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OJIBWE AND DAKOTA STARS & CONSTELLATIONS

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Fisher: http://www.massaudubon.org/learn/nature-wildlife/mammals/fishers/about Otter: http://www.nps.gov/romo/learn/nature/river_otter.htm Lynx: http://org.elon.edu/ncwildcat/nc-eurasianlynx/justforkids.html Wolverine: http://www.livescience.com/27461-wolverines.html
Each culture saw the tools, animals, and people that were important to their culture.

This Ojibwe story tells how the Fisher and his friends freed the birds from the sky people and brought Spring.  Remember Fisher is the Big Dipper.
how_fisher_went_to_the_skyland.pdf
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Page Jump
11  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