Vocabulary
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What does Ni-bo-wi-se-gwe mean?
Night Flying Woman
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Who named Oona?
A-wa-sa-si
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How did the Ojibway children approach the old ones?
With eyes cast down
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Who had an uprising with the white settlers?
The Dakota
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Who tells the stories in the Ojibway tribe?
The Old Ones
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What does Si-si-gwa-d mean?
The Sounds the Trees make
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What was special about Oonas birth?
She was born during a lunar eclipse
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How long was the time of mourning after someone in the tribe had died?
One year
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What did most Ojibway men do for work when the white settlers came?
They "danced" on the logs in the river and other jobs in the logging industry
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What was Oona's aunt's name?
On-da-g
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What does Mi-de-wi-wi-n mean?
Grand Medicine People
300
What is the name of E-quay's husband in the stranger tounge?
Walter
300
What were the two things that women could become in the Ojibway tribe?
Dreamers or Medicine people
300
Who named the reservation White Earth?
The Ojibway
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What do the Ojibway refer to themselves as?
The Anishinabe
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What does Do-daim mean?
Clan
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How many children did Oona have?
Two sons
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How do the Ojibway teach their babies to be quiet?
They pinch their lips
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Why did the white strangers allot the land to the Ojibway?
So that they had more land to themselves
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What is the name of the reservation that the Ojibway were sent to?
White Earth Reservation
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What does Muk-Muk mean?
Container
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Who was E-quay and Oona's friend from the strangers village?
Mary
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When was the typical time of year for story telling?
During the Winter
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Why was the reservation called "White Earth"?
Because of the white clay beneath the soil
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How do you say "Wild Rice" in the Ojibway tongue?
Ma-no-min
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