more different groups to join forces to achieve a common goal
What is an alliance?
500
he was the Frenchman who helped the Dakota and the Ojibwe make a peace treaty
Who was Daniel Greysolon, the Sieur du Luth?
500
the Ojibwe first and then the Dakota start doing this so they can get European manufactured goods like cloth and metal tools
What is fur trading?
500
these were invented by Native Americans to move around more easily in the winter
What are snowshoes?
500
the Dakota think of history as having this shape rather than a line
What is a circle?
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