Ojibwa Travel, and Shelter

1. Ojibwa Travel, and Shelter By: Madison

2. How Ojibwa Adapted to their Environment • Ojibwa people adapted to their environment by making canoes. • and made their cloths out of the environment around them. • For their food they went in the canoes they made out of birch bark and hunted for fish in the lake they lived by.

3. What Ojibwa People Lived In • You are probably, wondering what do Ojibwa people live in? • Well, they lived in birch bark wigwams. • Wigwams are round and tall houses that Ojibwa people made out of birch bark and long grass pieces. • Ojibwa people made a fire inside their homes so they could be warm in the middle of the night.

4. How Ojibwa People Traveled • You are probably wondering how did Ojibwa people travel? • They usually traveled in birch bark canoes. • Ojibwa canoes were very hard to make. • It takes a lot of energy to make these canoes. • Canoes can also be made out of birch bark, and some special string they made out of dried out grass.

5. Ojibwa Shelter • Ojibwa people usually get really cold in the middle of the night. • That is because they live in a wigwam that does have heat. • Ojibwa people did not have heat back then. • So they had to make a fire. • They made a fire by using two pieces of wood • One with 4 holes in it and one without any holes. • Then you have to take a piece of string and a stick and twist the stick with the string. • Then when it starts a to smoke blow on it and then it will make a fire.

6. Where Ojibwa Migrated • Ojibwa migrated from the Atlantic coast to the upper peninsula. • Sense Ojibwa is part of the three fires, the other part of the three fires migrated somewhere else near by were we live. • Ojibwa had to migrate across the water which back then the water was pure ice. • Sense it was ice when they migrated they did not have to use any traveling item like a, canoe, or a boat. • They just had to walk across the ice with their legs.

7. Ojibwa in the winter • In the winter Ojibwa had to make their own blankets and make their own fires. • Ojibwa had to make a lot of blankets because they were the biggest group in the hole three fires. • Ojibwa probably had to work the hardest out of all the three fires because like I said they are the biggest group out of the hole three fires.

8. How Ojibwa made their wigwams • Ojibwa people made their wigwams a very common way. • They made it with birch bark, dry grass string, and some long pieces of grass put together. • They used the grass put together to make the bottom of the wigwam. • They used the birch bark to make all the rest of the wigwam covered. • Finally they used the dried grass string to tie the whole wigwam together.

9. How Ojibwa made their canoes • Ojibwa basically made their canoes the same way as they made their houses. (Wigwams.) • They had to use the same things as they used with their houses. • They used dried grass, and birch bark. • You can see that’s basically the same thing as the home, but for the canoe they did not use the dried grass stuck together! • They only used the single piece of dried grass.

10. How Did Ojibwa Make So many Things For Their Big Family • Well they only had so many people so they were able to have almost every body to help make what they needed in live. • Ojibwa people did not have that much trouble making things because like I said they had a fairly large family.

11. Ojibwa Quilts • Here are some pictures of quilts, that Ojibwa made with their family out of different materials.

12. Ojibwa Canoes • Here are some pictures of what Ojibwa traveled in.

13. Pictures • I got all my pictures from: • Google.com • And clipart