Ojibwe Journey
How many stops did the Ojibwe make on their journey to the midwest?
7
What is the round dwelling the Ojibwe used as a place to live made of birchbark?
Wigwams
What is the Ojibwe word for winter?
biboon
How many gallons of sap does it take to make 1 pound or gallon of syrup/sugar.
40 gallons
What sport was played by the Ojibwe?
Lacrosse
Where did the Ojibwe migrate from?
east coast
What is gitchigami?
Lake Superior
What are the four steps in order to harvesting wild rice?
1) Harvest
2) Parch
3) Dance/jig
4) Winnow
What Ojibwe word means "original people"?
Anishinaabe
What did the Ojibwe use to travel on the water?
birchbark canoes
What did the prophets tell the Ojibwe to look for?
Wild Rice or manoomin
What is the Ojibwe word for birchbark?
Wiigwaas
Who fished in the summer? What did they fish with?
Who fished in the winter? What did they fish with?
Summer: Women / Nets
Winter: Men / Spears
What were the new types of trade goods that the Ojibwe traded with the Dakota?
metals, guns, clothing, glass beads
What camps did the Ojibwe stay at in the spring?
Sugar Camps
What was the last stop of the journey the Ojibwe made?
Chequamegon Bay
What is the Ojibwe word for corn?
mandaamin
What university has classes on Ojibwe language that the book talks about?
Bemidji State University
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What game did the Ojibwe children play in the winter?
snow-snake
The Ojibwe split into three groups on their journey, what were the three names of the groups?
Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and the Ottawa
What is the Ojibwe word for Maple Sugar?
ziinzibaakwad
What did the Ojibwe and Dakota gain from the alliance made around 1679?
1) They had no warfare for many years.
2) The Ojibwe were able to travel into what is now Northern Minnesota
3) The Dakota gained access to new and better trade goods from the Europeans
How was Ojibwe life connected to nature?
- Need 3 connections
Lived near the maple groves, lakes, rivers, pine forests, and marshes.
Fished, hunted game, harvested wild rice, and made sugar from maple sap.
Built homes from natural materials in the area where they lived. Moved place to place each season for different activities.
Red Lake Nation Foods sells how many pounds of cultivated wild rice every year?
500,000 pounds