Native vocab Word Scramble
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Anishinabe | The Ojibway word for the 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. |
Gitchi Manito | The great miracle ; the creator of the Earth, Anishinabe and all things on earth. |
Legends | Very old stories old people tell the children of there tribe |
Makuk | A container made of birch bark used for storing foord |
Megis Shell | The sacred shell that led to the Anishinabe on their great migration |
Monigwanekanig | This place is know 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 the 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 Indians |
Winaboozhoo | The spirit of the original man |
Midewiwin | The Ojibway medicine lodge religion |
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 to. |
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