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the four seasons of the ojibwe

CRAFTING

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Left: An elderly Native American (Chippewa) woman and "local leader" instructs a young woman "in the ancient tribal craft" of quill work as the two sit on a blanket at the agency in Minnesota. Credit: Image courtesy of Photographs from the Collection of the Denver Public Library. Right: E97.33 p2- Ojibwe Children in wildrice camp, 1940, Minnesota Historical Society
The grandmothers made fishing nets and hunting bags.  They helped with the cooking and took care of the young children.

Cradle Boards were often used to keep babies safe while mothers were cooking.  Soft moss was placed inside to act as diapers.

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1  Essential Question
2  Learning Goal
3  New Vocabulary Words
4  Winter Season – “Today you will learn”…
5  Living in Winter
6  Cooking in Winter
7  Hunting
8  Trapping - animated
9  Tracking Quiz
10  Answers to Tracking Quiz
11  Crafting (Moccasins)
12  Crafting (Porcupine quills)
13  Crafting (Cradle Boards)
14  Winter Activities - Animated Video (Toboggans)
15  Snow snake game
16  Story Telling
17  Beaver and Muskrat  (animated video)
18  Beaver and Muskrat Story Question
19  Signs of Spring
20  Winter Season Review
21  Essential Question Review
22  Learning Goal Review
23  Extension of Learning