The Ojibwa The Ojibwa by Mckenzie Issacby Mckenzie Issac

The OjibwaThe OjibwaMade by mckenzie

Table of contentsTable of contents

• The people .

• Ojibwa celebrations.

• Ojibwa religion.

• Life as a Ojibwa.

• Ojibwa clothing.

• Ojibwa food.

• Tools, weapons, and defence.

The peopleThe people

• They live in wigwams.

• Trade with European settlers they got guns clothes Europeans get beaver skins.

• Live in North Dakota, part Ontario, north Michigan, north Minnesota.

• Ojibwa means “puckered”

• They migrate west.

Ojibwa womanOjibwa woman

Ojibwa celebrationsOjibwa celebrations

• Bands reunite to build summer villages.

• Had a feast for the dead which honored them.

• Feasts were mostly hosted in the spring.

• Loves playing lacrosse and gambling in the modern world.

• The first fruits were Wild rice.

Ojibwa celebrationOjibwa celebration

Ojibwa religionOjibwa religion

• Ojibwa called spirits spirit Manitous.

• They pleased them by praying and offering tobacco.

• In return they get good weather, great harvest and animals.

• They called Lake Superior ‘Kichigami’.

• Worship as a giver of life.

cultureculture

Life as a ojibwaLife as a ojibwa

• The women made food.

• The men were the strong warriors.

• Made clothes from animal hide and a sharp rock and a stick for spears.

• Clans were named by totem animals.

• A clan has up to 300 to 400 people.

Ojibwa wigwamOjibwa wigwam

Ojibwa clothingOjibwa clothing

• Made by buck skin and deer skin.

• Men wore moccasins and breech cloths.

• Women wore dresses and moccasins.

• Women made it from cloths

• Like breech cloths, moccasins and dresses

Ojibwa clothingOjibwa clothing

Ojibwa foodOjibwa food

• The Ojibwa eats lots of vegetables like corn beans and squash.

• The children gathered berries for cooking juice making and eating fresh.

• Wild rice is a important food.

• Ojibwa men gathered deer meet, birds , and fish.

• Most eat fresh food, some cook.

Ojibwa foodOjibwa food

Tools, weapons, and defense.Tools, weapons, and defense.

• Makes birch bark canoes out of stuff from the environment.

• Strong enough to get through rivers, light enough to carry.

• Bones and wood are used for fish hooks and lots of other things.

• Birch bark really important to the Ojibwa

• They used spears guns and knives for weapons.

Ojibwa weaponOjibwa weapon