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OJIBWE AND DAKOTA MONTHS & SEASONS

The night sky

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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.
The Dakota and Ojibwe Indians of Minnesota used their relationship to the sun, moon and stars to measure time and passage of the seasons.
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1  Essential Question
2  Learning Goal
3  New Vocabulary Words
4  The Night Sky
5  Big Dipper
6  The Night Sky - Constellations
7  Ojibwe and Dakota Map of Minnesota State
8  Animation  - Keeping Time
9  Naming Stars & How Fisher Went to Skyland - Traditional Story (Download)
10  Ojibwe Symbols
11  Ojibwe Story Questions
12  Ojibwe Constellations – Fisher and Loon 
13  Slide Show - Ojibwe Constellations  
14  Dakota Constellations – The Seven Little Girls
15  Dakota Symbols Bears Lodge – Dakota Story (Download)
16  Dakota Story Questions
17  Slide Show - Dakota Constellation  
18  Essential Question - Review
19  Learning Goal - Review
20  Extension of Learning