Ojibwe
Culture
by the students
of Ms Haller's 4th Grade
the following is a collection of essays written for Canku Ota
Brandi:
Do you like powwows? I do. Sometimes I like dancing. My clan is the
Bear. I don't have an Indian name, but I learn lots of Ojibwe. I like
Mahnomen. I like seeing nice costumes that people dance in. My brother
danced more than me. I went to a powwow with my cousin and we had fun.
Sometimes I go to the powwows at the school. My Friend's like going
to powwows and so do I, because you can dance and eat. I can wear nice
costumes.
Leann:
I love powwows. It is fun. I have an Indian name. It is Bear. My sister
is Bear too. Those Indians in the picture are happy. They are having
fun in my picture. I like my story about the Indians. I like them because
it makes me happy. I like the bird and the deer and the girls in my
picture.
Emily:
My cousin was going to the powwow in Redlake. She said do you want to
dance pow wow with me. I said no, I don't know how to dance pow wow.
Then I started to dance pow wow with my cousin. We went to other pow
wows to go dance just me and my little cousin Nikki. My mom made me
and my cousin a new outfit to go and dance pow wow. I think that pow
wows are pretty cool.
Starrlite:
In Redlake there are lots of clans. There are seven different clans.
The Bear, Turtle, Catfish, Bird, Kingfisher, Eagle and Otter clans.
Those are the seven clans of my Ojibwe culture. I belong to the Bear
clan. There are medicine people in the Bear clan. The Bear helps their
clans.
Sam:
I was going to school at Staples Elementary and for my fieldtrip I went
to Paul Bunyon Fair. After the field trip we went to McDonalds. After
we went on the fieldtrip, we went back to the Staples and my teacher
gave us a candy bar. The day after me and my mom went to a football
game and when we got back we went to bed.
Justin:
I was wild ricing with my grandma. We were in a small boat and hit the
weeds with two sticks. We used a long stick for a paddle and we got
the rice to fall in the boat with the two sticks. It is better on a
calm day because you don't flip easy. It is easy to get the rice on
a calm day and you only have to use a small stick. You have to use a
long stick on a windy day.
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Red
Lake Reservation
by the students
in Ms Brown's 4th grade class
the following
is a collection of essays written for Canku Ota
Raven:
Red Lake is located in Beltrami County in northern Minnesota. It is
near the Canadian border. Red Lake is the home of the Ojibwe Indians.
We have a hospital with the nursing home for sick people. Dentist to
fix teeth and for pulling teeth. We have 5 different towns. We have
2 different lakes.
Alicia:
Red Lake is located in Beltrami county in northern Minnesota. It is
near the Canadian border. Red Lake is the home of the Ojibwe Indians.
Red Lake has a lot of wild life and trees. We have modern homes and
a police Dept. We have doctors and nurses. Red Lake has a group home
and a foster home. Red Lake has a school. Red Lake has a casino. We
have a post office. We have lots of jobs. Red Lake is a closed Reservation.
Brian:
Red Lake is located in Beltrami County in northern Minnesota. It is
near the Canadian border. Red Lake is home of the Ojibwe Indians. In
1889 the chiefs went to Washington D.C. We have two big lakes that are
used for fishing. We have school for our children. We have many stores,
in the villages of, Redby, RedLake, and Ponemah. There are big and small
animals that live in the trees. We have winter with snow and ice, some
winters have rain. On July 4 we can have fire crackers. We have high
school football and basketball and D.N.R. departments.
Steven:
Red Lake is located is in Beltrami county in Northern Minnesota. It
is the home of the Ojibwe Indians. Red Lake has a police station for
our law and we have our own courts. Red Lake has a casion for gambling.
Red Lake has a DNR Services for our land. We have treaties because our
chiefs made a land agreement in 1889.
Steven:
The Red Lake Reservation is in Beltrami county in northern Minnesota.
It is near the Canadian border. Red Lake is the home of the Ojibwe Indians.
We have lots of trees and two large lakes. We have a police station,
DNR services and four different towns. We have a hospital and a nursing
home and there are lots of jobs. The chiefs thought of having our Red
Lake in 1889 and they went to Washington D.C. to make an agreement to
form Red Lake Reservation. They wanted a special place for the Ojibwe
Indians.
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