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1999 Cultural Heritage Preservation Institute"Cultural Heritage Preservation through Digital Technology" |
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1999 Cultural Heritage Preservation Institute"Cultural Heritage Preservation through Digital Technology" |
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Approximately 650 years ago, the Ojibwe, traveling westward down the St. Lawrence River, stopped at Fort Michilimackinac where they split into three groups. One group remained near Mackinac and were called Ottawa's (traders). The second group, the Potowatomi or "keepers of the fire", moved along the shore of Lake Michigan in the western part of the state. The third group, the Ojibwe (people who make pictographs) or Chippewa, stopped at Sault Ste. Marie for a long period with some moving west to Madeline Island area. The three groups, "People of the Three Fires", were so close in their basic aspects of living that they remained banded together for protection and trade.
A major group of Ojibwe settled at Gnoozhekaaning or "Place of the Pike." Their daily life consisted of hunting, fishing for subsistence and for trade, berry picking and drying for winter use, and maple sugaring. The basic food crop was potato that grew well and stored easily for winter. Also planted were corn, beans and squash, "The Three Sisters."
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