ILA PRESENTATIONTHIRD GRADE HISTORY

KEISHA OLSON

GLCE 3 – H3.0.4

Draw upon traditional stories of American Indians who lived in Michigan in order to make generalizations about their beliefs.

BOOKS

Kids discover traditions and skills from the people who first settled this continent, including gardening, making useful pottery, and communicating through Navajo codes.

Learn all about different tribes of North American Indians from the Pueblos to the Plains Indians. This book describes the different kinds of homes they lived in, the food they ate, and the crafts they made.

This children's resource book is full of great information about Native Americans in Michigan. The alphabetical order applied to these facts keeps interest high and they are a great starting point for further learning.

 One of the best all round reference books on Native Americans of this region.  Well illustrated with original black and white art and maps.  Includes 25 tribes who once lived in Michigan.  A great aid in helping students research Native Americans.  Maps show locations and migrations.

LEGENDS

The Legend of the White Bear

http://www.indigenouspeople.net/whitebea.htm

Legend of the Northern Lights

http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/LegendOfTheNorthernLights-Ojibwa.html

The Legend of the Dream Catcherhttp://www.littlewolfrun.net/ChippewaLegends.html

Father of Indian Corn

http://www.indians.org/welker/fathcorn.htm

VIDEOSTraditional Cherokee story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlHtzU133NI

How Bears Came to be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFiJo9_U414(skip to 24 seconds)

Chippewa Dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tVnzDoB9O4

P O E T RY

The DrumbeatThe forests are happy, the mountains now cheerThe streams gurgle gladlyAnd the Four Winds lend an earThe scaled ones rejoice, the wing-ed ones soarFour leggeds give voiceTo the spirit once moreOf the drumbeat, the heartbeatOf the Indian NationsFor us the hills live and everything breathesWe respect what they giveThe rocks, the water and treesFor they were here first and we have come afterThey cry and they thirstAnd even show laughterAt the drumbeat, the heartbeatOf the Indian NationsRemember the past, the hardships enduredOur people will lastYou can be reassuredWe'll honor, we'll praise with dancing and songOur voices we'll raiseWith the sound growing strongOf the drumbeat, the heartbeatOf the Indian Nations

Author Unknown

“We respect what they give

The rocks, the water and trees

For they were here first and we have come afterThey cry and they thirst

And even show laughter”

Poetry

-Really emphasizes Native American spirituality and Native American beliefs of being respectful to nature.

MO REPOETRY

Dream CatchersAn ancient Chippewa

traditionThe dream net has

been madeFor many generationsWhere spirit dreams

have playedHung above the cradle

board,Or in the lodge up

high,The dream net catches

bad dreams,While good dreams slip

on by.Bad dreams become

entangledAmong the sinew

thread.Good dreams slip

through the center hole,

While you dream upon your bed.

This is an ancient legend,

Since dreams will never cease,

Hang this dream net above your bed,

Dream on, and be at peace.

Sleep well sweet childDon't worry your headYour Dream Catcher is hummingAbove your bed

Listen so softlyI know you can hearThe tone of beyondClose to your ear

Love is aliveAnd living in youBeyond all your troublesWhere good dreams are true

OJIBIWA PRAYOROh Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the

windsAnd whose breath gives life to everyone,Hear me.I come to you as one of your many children;I am

weak... I am small...I need your wisdomand your strength.Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes everbehold the red and purple sunsets.Make my

hands respect the things you have made,and make my ears sharp so I may hear your voice.Make me

wise, so that I may understand what youhave taught my people andThe lessons you have hidden in each

leaf and each rock.I ask for wisdom and strength,Not to be superior to my brothers, but to be ableto fight my greatest enemy, myself.Make me ever ready to

come before you withclean hands and a straight eye,So as life fades away as a fading sunset,My spirit may

come to you without shame.

SONG

Ojibway Prayer Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o3cOH70C-0O

NATIVE AMERICAN MAP O F MICHIGAN

*Ojibwe: also known

as Chippewa, Ojibway, or

Ojibwa

*Potawatomi*

Poh-tuh-WAH-toh-

mee Means "fire keepers.”

*Menominee*

Me-NOH-muh-nee

Means "wild rice people"

ARTWORK

Porcupine Quill box Traditional quilt

HISTORICAL PICTURES

Post-European Settlement

Traditional Dress

WEBSITES

http://web.pccs.k12.mi.us/fiegel/michigan_legends/michigan_native_american_legends.htm

http://www.mrdonn.org/nativeamericans.html

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/native-american-heritage-month/teacher-resources/6648.html

RESOURCES "American Indians & Native Americans - Teacher Resources."

TeacherVision. Family EducationNetwork, n.d. Web. 14 Mar 2013. <http://www.teachervision.fen.com/native-american-heritage-month/teacher-resources/6648.html>.

"Native Languages of the Americas: Native American Indian Legends and Folklore." Native American Cultures. Native Languages of the Americas, n.d. Web. 14 Mar 2013. <http://www.native-languages.org/legends.htm>.

Howard, Gregg. "Native American Indian Chidrens Stories Storyteller Tales Legends Myths." YouTube. N.p., 13 Jun 2007. Web. 14 Mar 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlHtzU133NI>.

Welker, Glenn. "The Legend of the White Bear." . N.p., 09 Jun 2004. Web. 14 Mar 2013. <http://www.indigenouspeople.net/whitebea.htm>.

"The Legend of the Northern Lights." First People - The Legends. Native American Legends. Web. 14 Mar 2013. <http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/LegendOfTheNorthernLights-Ojibwa.html>.

"Father of Indian Corn." Indigenous Peoples' Literature. N.p.. Web. 14 Mar 2013. <http://www.indians.org/welker/fathcorn.htm>.

http://opossumsal.homestead.com/Native/TheDrumbeat.html "Ojibwa Prayer." First People. N.p.. Web. 14 Mar 2013.

<http://www.firstpeople.us/html/Ojibwa_Prayer.html>.