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the four seasons of the ojibwe

portage lake

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Portage Lake: Memories of an Ojibwe Childhood University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis ©1993
Personal stories from people that lived a long time ago give us clues on what life was like and how they felt about what was happening around them.

These stories are called primary sources.

Maude Kegg was born in a wigwam in 1904 and grew up surrounded by her family.  Later in life she wrote a book telling childhood memories.  Here is one of her stories about turtles.


Play videos below to listen to the original stories
Original story in Ojibwe
Original story in English
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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 ​