Chapter 2
http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/kmartin/School/iroqcloth.htm
Early Native Americans
 Paleo-Indians (old/early Indians)
 Hunters from Asia-crossing a land bridge
 11,000 years ago after the glaciers
 Archaeologists
Early Native Americans
 Hopewell Indians
http://www.michiganepic.org/historythemes/resources/hopewell_teacher_ind
ex.html
 came from what is now Indiana & Ohio
 2,000 years ago
 What is left today: Norton Mounds near Grand Rapids
 Mound Builders: bury their dead
A burial mound at Norton
Mounds, near Grand Rapids
Source: http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-16017449_18638_20846-54607--,00.html
The Anishinabeg Indians
 Migrated
from Atlantic
Coast to
Michigan
about 1,000
years ago to
what is now
Sault Ste.
Marie
Quarton School
http://www.michigan-map.org/detailed.htm
The Anishinabeg Indians
 3 groups:
 Ojibwa(or Chippewa) – “older brother”
 Ottawa – “middle brother”
 Potawatomi – “younger brother”
 Known as the Three Fires Confederacy
(family)
This is Chief Pontiac, the most famous Ottawa chief. Did
you know that Pontiac, Michigan, and Pontiac cars are
named after him? Hmmm … what’s in his hand?
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1857
Moodle Reflection
 Look at a relief map from NASA, based on
photos taken from space!
 Relief maps show high and low areas of land
 Blue areas = water
 Green areas = low areas of land
 Yellow areas = higher land areas
 So … the more yellow the area, the higher up
the land is (like mountains)
 The greener the area, the lower it is.
Moodle Reflection
 Compare the map on the next
slide with the map in your book on page 51.
 Explain where the Anishinabeg Indians
came from and why they settled in different
areas of Michigan.
 Think about what they needed from their
environment to survive.
 How did geography affect their path?
Photo from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA03377
The Huron Indians
 Huron: Named by French traders
 Wendat: (people of the peninsula)
 Lots of things in Michigan
are named after the Hurons:
 Huron Street in Ann Arbor
Dolls from the Huron Tribe
 Huron River in Ann Arbor
 One of our Great Lakes is Lake Huron
 The Eastern Michigan University teams
used to be called the Hurons
Image: http://www.learner.org/amerpass/unit01/authors-8.html
Iroquois beadwork. From
http://www.bigorrin.org/iroquois_kids.htm
The Iroquois Indians
 Iroquois: New York
 Forced the Huron to southeastern Michigan
 Bitter enemies with the Huron Indians
 Spoke same language and were related
 They fought over land in the Upper Peninsula
 Arrived about 350 years ago
Vocabulary Words
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artifacts: objects made or used by people in the past
culture: similar art, beliefs, & customs of people
migrate: move from one place to another
Confederacy: a group united for a common purpose
wigwam: dome-shaped homes of bark and trees
bands: small groups of people
clans: groups of families with common ancestors
stockade: high fences
longhouses: large houses 25 x 200 feet long
kinship: family relationships
Group Work
 Big Question: How did the first Michigan People
adapt to their environment?
Think about:
 Clothing, food, shelter, natural resources, climate,
weather, & travel.
 Create a project about your Indian group.
 Use any technology that you have learned so far.
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Photo Story
Create a wiki page
Power Point
Inspiration
Audacity
Project Requirements
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Keep the big question in mind as you work.
You need to research your tribe online.
Read from the Michigan book to get information.
Take notes in your own words to include all the
information about: clothes, food, natural resources,
weather, climate, travel, & shelter.
Include vocabulary words from the list that are
appropriate to your tribe.
You may include other interesting facts you find.
Work together as a team.
Online Resources
 http://www.native-languages.org/kids.htm
 http://www.bigorrin.org/chippewa_kids.htm Ojibwa
 http://www.bigorrin.org/ottawa_kids.htm Ottawa
 http://www.bigorrin.org/potawatomi_kids.htm Potawatomi
 http://www.bigorrin.org/wyandot_kids.htm Huron
 http://www.bigorrin.org/iroquois_kids.htm Iroquois
 http://www.nativetech.org/clothing/regions/regions.html
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Clothing of Native Americans
http://www.nativetech.org/clothing/index.html clothes etc.
http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/ The Internet Public Library
http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/northeast/iroquois.html
http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/northeast/ojibwa/index.html
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/USclimate/ Climate
http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/kmartin/School/index.htm Iroquois
Free Online Clipart for Project
 http://www.phillipmartin.info/clipart/homepage.htm
free clipart
 http://www.pppst.com/clipart.html free clipart
Compare & Contrast Tribes
 Complete the compare and contrast chart while you
listen to other groups present their information.
 You will need to write small to fit details into the chart.
If you miss details, you will find them on the wiki.
 Please type your final copy after the presentations.
You can go to the wiki to help you complete the
chart.
Tribes.doc