Saturday, December 10, 2011

In my opinion, about the Ojibwe!

           In my opinion, the Ojibwe like most Indians' tribes, they have their own language, their own traditional and beliefs. They believe the nature, they love nature, although they used natural stuff, their everthing is natural, they never broke the nature. They lived in big family, including man, woman, children and grantherparents. The women were very proud of their work----make clothes, make meal and care about the children. The men work together to make food. They also make the seasons according to evironment. And they changed their live evironment when the seasons changed. By the way, the time is going on, when they meet the Europeans, they learn the more different things, like they changed their clothes styles and made more fashion clothes. Their lives are also happy. They enjoy many social activities and also came together for two kinds of contests. But they also changed during the war. For exalmple, after 1687, the Ojibwe continued to fight the Sioux, and the Fox, expanding their territory to the east, south, and west. And during the French and Indian Wars, the Ojibwe sided with the French against the British in the hopes of maintaining their trading network. In 1815, the Ojibwe were forced to cede land for the creation of reservations. The Ojibwe opposed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which called for their relocation to Indian Territory west of the Mississipi River.

            However, the Ojibwe is remembered by morden people. They also influence much things in the world and change the some things. That's enough!

Summary about the Ojibwe(4)

1.Most tribes have beliefs, the Ojibwe also had  beliefs.
2.The Ojibwe have always felt a great need to care for the earth and to live in harmony with its plants and animals. They also believed that many other manitous, or spirts, were present in all the animals and objects in nature.
3.Among the Ojibwe, there were special ceremonies throughout the course of one's life-the naming at birth, the vision quest, marriage, and death. People also made offerines of tobacco to the rhythmic beating of drums and danced in preparation for war.
4.In addition to the traditional ceremonies and dances, there was a war dance when men went into against their enemies.

5.Like many other native Americans across the US and Canada. the Ojibwe come together each year to strengthen their traditions.
6.From the time of their first contact with Europeans, the Ojibwe began to acquire new goods. They especially prized cloth, wich they incorporated into their traditional dress.
7.The many things like war are changing the Ojibwe.
8.For example. after 1687, the Ojibwe continued to fight the Sioux and many tribes or counties.
   In 1815, the Ojibwe were forced to cede land for the creation of reservations. The Ojibwe opposed the Indian Removal Act of 1830. which called for their relocation to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.

Summary about the Ojibwe(3)

1.For hundreds of years the Ojibwe lived among lakes and marshes, sheltered by the hardwoods of the eastern forest-maple, marshes, elm, oak, hickory, chestnut, and beech-which extended from Ohio to the Mississippi River.

2.There are many animals in here, in wildlife: the bear, deer, wolf and so on.
3.There are no high mountains and scarcely any hills in these forests. The Ojibwe people used the bark to make not only canoes but many household goods.
4.Like other American Indians, the Ojibwe lived according to the cycle of the seasons. Also, they according to the environment changed to divide the seasons.
5. The Ojibwe believe thaht the earth belonged to no one and to everyone. They hope would sustain their children and grandchildren long into the future.

6.Although the Ojibwe spoke closely related languages and had many customs in common, they did not unite themselves around a central government. Instead, they chose to live in seminomadic bands.
7.They lived with big family.
8.Each person in an Ojibwe band was born into a clan, a kind of extended family, named for a bird, fish, or mammal.
9.believed to be the original ancestor.
10.When the seasons changed, the Ojibwe lived in different types of homes.
11.They use natural stuff to make some clothes, quilt and shoes. Usually, women made the stuff. Women were very pride in their work around the wigwam.
12.However, the Ojibwe used them only as temporary shelters, usually during hunting trips.
13.Lifewats: The Ojibwe were closely bound to the land and the changing seasons, as well as the mysteries of life-the cycle of birth, growth, and death in the generations of plants, animals, and people.
14.Couples in Ojibwe did not have large families-usually there were only about two children in each family.
15.The children in Ojibwe change as much as six different names during they grew up.
16.During the summer children played outside, but in the winter they had to be amused inside the wigwam.
17.When a girl hand her first period, or "moon time", she had to isolate herself in a small wigwam made by her mother.
18.When they died, they were washed and dressed in their finest clothing and jewelry.
19.Whether hunting animals or gatherine plants, the Ojibwe treated the natural world with great respect.
20.They worked together.
21.People used wood and bone hooks to catch fish.
22.Women usually prepared one large meal each day-either at midmorning or late in the afternoon.
23.As part of their chores in the wigwam, women made all the clothing for their families.
24.When they came into contact with Europeans in the late 1600s, over time, the Ojibwe adopted Westeren styles of dress.
25.The Ojibwe mad many useful tools, weapons, and household goods from trees and other plants.
26.Perhaps no other symbol clearly defines the Ojibwe way of life than the birch bark canoe.
27.They also enjoy many social activeities---especially visiting.People also came together for two kinds of contests--games of skill and games of chances.
28.The Ojibwe did not have a written language. They draw the picture.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Summary about the Ojibwe(2)

1. The north country abounded in wildlife. There were no high mountains and scarcely any hills in these forests.

2. Like other American Indians, the Ojibwe lived according to the cycle of the seasons. Whatever the time of year,people provided for themselves from the forests and fields with little harm to the wilderness that surrounded them.

3. The Ojibwe lived in wigwams made of saplings lashed together and covered with sheets of birch bark or reed mats. There practical buildings coulo be easily set up in the woods.

4. Although the Ojibwe spoke closely related languages and had many customs in common, they didi not unite themselves around a central government. Instead, they chose to live in seminomadic bands.

5.Each person in an Ojibwe band was born into a clan, a kind of extended family, named for a bird, fish, or mammal.  The word totem is drawn from the Ojibwe term ototeaman, which indicates belonging, or being related, to one's kin.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Summary about the Ojibwe(1)

1. For hundreds of years, the Ojibwe have made their home bejide the lakes and streams of the North. Here, the sun rises the over Miller Lacs, one of the largest lakes in northern Minnesota.

2.The daughter of the moon, when the ice-cold west wind swept into her clothing and killed her, her mother found a thiny infant. The mother tenderly mursed infant and in time he grew into the strong and handsome Nanabozho. And nanabozho was simply too timid and filled with youthful innocence to show off his miraculous abilities. He could talk with the animals, and transform himself into any animal he pleased.

Both human and supernatural , Nanabozho helped and taught the Ojibwe to do something important in life. So he was their greatest hero.

3. Thousands of years ago, the ancestors of the Ojibwe, along with other Nativet Americans, journeyed over a strip of land that once connected Siberia and Alaska. Also known as the Chippewa and the Anishinabe, the Ojibwe eventually settled in the northern Great Lakes region over five hundred years ago. According to oral history, the people onve lived to the east, near the sea, little is known about their early history in this land of rivers and lakes, except that the people gradually moved westward.

4. Spanned several hundred years, they suffered great hardhip. After that, the Ojibwe were considered the oldest brother of this alliance. Eventually, the Ojibwe spread over a vast territory.

5.Much of this region was shared with other tribes, one of the largest Native American tribes. Their sprawling lands abounded with wildlife and were rich with timber and copper. However, from the moment they first came into contact with Europeans, French explorers, traders, and missionaries in the seventeenth century-the live of the people beganto change.