Ch. 4 Early Ojibwe

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

• Fall/Dagwaagin

• Spring/Ziigwan

• Summer/Niibin

• Winter/Biboon

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

• Summer/Niibin

• Fall/Dagwaagin

• Winter/Biboon

• Spring/Ziigwan

Imagine you're sitting around a cozy fire in the wigwam, listening to the enchanting tales from an elder. In which season did the Ojibwe traditionally share these captivating oral histories, go hunting and trapping, and go fishing through the ice?

• Spring/Ziigwan

• Fall/Dagwaagin

• Summer/Niibin

• Winter/Biboon

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?

• Spring/Ziigwan

• Summer/ Niibin

• Winter/Biboon

• Fall/Dagwaagin

Imagine you're an Ojibwe woman, sewing beautiful clothing and fixing fishing nets, while your husband embarks on an adventurous journey wearing snowshoes to hunt big game. In which season does this exciting scenario take place?

• Spring/Ziigwan

• Summer/ Niibin

• Fall/Dagwaagin

• Winter/Biboon

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

• Fall/Dagwaagin

• Summer/ Niibin

• Winter/Biboon

• Sping/Ziigwan

Can you guess in which season the Ojibwe would move to the maple forests to collect maple sap in birch bark containers and boil it down to make delicious maple sugar?

• Spring/Ziigwan

• Summer/ Niibin

• Fall/Dagwaagin

• Winter/Biboon

Hey, have you ever wondered why Black Bear Casino is up and running even though casinos are supposedly illegal in MN? Why is that?

• Fond Du Lac Ojibwe Nation is sovereign

• They're breaking the law, but no one cares

• The migis shell showed them the way

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

• Yup, that's true.

• Huh? That's false

Imagine you're on a time-traveling adventure! You're exploring the epic journey of the early Ojibwe people as they embarked on a grand migration from the East Coast to the beautiful lands of Minnesota and Wisconsin, a journey that spanned hundreds of years. Was this legendary migration true?

• True

• False