Michigan’s First People

1. Michigan’s First People Chapter 2 http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/kmartin/School/iroqcloth.htm

2. Early Native Americans • Paleo-Indians (old/early Indians) • Hunters from Asia-crossing a land bridge • 11,000 years ago after the glaciers • Archaeologists

3. Early Native Americans • Hopewell Indians http://www.michiganepic.org/historythemes/resources/hopewell_teacher_index.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/0,1607,7-160-17449_18638_20846-54607--,00.html

4. The Anishinabeg Indians • Migrated from Atlantic Coast to Michigan about 1,000 years ago to what is now Sault Ste. Marie Sault St. Marie Beverly School http://www.michigan-map.org/detailed.htm

5. 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

6. The Huron Indians • Huron: Named by French traders • Wendat: (people of the peninsula) • Lots of things in Michiganare named after the Hurons: • Huron Street in Ann Arbor • Huron River in Ann Arbor • One of our Great Lakes is Lake Huron • The Eastern Michigan University teams used to be called the Hurons Dolls from the Huron Tribe Image: http://www.learner.org/amerpass/unit01/authors-8.html

7. 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

8. Vocabulary Words • 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

9. Group Work Big Question: • How did the first Michigan People adapt to their environment? Think about: • Clothing, food, shelter, natural resources, climate, weather, & travel. Do: • Create a Power Point Presentations about your Indian group. • Create a Wiki Page that you will link your project to. (the project directions are on the next slides!)

10. Project Requirements • 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.

11. Power Point Requirements • Information: You must have information for each category on your organizer. (food, shelter, resources, climate/weather, clothes, interesting facts) The information must be accurate! • Sources: You must have a slide that lists all of the resources you used, like: website addresses, books, and articles) • Pictures/Illustrations/ Graphics: Each slide should have some type of graphic to illustrate the content of the slide. You must also give credit to the person or place that you got the illustration from. • Design: You will need a slide for each information area, sources, and a title page. Your presentation must be readable, and nice to look at.

12. Online Resources • http://www.native-languages.org/kids.htm Tribal Languages • http://www.bigorrin.org/chippewa_kids.htm Ojibwa • http://www.bigorrin.org/ottawa_kids.htm Ottawa • http://www.tolatsga.org/otta.html Ottawa • http://www.bigorrin.org/potawatomi_kids.htm Potawatomi • http://www.tolatsga.org/pota.html Potawatomi • http://www.bigorrin.org/wyandot_kids.htm Huron • http://www.bigorrin.org/iroquois_kids.htmIroquois • http://www.nativetech.org/clothing/regions/regions.html 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 Iroquois • http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/northeast/ojibwa/index.html Ojibwa • http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/USclimate/ Climate • http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/kmartin/School/index.htmIroquois

13. Free Online Clipart for Project • http://www.phillipmartin.info/clipart/homepage.htm free clipart • http://www.pppst.com/clipart.html  free clipart

14. 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. • You will hand in your organizer as part of your final grade for this project.