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OJIBWE AND DAKOTA MONTHS & SEASONS

keeping track of time

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Minnesota Department of Health. Minnesota’s tribal reservations and communities.
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Minnesota Department of Health. Minnesota’s tribal reservations and communities.
Every Tribal nation had their own names for the months and even among the same Nations not all calendars were exactly the same.  Where the Ojibwe and Dakota lived influenced the names of their lunar calendar.
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1  Essential Question
2  Learning Goals
3  New Vocabulary Words
4  Keeping Track of Time – Map of Tribal Nations
5  Keeping Track of Time – Map of Reservations/Communities
6  Keeping Track of Time – Changing of the Seasons
7  Keeping Track of Time- Ojibwe
8   Keeping Track of Time – Dakota 
9   Video - Exploring Ojibwe Months
10  Video - Exploring Dakota Months 
11  Comparing Ojibwe and Dakota Months
12  Essential Question  Review
13  Learning Goal Review
14  Extension of Learning/Coloring Sheet Download