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A Visual Resource

for Teachers and

Students of THE

WISCONSIN

ADVENTURE

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CHAPTER 2Three Wisconsin Tribes

“Home on Earth” Pow Wow, Lac Courte Oreille © Zane Williams 2006

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What are some of the reasons Native People lived in Wisconsin?Why did other tribes move to the Wisconsin region?Why did some tribes leave the area or disappear?Identify traditions of the HoChunk, the Menominee, and the Ojibwe/Chippewa.Compare the life styles of these three major tribes.What games did Native Americans play and how did it affect the culture?How have past traditions been brought into modern day life?What effect did the migration of tribes into the Wisconsin area have on the lives of those already living there?What European explorer made first contact with the Native People along the Green Bay coast?

Extending Our Knowledge

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Ho-Chunk

Menominee

The Ojibwe/Chippewa

Gaming and Casinos

Indian Nations

First Contact

Chapter 2Three Wisconsin

Tribes

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Three Wisconsin Tribes

Identify the Lands of the three tribes in 1825. For what reasons might tribes have moved in and out of the region?

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Ho-Chunk

Above we see Ho-Chunk dwellings, rock art, two Ho-Chunk girls and examples of wood splint basket-making. What was the name of Ho-Chunk homes? What were Ho-Chunk girls and boys taught and who taught them?

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The Menominee

Fine birch bark canoes are still being made today and a woman gathers wild rice in the traditional way. In addition to traveling in fine canoes, what were some of the things the Menominee did in the forests? What does Menominee mean?

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The Ojibwe/Chippewa

How did the Chippewa get sugar?

Above are examples of an Ojibwe pictograph, Ojibwe men playing lacrosse along with lacrosse playing stick and ball and stick for the throwing game and double ball, snowshoes, a dog pulling a loaded “travois”, and maple sugar container.

Where did the Ojibwe/Chippewa tribe settle when they moved to Wisconsin around 1640? How did dogs pulling a travois save time when the family moved?

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Gaming and CasinosIndian Nations

Colors on the map to the left represent homelands of Indian tribes when Europeans first came to North America. Below, Ojibwe women enjoy a game of dice.How did legalizing Indian gaming benefit the members of the tribe? What government do Native Americans have to recognize. If you were a member of the Native people of North America how would you like to be addressed?

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First Contact

This picture represents the first contact between Europeans and Native Americans on the shore of Lake Michigan in 1634. Who made first contact? What country was he from? Why did he wear a Chinese robe?

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