portage lake
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
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
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
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