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While other tribes migrated centuries ago to what is now Wisconsin, primarily from the east, the Menominee people have always lived here. More Info >> |
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Centuries before Europeans arrived on the continent, the St. Croix Chippewa were part of one large family, the Algonquians, living on what is now the east coast of the United States. More Info >> |
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This video presentation reviews traditional Chippewa spear fishing methods and examines the historical climate of conflict surrounding off-reservation spear fishing rights. More Info >> |
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It's been 20 years since the inception of the "Casting Light Upon the Waters" initiative, which addresses traditional Chippewa spear fishing rights. More Info >> |
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What are clans? What does it mean to be a member of a clan? What do the animal symbols that represent each clan signify? What are the differences between clans, bands and tribes? More Info >> |
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The Ho-Chunk people, as with all Native American tribes, have faced many struggles to be where they are today. This program takes a close look at “the People of the Big Voice.” More Info >> |
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Lake Superior is the Greatest of the Great Lakes and the World’s largest freshwater lake. It is well-known for both its striking beauty and legendary power. More Info >> |
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The Chippewa Flowage today is known for its great numbers of trophy size musky. With 200 miles of undeveloped shoreline and 140 islands, the flowage is a recreational paradise with an abundance of wildlife. More Info >> |
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This program explores the tradition of wild rice, known to Native Americans as Mahnomin. Mahnomin has long been more than just a food staple for the Chippewa Indians. More Info >> |
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Who were Wisconsin’s original inhabitants? Who have they become? According to a recent focus group, these are questions to which many 4th graders have few answers. More Info >> |
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“Mous” is the Ojibwe word for “eater of twigs.” The Anishinaabe considered moose to be good omens. Dreaming about moose indicated a long and healthy life. This largest of the deer family is the totem of one of the original six Ojibwe Clans. More Info >> |
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Before the arrival of Columbus, approximately 300 languages were spoken in North America. Today, less than one-half of these languages still exist. More Info >> |
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For the Anishinaabe people, storytelling has long been the primary method of passing on knowledge, wisdom and historical events. “Preserving the Harvest” examines the role of the storyteller in preserving the traditional Ojibwe hunting and gathering activities. More Info >> |
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"The Hub of the Ojibway" visits the reservation of today and explores the traditions and identities of those that have experienced life in a manner very different from non-native people. This is a civilization that survived seemingly insurmountable odds to remain intact. More Info >> |
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There is a village located in Northern Wisconsin, situated on the shores of the world's largest fresh water lake. Resting in a large geographical bowl, it is uniquely protected from winter's harshest elements. More Info >> |
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Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians is one of six bands of the Ojibwe Nation who settled in Wisconsin. The Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation is located in Northwest Wisconsin in one of the most pristine, undeveloped and picturesque regions of the state. More Info >> |
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Within the Sokaogon Mole Lake Reservation is the remarkable ecosystem supported by Rice Lake. One of the few ancient wild rice beds remaining in northern Wisconsin, it has remained virtually unchanged for hundreds of years. More Info >> |
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Located in northern Wisconsin, the Stockbridge-Munsee Reservation is a spirited community of over 1,500 tribal members of the Mohican Indian Nation. Their name comes from the word “Muh-he-con-ne-ok,” or “place where the waters are never still.” More Info >> |
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The eastern and northeastern woodlands of what is now called America were once inhabited by the Anishinaabe, or “Original People.” Many of these tribes ended up in Wisconsin with each tribe having its own history, language, religion, form of government and system of political alliances. More Info >> |
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Forced attempts to assimilate Indians into American culture, along with confusing and discriminatory policies, caused a deterioration of conditions for the Lake Superior Ojibwe Indians. More Info >> |
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