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Chippewa Indians

Chippewa Indians. By: Birissa Braun. INSERT URL FOR http://www.yippy.com/PICTURE HERE. Main Menu. HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY. In the 1600’sthe non-Indians (Europeans) came over and started trapping, so the Chippewa moved west away from the Europeans.

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Chippewa Indians

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  1. Chippewa Indians By: Birissa Braun INSERT URL FOR http://www.yippy.com/PICTURE HERE

  2. Main Menu

  3. HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY • In the 1600’sthe non-Indians (Europeans) came over and started trapping, so the Chippewa moved west away from the Europeans. • Finally the Chippewa began selling their land. Also in the 1800’s Chippewa land was set aside as reservations. • They fought English over and over. But the white people won. • Chippewa lived in isolated areas in North America. They settled around the great lakes and in woodlands. PUT URL FOR PICTURE HERE http://www.yippy.com/ MORE History & Geography MAIN MENU

  4. HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY MAIN MENU

  5. HOMES • Chippewa used birch bark to cover their wigwams. Men bent tree poles to form arches for homes. Women tied poles together and covered it with long strips of tree bark. • In the winter, wigwams kept them warm. Bark wigwams could be rolled up and moved somewhere else. PUT URL Fhttp://www.yippy.com/OR PICTURE HERE MAIN MENU

  6. DRESS • The Chippewa made clothes of beaver, squirrel, rabbit, and deer pelts. • Women decorated dresses with shells, beads, feathers, and porcupine quills. • Snowshoes looked like tennis rackets formed with a thin piece of ash or wood. The strips were a thin strip of moose hide • In bad weather Chippewa wore ponchos. • Women wore long dresses with removable sleeves. Men wore breech clothes and leggings. • Everyone wore headbands in their hair with feathers sickening out on top, otherwise in war men would shave their hair in a mohawk. PUT URL FOR http://www.yippy.com/PICTURE HERE MAIN MENU

  7. FOOD • Chippewa often fought with Sioux and Fox tribes over wild rice fields. • In fall they moved to smaller lakes for wild rice. • Men guided canoes while woman knocked it down, when the boat was filled they brand it back to shore. Woman dried the rice, then they built a fire and dried it until the shells fell away from the kernels. Chippewa also had their own summer garden, in the garden was corn, beans, and squash • In late March or early spring families moved to maple groves where they collected sap from the trees. • Women and children picked berries is spring. • They didn’t know about salt, but sugar was used for meals, candy or a sweet drink. • Woman boiled sap until it was thick. • Chippewa lived near lake Ontario, where salmon and sturgeon were caught. Further North white fish were caught. Both men and women fished. Fish were speared and caught in nets. They were skilled at fishing. PUT URL FOR PICTUREERE http://www.yippy.com/ MAIN MENU

  8. CUSTOMS & RELIGION • Chippewa belonged to a secret religion called Midewiwn Society. The priests kept records by scratching records symbols into birch bark. • They thanked Mother Earth for the four directions North, South, East, West. • For a gift to Mother Earth they left tobacco for sprits. • Tobacco was smoked before and after each prayer. The smoke carried words to the Great Sprit. PUT URL FOR Phttp://www.yippy.com/ICTURE HERE MAIN MENU

  9. INTERESTING FACTS • The Chippewa tried to live longer by using magic and herbs • The Chippewa were also called Anishihabe, Ojibwa, Ojibwe, or Otchipe. • Everything they used came from the forest. Their house, weapons, utensils, clothing and medicine came from wood, bark, or the animals of the forest. • Summer was their favorite, because they loved canoe racing, it was their favorite. • Chippewa Indians painted their faces for was and other occasions. http://www.yippy.com/ MAIN MENU

  10. CREDITS Gerald, Vizenor. “Chippewa Indians.” World Book Oline. 2010 ed. 2010. World Book Kids. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. <hptt://worldbookonline.com/‌student/‌article?id=chippewa>. “Ojibway Indian fact sheet.” Native American facts for kids. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. <http://www.bigorrin.org/‌chippewakids.htm>. Osinski, Alice. The Chippewa. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1987. Print. MAIN MENU

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