Hopewell is the name of a group of people who lived in Michigan before the Native Americans that we know of today. We don’t know what they actually called themselves, but a few Hopewell mounds were found on farms in southern Michigan. Historians believe that the Hopewell were farmers who lived along rivers. It is believed that they built dugouts to travel to other places and to trade items. The reason that we believe they traded is because historians have found items from far away like seashells, and copper. We believe that trade was very important to the Hopewell.

The Hopewell were good artists and metal workers The Hopewell were good artists and metal workers. They made things from copper and silver. All that we know about the Hopewell comes from the things we have found buried in Hopewell Mounds. The Hopewell lived all over, not just in Michigan. A lot of these mounds have been destroyed to build homes and buildings so it is hard to find out more about the Hopewell.

A Hopewell mound is a mound where the Hopewell buried their dead and important artifacts.

Think about this: What was happening hundreds of years ago, right here at our school? What kind of things would you see? What type of language would you hear? What kind of clothing would the people be wearing?

You would probably see Wigwams. Wigwams are made of birchbark, which goes over a frame of wood. The birchbark was peeled off birch trees. Native Americans, or Indians lived in Tribes. A wigwam was a family home for the Indians. A tribe is like a big group of relatives all living tin the same neighborhood.

Each tribe had its own name, and its own way of doing things Each tribe had its own name, and its own way of doing things. They had their own beliefs and their own language. Some of the tribes who lived in Michigan were called the Anishinabeg or Three Fires: Odawa Ojibway Potawatomi

The Indians lived very close to nature The Indians lived very close to nature. If they needed something, they found it in nature, or they made it. They were really good at adapting to their enviornment. Today, we can go to a store and use money to buy the things we need. If they were hungry, they did not have a refrigerator to look in; they had to hunt or fish for food. They grew plants and they woke up with the sun, and went to bed when the stars came out. They were always outdoors and very close to nature. They did not kill animals unless they needed food or fur.

How did Native Americans come to Michigan? No one really knows where they came from. Historians believe that some came from Asia and crossed the Bering Strait into Alaska. They eventually spread out and made their way into Michigan. They may have come to find more land, better hunting, to explore the land, or to escape war.

Historians believe that the Indians made their way to Michigan about 2,000 years ago. They think this because of what they know about the glacier melting (Remember: How the Great Lakes formed!!) and from finding clues that have been dug up. Like arrowheads or spear points.

The Ojibway is a kind of Moccasin The Ojibway is a kind of Moccasin. This name is what nearby tribes called them. The Ojibway called themselves, Anishnabeg, which means people. The Ojibway tribe was very large, and they lived all across the are of the Northern Great Lakes; not just in Michigan. It is said that the Ojibway moved from the East.

The names and spellings of tribes are often different The names and spellings of tribes are often different. Ojibway is the same tribe as Ojibwa or Chippewa. They are all the same tribe, but they are spelled differently because the tribes did not use written words, so Europeans spelled their name differently.

Furs and Animal skins were used to make most of the clothing that the Native American tribes wore. Everything was found in Nature.

The tribes often lived along the lakes and rivers The tribes often lived along the lakes and rivers. They had to hunt and fish every day because they had no way to keep the food from spoiling. Wild Rice was important for the tribes. It grew in swampy places. They would use canoes to paddle through the tall rice and pull the plants into and shook the grains into the canoe.

Native American children did NOT spend time in a classroom Native American children did NOT spend time in a classroom. They learned by watching and doing. They would watch their parents every day. Soon, they would be able to hunt and make clothes just like mom and dad.

Thank goodness for Spring and Warmer Weather! The weather got warmer, and there was more food to eat in the spring. The spring is also when the Ojibwa went into the forest to collect sap from the maple trees. They boiled the water away and it eventually became maple syrup or maple sugar. The tribes used maple sugar honey to sweeten their food.

Draw and label a Native American scene. It must include: *what/how the tribes lived in __________ *at least THREE (3) things from nature that the Native Americans used ___________ ___________ ______________ *a river & how the tribes use the river *a food source _____________ PROJECT DUE: Nov 13

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