THE OJIBWA PEOPLEWho were the Ojibwa?

Where they came from.

The Ojibwa came from the Eastern Woodlands part of North America.

Map of a part of the eastern woodlands territory

Food they ate.The Ojibwa were hunters and farmers. They grew crops such

as squash, roots, nuts, wild rice, wild berries, fruits, and veggies. They hunted elk, fish, coyote, wolves, and fox

Indian corn

Skills they were known for.

The Ojibwa had skills some for making a house to live in, and some that they made for their children. The houses they made from birch bark and young tree saplings’. They also made dream catchers. The believed that it would help kids control their dreams at night.

A child sleeping with a Dream catcher

A wigwam

Beliefs

The Ojibwa had many beliefs like with dream catchers they would help children control their dreams at night, also another one they hadWas everything had a spirit or soul. And they would offer trees tobacco Before peeling its bark. The Ojibwa also had sweat lodges used for ceremonies.

Frame of a sweat lodge