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Who did the cover art, entitled Circle of Life?
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Joe Geschik
What season is associated with childhood?
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Summer
The Ojibwe creation story is parallel to what?
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Bible's Book of Genesis
Why did pregnant women continue to work hard during their pregnancy?
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to keep the child loosed and made the birth easy
What do today's Ojibwe have allegiance to rather than their clans?
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their reservation
If an Ojibwe man married a woman, where would they live?
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with the wife's family
Traditionally what Indian medicine was used to coagulate blood?
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squirrel tail
At about what age do boys go through the transition to adolescence?
Four Hills
What plant was used for diseases with the eye?
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Jack in the pulpit
At what age do girls go through the transition to adolescence?
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About age 10
Ani-ziigwang, gichi noodin
As spring approaches, there is a big wind
Ningwanakwad, maagizhaa gaye wii-kimiwan
It is cloudy, maybe it is going to rain.
Gashkadin zaaga'igan
The lake freezes over.
Bangishimog, miskwaanakwad
When the sun sets, the sky is red
Gimiwan gaye animikiikaa
It is raining, also, it is thundering
Amik baabaamaadage
The beaver swims around
Omakakii gwaashkwani
The frog jumps
Giniw babaamise
The golden eagle flies about.
Zhaangweshi onizhishi
The mink is pretty
Animosh migi
The dog barks
Mishiike daa niibing dash akiing
The mud turtle lives in the water and on land
Ma'iingan oono ani-dibikak
The wolf howls at night
Bizhiw noopiming ayaa
The lynx is in the woods
Gaazhagens nibaa apabiwining
The cat sleeps on the chair
Diindiisii mindido ozhaawashkozi miinawaa waabishkizi
The bluejay is big. He is blue and white.