Ojibwe in Winter

What Foods Do They Eat?

• They eat wild rice• They eat squirrel

What Were Some of the Chores They Did?

• They made clothing.

What Did They Do For Fun?

• They told stories• They played games

Bibliography

A New True book,The Chippewa Alice Osinski 1992

The Ojibwe PeopleThe Minnesota Historical Society 1973

Ojibwe SpringBy Cody Hemenway

Josh HouseDayna Henrichs

Kaitlin Glenz

Maple Sugar Groves

• The Ojibwe moved to the Maple Sugar Groves from the Winter Hunting grounds.

• Women made cone shaped wigwams to live in.

Maple Sugar

• Ojibwe people gathered maple sap to make maple syrup and maple sugar.

• Ojibwe tapped trees to get sap.

• Ojibwe made candy out of maple sugar.

Food

• Men speared at night .• Ojibwe used a

birchbark torch to attract the fish.

• Ojibwe ate venison from deer.They also ate fish and bear.

Tools

• Ojibwe used spears to catch fish.

• Ojibwe also used a spout to let the maple sugar come out.

• Ojibwe used bow and arrows to hunt.

Planting

• Ojibwe planted all sorts of food like berries and vegetables.

• Ojibwe used berry juices to dye beads.

Leisure Time

• Ojibwe met friends and relatives around the fire when all their work was done.

• They told stories among each other.

Summer For The Ojibwe

By:Rachel Kent

Catelyn Stamm

Tony Vang

Calahan Stoffle

Wigwams

• Bent cedar saplings to make the frame

• Peeled birchbark off birch tree

• Sewed birchbark onto frame

• Put large hide for door on wigwam.

Gardening

• Planted corn, squash, beans, potatoes, and lettuce

• Gathered cranberries, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries,cherries, and grapes

• Squeezed cranberries for juice

Tanning Hides

• Women put hide on round frame made out of branches.

• Spread deer brain and urine on hide to smooth it

• Scrape dirty germs off the hide with a sharp rock

Fishing

• Men fished with spears in canoes.

• Boys made arrowheads for the tip of spear.

• When fishing at night men used torches because fish are attracted to light.

Baskets

• Peeled birch bark off the birch tree

• Folded and cut the shape for the basket

• Used sinew, twine, or longrass to sew the rim of the basket

Lacrosse

• In their leisure time they would play lacrosse.

• They would wrap deer skin around a rock and bent sticks to make rackets.

• Then they put nets on the rackets.

Bibliography

A New True Book , The Chippewa

Alice Osinski

1992

The Ojibwe People

The Minnesota Historical Society

1973

Ojibwe FallBy:Alexis Meservey

Olivia HoesleyKyle Lindsay

Bodie Brovold

The Rice Camp

• They lived in the wild rice camp.

• They lived in wigwams.

Wild Ricing

• They went wild ricing in a canoe.

• Two people went ricing at a time.

Wild Rice

• They used two cedar sticks.

• They also used a pole.• They got to the

marshes by a birch bark canoe.

Shaking Wild Rice

• They used birch bark baskets.

                              

                              

Stirring Wild Rice

• They stirred the wild rice in a pot.

Storing Wild Rice

• They stored the wild rice in birch bark baskets.

Bibliography

The Ojibwe People The Minnesota Historical Society1973

A New True Book, The Chippewa Alice Osinski1992