Michigan’s First People Chapter 2 Lesson 1
Early Native Americans Hopewell Indians came from what is now Indiana & Ohio 2,000 years ago What is left today: Norton Mounds near Grand Rapids, Michigan 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
Hopewell Maps
Trading with Faraway Places Obsidian, a black volcanic glass, from either Wyoming or Idaho. How do you think the obsidian reached the Hopewell people?
Diversity Diversity is a core democratic value. It means different kinds of people living and working together. How can we see diversity long ago? Today?
Michigan’s First People Chapter 2 Lesson 2
The Anishinabeg Indians Migrated from Atlantic Coast to Michigan about 1,000 years ago to what is now Sault Ste. Marie Sault St. Marie Your Elementary 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? http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1857
Map 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?
Your Elementary Photo from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA03377
Michigan’s First People Chapter 2 Lesson 3
Migration Moving from place to place is migration. What are some reasons tribes might migrate to different areas?
Where have you lived?
PUSH them PULL them: Why did they move? Work in tribes to decide if the following pictures would push or pull your tribe.
War or Fighting
Nice climate
Lots of food
Sickness
Many resources at hand- trees, water, food, etc.
Colder climate
Trees or other resources used up
Peaceful neighbors
Tribes of the Three Fires Patowatomi Ojibway Odawa http://www.wlcsd.org/Loonlake.cfm?subpage=1249240
Tribes of the Three Fires Patowatomi http://www.wlcsd.org/Loonlake.cfm?subpage=1249240
Tribes of the Three Fires Odawa http://www.wlcsd.org/Loonlake.cfm?subpage=1249240
Tribes of the Three Fires Ojibway or Chippewa http://www.wlcsd.org/Loonlake.cfm?subpage=1249240
Other Michigan Tribes Huron or Wyandotte Menominee Miami Kickapoo Fox and Sauk
Michigan’s First People Chapter 2 Lesson 4 Gifts from the Tribes
Guidelines to live by To seek knowledge is to know wisdom. To know love is to know peace. To honor all creation is to have respect. Bravery is to face the enemy with honor. Honesty to face a tough problem is to be brave. Humility is to know yourself as a sacred part of creation. Truth is to know all of these things. Source: http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18638_20846-54607--,00.html
Food and Crops Corn Pumpkins Squash Tobacco
Inventions Snowshoes Canoes Toboggan
Names Mackinac Kalamazoo Menominee Muskegon Pontiac Saginaw See page 76 for Michigan Counties with Native American Names