MY PROJECT ON NATIVE AMERICANS

ON A TRIBE CALLED CHIPPEWA

THESE ARE THE PLACES THEY WERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Danielle Browne

IntroductionThis is a project is on a tribe called Chippewa.

It is pronounced Chi-pay-wa.

The word Chippewan means “Puckered Moccasin people.

They spoke a language called Algonquian.

The tribe was last around the early 1900’s

Their Homes

The chippewa tribe lived in many different shape and sized homes and shelters. The most common one was the Wigwam.It was made with birch wood.

THIS IS A CHIPPWA VILLAGE AROUND 1846!!

WHAT DOES WIGWAM MEAN?

The word Wigwam means in English house.

What is the difference between a Wigwam and a Tepee

o The Wigwam was used by the tribes in the Northest Woodlands

whereas the Tepee was used by the people from the Great Plains.o Wigwams don’t move unless u destoy them and the Teppee are quite

easy to move.o The woodland tribes have forest for birch, no buffalo and the great

plains have buffalo for Tepees,no forests o Wigwams take a long time to put up while Tepees are easy to put up and

down.

o Wigwams are domes or round roof houses and Tipees are always like a pyrimid.

TEPEE WIGWAM

Food Most of their diet was meat.

Woodland and the Plains both fished.

They made sure the fish did not get low by sharing what they saw “ I caught no fish and I did not see any either “ or “ I caught lots of fish and I saw way more I just could not carry them all “. If a lot of people said the first one, then they would fish somewhere.

o They hunted racoons, rabbits, deer, muskrats, elk, beavers, and squirrels

o They tribe mostly hunted in the autumn then stored the rest for winter

Fruit and Vegetables

o There was plenty of fruit in the forest strawberries, rasberries, blueberries and blackberries.

o Most of the harvesting of rice was done in Augest .

o They paddle there cannoes into the patches of rice and did not stop untill all were gone

Family lifeThere were always lots of things to do in the village play, hunt, garden, sow,

and lots more.

Children

There is no such thing a boredom in the village, playing with bows and arrows and handmade dolls. The girls would play with dolls until they were 6 then learn to sow while boys played with wooden soldiers, bows and arrows and learned to hunt from a young age.

Women

Women did a lot of work. They cleaned their homes and village, cooked, taught the children and much more. The women cleaned the village down top to bottom, knitted dolls and clothing, cooked what their husbands brought home and taught the children throw dances, art, songs, and stories.

MenMen were in change of the village, but women did get there say. They hunted and fished to feed the family and were very still when doing it. They also were

carpenters and made wooden toys if they were too old to run and hunt. The men were brave and protected their family from wild animals such as wolves and bear and sometimes neighbouring villages trying to attack. they built houses for their sons or daughters if they were old enough to move out (of course with some help!!!!!).

They wore special boots when hunting.

Clothing Women Women wore long dresses with removable sleeves.

They were normally brown with flowers at waist neck and sleeves. Sometimes they were with strings at the bottom of the dress.

Menleggings

Men wore breechcloths and leggings The breechcloths were made of deer skin, cloth, and animal fur. It was worn between their legs and tucked over a belt, so the flaps are in front and behind them. A lot of girls wore them until they were old enough for dresses and skirts. Breechcloths made their legs bare, so they wore leggings to protect their legs.

And everyone wore moccasins on their feet and clocks or ponchos in bad weather.

Leggings for them were not attached . they were tied together with the same belt as the one used for the breechcloth.the way you dressed was different depending on the tribe you are in.Somtimes breechcloths were worn tucked out instead of in. Women also wore leggings but they

were shorter a held together gartered at the knee.