Nestled within western Hennepin County and Carver County‚ Minnesota‚ Lake Minnetonka holds unique meaning for different people. The retreating Wisconsin Glacier of the last Ice Age that produced melted blocks of ice‚ gave life and form to this island lake. It was Alexander Ramsey‚ Minnesota’s territorial governor in 1852‚ who gave Lake Minnetonka its name. The lake is also commonly known as the Big Waters‚ deriving that nickname from the Sioux language in which “Minne” means water and “Tonka” means
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nations were as unified as today in the 1870’s during and after confederation? Well I believe that when confederation reached in 1870’s the first nations weren’t as unified like they were before the confederation which leads me to think the woodlands (Ojibwa) are divided for the following reasons‚ they didn’t work as a group to do anything after confederations‚ after they moved to their new land they were happy about how part of their group was trying to control the west part of Canada and since society
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the horse is a long and fascinating one. It starts before any humans even walked the planet and goes on to the present and future. They’ve been used in countless ways throughout history including being a prized possession to many American Indian tribes. About 60 million years ago‚ the history of the horse in North America began. The first horses were small creatures about the size of a fox that belonged to the genus Hyracotherium or the more common‚ Eohippus. Eohippus evolved into the genus
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some power over men‚ they were restricted to maintain their roles and duties in their tribe‚ and were expected to continue the spiritual ways of Native American life. The women ’s strongest source of power was to bear children‚ a power centered around the menstrual cycle. A girl ’s first period marked an occasion for her seclusion to a tepee with other menstruating women to separate them from the rest of the tribe. The first period also was marked as very significant‚ because during the time‚ her
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The Dakota War of 1862- It was a rebellion by the Lakota’s in Minnesota in 1862 to try and gain lands back lost from land cessions. In a massacre‚ the Dakota managed to kill 500 settlers and Lincoln decided by sending troops from the Civil War to fight the Dakota’s. The Union ended up winning after 6 weeks. 400 were tried and 40 were set to be hung until the missionaries decided to fight for them and had that number reduced to 38‚ the largest hanging in history. Sand Creek Massacre‚ November
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The paintings and writings in George Catlin work might teach someone that the Ojibwe/Chippewa were very ritualistic. In George Catlin Braves’ Dance‚ Ojibwa‚ 1835–37 Ojibwe/Chippewa oil painting as well as Snowshoe Dance at the First Snowfall‚ 1835-37 displayed how ritualistic and grateful the Natives were. They would sing a song to the Great Spirit for allowing them to wear their snow shoes to hunt better. This shows you how much of their lives revolved around hunting and thanking the Great Spirit
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compilation of stories told by various members of an Ojibwa family who continuously struggles with the challenges that many native American people face due to the white mans ever-changing world. The story starts with a elderly woman recounting the horrible events she witnessed and experienced at a native American boarding school‚ which was designed to break traditional Ojibwa beliefs and culture. She then passes the story on to her niece by the age old Ojibwa tradition of storytelling‚ and putting in her
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Sioux War of 1876‚ and the Nez Perce War. The military stopped the Dakota uprising because Dakota warriors killed 400 white settlers in Minnesota; the area that is now Minnesota was originally occupied by two major Native American tribes -- the Dakota (or Sioux) and the Ojibwa. They were clearly angry that Americans were settling their country land. Fighting also broke out between American Indians and the U.S. Army in the Black
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nation. To laugh‚ even in the face of death‚ is a compelling force in the human condition. Humor‚ then‚ has a profound impact on the way human beings experience life. In Louise Erdrich’s novel Tracks‚ humor provides powerful medicine as the Chippewa tribe struggles for their physical‚ spiritual‚ and cultural survival at the beginning of the twentieth century. While the ability to approach life with a sense of humor is not unique to any one society‚ it is an intrinsic quality of Native American life
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Regret The story of Jeff Weise Jeff Weise was a 15-year old boy‚ who on Monday‚ March 21‚ 2005 shot 9 people‚ including his grandfather‚ his grandfather’s girlfriend‚ a school teacher‚ a security guard and five of his fellow students‚ at Red Lake Senior High School‚ Minnesota‚ with a .22-caliber gun. We’ve studied his life through his personal journal on LifeJournal.com‚ his Flash videos on the Newgrounds website and on his debates on the neo-nazi forum in the US. The picture we get of Jeff
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