The Chippewa nationBurnich D. SânzianaE-R, 3rd year

Location of the Chippewa people• The Chippewa are a group of indigenous people in North

America, mostly in Minnesota, Michingan, North Dakota, Wisconsin and in the southern part of Canada.

For hundreds of years before the arrival of Europeans, the Chippewa Indians lived in the Great Lakes region of North America, near Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan.

Before the name of the tribe was anglicized and they were called OJIBWE.

A part of the Chippewas or Ojibwe lived around the Great Lakes and another part of them moved to the westward Plains.

Ways of gathering foodThe Great Lakes Chippewa men

were mostly fishermen, but also great hunters and farmers, whereas the women were mostly gahterers of nuts, berries, but also herbs, used in medicine.

The women cultivated beans, corn, sqash, potatoes.

The Plains Chippewa were buffalo hunters, using hunting tools, such as: bows, arrows and seldom spears.

They did no farming.

HomesThe Great Lakes Chippewa lived in Tipis made of wood and animal skins.

The Plains Chippewa lived in Wigwams made of birch bark.

Chippewas are linguistically related to the Blackfoot cultural group.

Children’s favorite game

The Moccasin Game: The Moccasin Game was a noisy game. You had to get permission from the village elders to play the Moccasin Game. To play, you needed four moccasins, a pebble, and a stick. The players were divided into two sides, the finders and the keepers.

Clothing

*The people in this tribe used to wore buckskin or buffalo skin clothing. *Men wore breechcloth and women prairie moccasins. *During wartime men wore long hair in scalplok and braided in peacetime.

Tribes consider the presentation of an eagle feather to be one of their highest marks of respect. Any honored person must have earned their feather through selfless acts of courage and honor, or been gifted them in gratitude for their work or service to their tribe.

Crossword puzzle

Crossword puzzle questions1- What is the name of the nation presented today?2 - In what part of the US are they located?3 – Which is the original name of the Chippewas, before it was anglicized? 4 – Which is the name of the Chippewa children’s favorite game? 5 – What was the main occupation of the Great Lakes Chippewa men? 6 – How are the Great Lakes Chippewa’s wooden and animal skins houses

called?7 – What was the main occupation of the Chippewa men that moved

westwards?8 – How is this westward region called?9 – How are the Plain Chippewa’s birch bark houses called?10 – With what cultural group are the Chippewa linguistically related? 11 – What was a Chippewa women’s main occupation? (Besides growing

children )12 – To which group do the Chippewa people belong?

References• Pîrnuță O. and A. Bădulescu (2011) An Outline of

Native American Literature. Brașov: Transilvania University Press of Brașov

• Edward Benton-Banai - The Mishomis Book• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chippewa_%28disam

biguation%29• http://www.indians.org/articles/chippewa-indians.

html• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Chippewa_Falls,_Wisconsin

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Miigwetch!