By: Larissa and Ruby 12/9/2009

By: Larissa and Ruby12/9/2009

THE CHIPPEWA INDIANS

Where They LivedThe Chippewa Indians lived in the woodlands of

the following states:MichiganWisconsinMinnesotaParts of CanadaSmall part of North Dakota

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What They Ate

Harvesting rice

Chippewa Indians ate the following:

• Maple sugar• Sugar cakes

• Fish• Game animals• Blueberries• Chokeberries• June berries

• Plants• Manomin (wild rice)• Venison (deer meat)

Spear-fishing

blueberries

rice

fish

deer

Brown bear

Their HousesThe Chippewa lived in wigwams(circular

houses, sometimes 12 feet in diameter; sometimes 6 feet long!)

Wigwams were usually make of wooden pole frames covered with bulrushes(a kind of bark).

A blanket usually covered the doorway. A fire hole was directly above the fire; it let

smoke drift out of the wigwam.

Their Houses(continued)The Chippewa also slept in teepees.Teepees stood strong in cold and hot weather.The Chippewa used 8-20 different animal

skins to cover their teepees!

Teepee

Real image of a Chippewa bulrush wigwam!

Wigwam

What they slept onChippewa Indians usually slept on thin

mattresses made of deer hide and filled with feathers. This was usually put on top of cedar branch frames and used to sleep. This was what they used for beds.

Their ClothingClothes were made out of buckskin(deer

hide). Jackets were decorated with beadwork. Look below for some examples.

Some examples of Chippewa clothing

Chippewa Clothing(continued)More examples of Chippewa clothing

Above: Chippewa beadwork

Impact of EuropeansThe French and the Chippewa Indians

became very friendly with each other.The British wanted to own the land the

Chippewa Indians lived on.The French helped the Chippewa Indians

fight against the British in the French and Indian war.

BeliefsThe Chippewa Indians believed in celebrating

‘pow-wows’- a gathering that lasts for two to four days.

During pow-wows, dancers competed for prizes, everyone tasted varieties of food, people danced for fun, and ceremonies were performed.

Beliefs(continued)The Chippewa Indians believed in dream

catchers, a device made of thread or string with a hole in the center. Dream catchers are used for capturing the bad dreams(which get tangled up in the web) and letting the good dreams pass through(they pass through the hole in the center).

Beliefs(continued)

This is an image of a dream catcher

Two Chippewa Symbols

Above: symbol means ‘bear dead’

Above: symbol means ‘bear alive’

ConclusionWe worked very hard on this PowerPoint, so

we hope that you have learned from and enjoyed our project about the Chippewa/Ojibwa Native Americans.

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