The Land of the Eastern Woodland
My land has a lot
of rivers, lakes, and oceans. My land has Lake Huron, Lake Superior,
Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, St. Marys, Detroit River, Lake St. Clair,
Lake Erie, Ontonagon River, River St. Clair, and Houghton Lake.
There are 11,000 Indian rivers. The canoes are made out of
birchbark. In the Eastern Woodlands there are sugar maple trees.
There are three kinds of berries and they are cranberries, blueberries,
and chokecherries. In the summer it's warm and in the winter it's
cold. The snowfall is heavy. The weather is unpredictable.
There are fish, deer, bear, wolves, elk, moose, quail, ducks, and wild
turkey that are hunted. You should come over and visit and maybe
spend the night! We have plenty more room! Maybe!
How to Make a Wigwam
Is your house door
6 feet tall, and is your entire structure 7-8 feet tall? Have you
been in a wigwam? There are a lot of big trees around my wigwam.
There are rolls of birchbark beside my wigwam! Pine branches cover
the floor instead of dirt. The frame of my wigwam is the inside.
My wigwam is made of normal bark, birchbark, and basswood strips.
Some poles hold the wigwam from falling over. Some wigwams look like
a cone upside down made of wood. The bark that is covering my wigwam
splits easily. My door is round. Is your door round or is it
square? Another kind of wigwam looks like a round wooden house.
The ground is soft when the pine branches are on the ground! The
ground smells fresh! It is nice and dry inside! There is fur
hanging off trees. There is a forest around my house. Some
wigwams have a dirt floor and some have tree brush. So now you know
all about my wigwam. Now you tell me about yours! |
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The Chippewa Clothing
Do you have long
dresses made from animal fur? The Chippewa do! The Chippewa women have
removable sleeves on their dresses. Men wore breech cloths made from
things in the woods. They also wore leggings made from the animal
skin. Men's hair was cut into mohawks. They usually wear headbands.
Feathers stand straight on men's backs. Sometimes men have long braids
to match their tribe. The chiefs wore long head dresses. They
also had porcupine roaches in the head dress. Everybody wore moccasins,
cloaks, and ponchos for bad weather. Later they wore blouses and
jackets with fancy bead work. They made their clothes from mink,
otter, muskrat, rabbit, fox, and beaver. They also wore basic dresses
made of two deer hides. Their work dresses are decorated with quills.
When they dress up, their hair is doubled, braided, and wrapped around
the head. They also wore a blouse with beaded panels. I told
you about the Chippewa clothes, now you tell me about your clothes! |
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Food
There are three
men at camp. The men got in their canoe and went down stream and
it took a day. The men gathered blueberries, raspberries, cranberries,
and chokecherries. The men got back into their canoe and went down
stream and got wild rice. The men got a little tired but they still
got in their canoe and it took two days to get to a fruit tree. They
were happy! The men got back into their canoe and went up stream
and took another day. They got in their canoe and they were happy!
They paddled for four days and then they stopped and put their berries
in baskets. Next they paddled to their camp and slept four days.
The men got back into their canoe and went down stream, up stream, and
then straight in their canoe to a tree and got sap from the tree.
They got into their canoe and kept on going. The men got rice for
a half of a day. The men got back into their canoe and it took two
days to get back to their camp. Before, they got their nuts from
a tree. The Chippewa also hunted fish, deer, bear, wolves, elk, moose,
quail, ducks, wild turkey, and buffalo. They roasted their food over
the fire. They dried their rice and boiled their sap. Speaking
of food, I'm going to go eat! Goodbye! |
Sources
Book: Osinski. Alice. The
Chippewa. 1987.
Online database: "Michigan." Britannica
Elementary Encyclopedia. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online
School Edition. 12/1/2006.
Web site: "Ojibway Indian Factsheet."
http://www.geocities.com/bigorrin/chippewa_kids.htm. 1/13/2007.
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