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Vocabulary Sheet #1
Term | Definition |
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Anishinabe | The Ojibway word for original inhabitants of the earth; human beings |
Band | One of the offshoot groups of the Ojibway nation, so-called by the U.S. government |
Chippewa | The name the French gave to the group of American Indians who migrated from the mouth of the St. Lawrence River and settled on and around Madeline Island |
Clan | A group of families descended from the same ancestor. Among the Ojibway, a child becomes a member of the clan to which his or her father belongs |
Gitchi Manito | The Great Miracle; the creator of the earth, Anishinabe, and all things on Earth |
Legends | Very old stories that older people tell the children of their tribe |
Makuk | A container made of birch bark used for storing food |
Megis Shell | A sacred shell that led the Anishinabe on their great migration |
Monigwanekanig | This place is known today as Madeline Island (A place of the yellow hammer bird) |
Ojibway | Indian name for the Chippewa Indians |
Reservations | As white settlers began moving into areas that Indian people were occupying, the government set aside reserved pieces of land where Indian people were forced to live |
Treaty | An agreement made between the U.S. government and Indian people. These treaties were often misunderstood by the Indians |
Winaboozhoo | The spirit of the original man |
Midewiwin | The Ojibway medicine lodge religion |