Odawa

Ethan Eren Eugenia

Where the Odawa lived

• The Odawa's lived on the shores of lake Michigan in the lower peninsula. They also lived in the great lakes region.

the odawa lived where the line is

ShelterThe Odawa lived in wigwams. Wigwams

were made of birch bark or wetus. Once the birch bark was in place ropes or strips of wood is wrapped around the Wigwam to hold the birch bark in place. Then the wooden frames and woven mats and sheets of birch bark. The frame can be shaped like a dome , cone and rectangular. They also were 8-10 feet tall. Wigwams are also small.

These are pictures of wigwams

Clothing

• Boys/Men Boys and men who

were in the tribe Odawa wore cloaks and leather moccasins and headbands with feathers sticking up in the back. They also painted their faces and arms. Even sometimes they went around naked.

• Girls /women girls and women in the

tribe Odawa wore long dresses with attachable sleeves or robes with leather moccasins and long braids

These are leather moccasins

Food

• What did they eatThe Odawa ate Squash,

corn, beans, deer, berries, wild rice, nuts, moose, fox, bear, wolf, cornbread, and soups.

• How did they get it The Odawa got there food

with bows, arrows and clubs. They fished in a group on a canoe. They used fish hooks fishing rods sinew lines. They cropped their fruit and vegetables such as squash ,corn ,beans and berries.

Roles in the Tribe

• Adults(men and women)Men in the Odawa were usually

hunters, warriors and chef. Both of the men and women told story’s made artwork and songs. Just the women were farmers took care of the children and built the houses.

• ChildrenThe Odawa children fished and hunt with

their fathers. In the mean time the children played games like Lacrosse and Archery.

Special Skill• The Odawa’s special skill was making hand made canoes and trading things like

furs, skins, cornmeal, sunflower oil, tobacco, roots and mats.

this is a picture of a native American canoe

Fun facts•Lakes, rivers, and streams were used for bathing this could be a lake that the Odawa's bathed in

•The three fires had to hunt for their food. They also used traps for small animals•If they didn't work for their food, they would starve to death•The Iroquois were enemies of the Three Fires•When the Europeans came, they brought many tools that the Three Fires began to use•They kept dogs as pets. The dogs were used for hunting and as guard dogs. However, they would eat dog if they needed to•They didn't really keep pets because the ate most small animals•Sometimes they would take members from other tribes during battles. The children that were taken would be adopted and become part of the tribe•They had many small battles over land with other tribes•The cooked with birchbark pots and pans•The Three fires were called the Anishinabeg•In the tribe, different people had different jobs like hunting and fishing, but everyone helped so that everyone could eat•The used different plants as medicines. When the environment changed, some of the plants they used for medicines were no longer available

Resources • Michigan social studies weekly vol. issue1 first quarter week 6 • The mitten September 2001 the three fires• Eric Newingham-member of the Odawa tribe• Ottawa Indian Fact Sheet- http://www.bigorrin.org/ottawa_kids.htm