Plastering the walls with this helps keeps the warmth in and bugs out
What is newspaper
100
Go's Boom! to help mine.
What is Dynamite
100
American Indians used them alongside traditional tools made from bone, stone, and shell.
What is knives
200
You would burn the fields with this to repel grasshopers
What is candle
200
used to test the rocks above
What is baker's pole
200
Dakota and Ojibwe women carefull cut the skin off the animal and turned it inside out
What is beaver pelts
300
This material helps the stove to run
What is prairie grass
300
printed for the Oliver Iron Mining Company by the Christie Lithograph & Printing Company (both of Duluth, Minnesota) in 1907
What is cents
300
from Italy, Holland, and Bohemia, were popular with Ojibwe women as an additional way to show off their design skills on everything from moccasins to Bandolier bags
What is beads
400
This item helps keep the house warm, and is good for cooking
What is stove
400
Used to mine deep in the rocks
What is a drill
400
Prior to the fur trade, pots and containers made from clay or woven baskets were used. Metal was easier to cook with and lasted longer.
What is kettles
500
If the stove ever went out, they would use this for warmth
What is blanket
500
works as a trammer in the Pettit mine near Sparta, Minnesota. He arrived from Finland in 1908 when he was 27 years old. He joined his brother and worked on the Iron Range for many years before returning to Finland where he married and farmed
What is Matti Pelto
500
The Ojibwe used both traditional spearheads made of stone and the iron ones brought by Europeans during the fur trade.
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