Ch. 4 Early Ojibwe

Front

In which season did the Ojibwe traditionally hunt ducks, geese, and big game animals, and collect wild rice?

Back

Fall/Dagwaagin

Front

In which season did the Ojibwe tend to their corn crops, pick strawberries, and go fishing?

Back

Summer/Niibin

Front

In which season did the Ojibwe traditionally share oral histories, go hunting and trapping, and go fishing through the ice?

Back

Winter/Biboon

Front

Imagine you're part of an Early Ojibwe tribe. After a long, chilly winter, you're all excited to reunite and start building birch bark canoes. Which season are you in?

Back

Spring/Ziigwan

Front

In which season does an Ojibwe woman sew clothing and fix fishing nets while her husband hunts big game wearing snowshoes?

Back

Winter/Biboon

Front

In which season do they gather and prepare the rice through drying, parching, jigging, and winnowing, ensuring it's ready for the winter months?

Back

Fall/Dagwaagin

Front

In which season would the Ojibwe move to the maple forests to collect maple sap and make maple sugar?

Back

Spring/Ziigwan

Front

Why is Black Bear Casino operating even though casinos are supposedly illegal in MN?

Back

Fond Du Lac Ojibwe Nation is sovereign

Front

Did the Ojibwe and Dakota people have a special tradition of harvesting wild rice in the springtime?

Back

No, that's false. They harvest wild rice in the fall.

Front

Was the legendary migration of the early Ojibwe people from the East Coast to Minnesota and Wisconsin true?

Back

True