Ticia asked for me to do a post collecting all my Ojibwe posts into one place. So here it is: Native American Unit Study The First Native American People: Mapping the Area The First Native American People: Appreciating the Tribal Differences The First Native Americans: Presenting the Information Native American Unit Week 1- The Birchbark House: Neebin (Summer) Native American…
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Native American Unit Week 4- The Birchbark House: Zeegwun (Spring)
The Birchbark House is book one of a four series set of books about a young, Ojibwe girl called Omakayas: This first book is separated into four sections – the four seasons of the year. Each chapter we read we find much to talk about and learn about. In addition there are many parts of the…
Ojibwe Pictographs
We had already been introduced to Native American pictographs by L12 when she researched communication between the different tribes and during her presentation on the same subject: This lesson would dig a bit deeper and require the children to think a bit harder. The difference between petroglyphs, petroforms and pictographs It is terrible to admit…
Ojibwe Calender
The world, according to Ojibwe legend, was created when muskrat brought mud from the bottom of the flood to be placed on turtle’s back. The resulting island which formed from the mud was known as Turtle Island (now Northern America): Source If you look at the shell of any turtle in North America you will…
Native American Picture Books: Ojibwe Nation
I think picture books are a wonderful means of introducing a culture. I did go a bit mad this time though because I knew I was going to try to include my two younger girls as well as my older three in this Ojibwe unit study. The first four books I have already mentioned…
Native American Unit Week 3- The Birchbark House: Biboon (Winter)
The Birchbark House is book one of a four series set of books about a young, Ojibwe girl called Omakayas: This first book is separated into four sections – the four seasons of the year. Each chapter we read we find much to talk about and learn about. In addition there are many parts of the…
Picture Study: Ojibwe Gathering of the Clans
I was very excited about doing a study of Ojibwe art because I adore it! I had pinned an inordinate amount of pins with references to this art form. There is something powerful within its simplicity. There is much more to it than first meets the eye, and yet even if one did not dig…
Law Study – Ojibwe clans
The Ojibwe people lived in familial groups, made up of several extended families. The groups had between 300 and 400 people in them, living together in summer camps but splitting into smaller camps of one or two families for the rest of the year. As well as being part of a family of blood relatives,…
Ojibwe Fry Bread Recipe
This is for Ticia, who asked for the recipe of our Ojibwe fried bread. We basically used the recipe from this book: Recipe 2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tbs oil 3/4 cup water Cooking oil Add ingredients together and knead until soft and pliable. Form into small balls and make a hole…
Native American Unit Week 2- The Birchbark House: Dagwaging (Fall)
The Birchbark House is book one of a four series set of books about a young, Ojibwe girl called Omakayas: This first book is separated into four sections – the four seasons of the year. Each chapter we read we find much to talk about and learn about. In addition there are many parts of the…
Introducing the Ojibwe People
We have spent a little over a week familiarising ourselves with the Ojibwe people. As well as access to their computers, the children had a couple of Ojibwe factual books: In addition I spent an hour or so each day reading from these two books: The Birchbark house is a fiction book written by Loiuse Erdrich. Erdrich…
How to Make Native American Ojibwe Dolls Clothes
The premise of this study is to create a Ojibwe family, a birch bark house for them to live in and all the Ojibwe bits and bobs to go with a lifestyle congruent with the Ojibwe tribe. The first thing we did was attempt to make a wigwam from twigs and fake Birchbark. I'll reveal…
Ojibwe Oral Tradition
The oral tradition of passing down stories to the next generation is incredibly important to the Native Americans. In the past it was the main way they kept their traditions alive. Treuer, author of Living our Language states, 'A language carries a people's memories, whether they are recounted as individual reminiscences, as communal history, or…
Ojibwe Art Study: Floral Designs
The Ojibwe People traditionally view their art as being an intrinsic part of their everyday objects, thus they try to make objects that are used everyday as beautiful as possible. In the making of these beautiful things they believe they are showing respect to the Great Spirit. The Ojibwe people draw their inspiration from everything naturally occurring and attempt to…
Native American Unit Week 1- The Birchbark House: Neebin (Summer)
The Birchbark House is book one of a four series set of books about a young, Ojibwe girl called Omakayas: This first book is separated into four sections - the four seasons of the year. Each chapter we read we find much to talk about and learn about. In addition there are many parts of the…