Native American Tribes

Native American Tribes in Michigan

The Native American Tribes traded with each other because some items are scarce.

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What does scarce mean?

• There is enough of an item for something.

• There is too much of an item.

• It is an item they do not have much of.

• It's an item they can use everyday and never run out of it.

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What are some items that Native Americans would trade? You can check more than one.

• Animal hides for blankets and clothing

• Gold coins

• Sunflower seeds to eat

• Flint stone for arrowheads

• Nike tennis shoes

Sometimes tribes would migrate for food, safety, or to avoid disease.

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What does migrate mean?

• To move

• To stay

• To play a game

• To ride a horse

Michigan's Tribes

Michigan had 6 main tribes: Ojibwa (also called the Chippewa), Menominee, Ottawa, Poawatomi, Huron, and Miami. The Three Fires Tribes are Michigan's 3 main tribes.

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Who were Michigan's Three Fires Tribes?

• Miami, Menominee, Wyandotte

• Cherokee, Potawatomi, Miami

• Potawatomi, Ojibway, Odawa

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Native Americans houses in Michigan

Michigan's Native Americans had 2 style of houses. The Huron's lived in a longhouse tha and The Three Fires Tribes lived in wigwams.

Longhouse

Here is an example of a longhouse that the Huron tribe lived in. These were larger than wigwams. Multiple families would live in one longhouse.

Wigwams

The Three Fires (the Potawatomi, Ojibway, and Odawa) Tribes lived in wigams.

The Legend of the First Maple Sugar

Michigan's Native Americans collect sap from the maple trees to to use for cooking. They also boiled the sap and turned it into maple sugar.

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What is a legend?

• A funny story that is told at dinner time

• An old story that is told over and over again for a long time

• A comic book that you can check out from the classroom library.