Know Your Trees
Weather to Run or Not?
Traditions and Customs
How Sweet it is...
Gi'kidan Ojibwemowin
100
What kind of tree is a soft wood.
Any tree that has needle (including cedar).
100
Which maple tree produces more sap - a hard maple or soft maple?
A soft maple.
100
What did Aanishinaabe use long ago to make taps?
Piece of wood, carved into a spout.
100
How many gallons of sap will make a gallon of syrup?
40-50
100
Name the object we gather sap with.
Akik
200
Why is hardwood better for boiling in the sugar bush.
Burns longer and hotter.
200
What winter weather effects the amount of sap produced by a tree come springtime?
Amount of snow
200
What did Aanishinaabe use to collect and boil sap long before cast iron or metal?
Birch bark containers.
200
What is the average concentration (by %) of sugar in sap?
2-3%
200
Name the time of year when we begin sugar bush.
Ziigwaan or Ziisibaakadoke Giizis
300
Describe the bark on a hard maple and soft maple.
Hard maple has rougher bark all the way up Soft maple has smoother bark sometimes with white spots or blotches.
300
When a maple tree produces sugar, where is it stored through the winter?
In the roots.
300
What is the first thing you must do before tapping a maple tree? Use the Ojibwe word.
Semaa
300
Which sap is sweeter -the first run of sap from the tree or the last?
First
300
What must Ms. DeVoy do to not sink in the snow.
Biiskowaan aagamik
400
Name a tree that is considered a hardwood.
Oak, birch, poplar, maple
400
What do temperatures need to be at night for sap to run during the day?
Below freezing
400
What did the U.S govt. hand out to Aanishinaabe as part of payment for the land ceded to create the state of Michigan?
Cast iron or 'treaty pots"
400
Approximately how much sap does it take to make a pound of sugar?
About 60 gallons or more.
400
Ojibwe word for a tap
Negwaakwan
500
Why is it best to cut wood in the summer or fall before the spring sugar bush?
1. to season the wood for better burning, or 2. it is less work to not have to cut and split in deep snow.
500
Translate: She is tapping a tree.
Oshige'ige
500
What is the literal meaning of the word Mnookimi?
The soft/good earth.
500
How do you tell that the boiling sap is at the sugaring point using the wood paddle?
When there is one long string of sap on the wood paddle.
500
What is the word for sugar bush
Iskigamizigan
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