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 They lived in wigwams.  The wigwams were 8-10 feet tall.  The frame was shaped like a dome, cone or a rectangle.  They were small houses.  Once.

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2  They lived in wigwams.  The wigwams were 8-10 feet tall.  The frame was shaped like a dome, cone or a rectangle.  They were small houses.  Once the Burch bark was in place ropes or strips of wood are wrapped around the wigwam to hold the Burch bark in place.

3  What did they eat  Corn beans and squash were the three sisters.  Fun fact:150,000,000 pieces of corn were picked. They even taped trees for maple syrup. HHow did they get it TThe men hunted deer, elk, wild birds and caught fish. When they hunted they used bows and arrows and wooden clubs. When they fished they used spears and nets.  They farmed wild rice and berry's.

4 These are some shoes that women can make. Men They wore breech cloth leggings and deer skin shirts. A breech cloth is a rectangle piece of tanned deer skin cloth or animal fur. Women They wore deer skin dresses. They were made out of deer skin. This is a picture of a breechcloth

5 AAdults Men Hunter and they went to save there families. Women They did child care and cooking and farmers. CChildren MMore work and less play time. The older Potowatomi boys played ball games like lacrosse etc. The girls played a kind of lacrosse called double shinny.

6  They lived in the lower peninsula of Michigan.  They also lived in Wisconsin, Illinois and India  The 3 fires lived in northern Michigan.

7 TThe Potawatomi's special skill is farming. TThey played team ball games lacrosse etc.

8  The Potawatomi had dogs.  They made the dogs watch for enemies.  When dogs see an enemies they would bark.  If they needed to they would eat them.

9  Eric Newingham-Member of Odawa  http://www.bigorrin.org/potawatomi_kids.ht m http://www.bigorrin.org/potawatomi_kids.ht m  The mitten September 2001  Clip art


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