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the four seasons of the ojibwe

gathering

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Top: Hoover, Emily; Rosen, Carl; Luby, James (2009) Figure 1. “St. Cloud” blueberry cultivar. Left: Brandt, Tom.( 2013) Right: tOrange.biz. 2014. Plants. Fruit and berries. wild strawberry.
The summer location of the Ojibwe was rich in wild foods, fruits, nuts, and even wild potatoes.  Some fruits were eaten fresh, and the rest were dried and packed away for future use.

The next interactive slide will have pictures of food that grows naturally in the wild.  Click on a picture to learn more about it.

Remember! Check with an adult before you eat anything you
collect from the outside!

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Page Jump
1  
Essential Question
2  Learning goal
3  New Vocabulary words
4  Summer Season – “Today you will learn about”…
5  Video – Summer Village – Migration 
6  Summer Wigwam
7  Video – Getting Seeds
8  Gardening  - Tools
9  Slide Show – Ojibwe Cultivated Foods & Video – Planting the Garden
10  After the Harvest
11  Video – Refilling the Cache
12  Gathering
13  Slide Show – Gathering
14  Where Do You Get Your Food?
15  Summer Sports and Games
16  Games of Chance 
17  Ojibwe Games
18  Ojibwe Toys
19  The Little Snapping Turtles – Maude Kegg Personal Story in Ojibwe & The Little Snapping Turtles – in English
20  Animated Story – The Little Snapping Turtles
21  Turtle Story Questions
22  Pow-Wows
23  Summer Season Review
24  Essential Question Review
25  Learning Goal Review
​26  Extension of Learning & Maude Kegg writing activities ​