{"id":406,"date":"2024-10-31T12:25:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T17:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/?page_id=406"},"modified":"2025-04-08T15:23:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T20:23:36","slug":"growing-up-ojibwe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/growing-up-ojibwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Up Ojibwe"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"406\" class=\"elementor elementor-406\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f091e80 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7f091e80\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b91a03d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b91a03d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Growing Up Ojibwe<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef81fb1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ef81fb1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc8c491 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fc8c491\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-796c90d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"796c90d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e10de0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e10de0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Join 15-year-old Tommy Sky as he guides the reader through his Ojibwe culture!<\/p><p>Themes: Tradition, family, treaty rights, nature, fishing<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64df3c4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"64df3c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f2ed25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1f2ed25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GrowingUpOjibwe-300x258.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-408\" alt=\"The cover of Growing Up Ojibwe has a child reading in a tree\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GrowingUpOjibwe-300x258.png 300w, https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GrowingUpOjibwe-768x661.png 768w, https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GrowingUpOjibwe.png 996w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cf9bf02 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2cf9bf02\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-461f4a4c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"461f4a4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-484ee06c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"484ee06c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About\u00a0the Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cedf365 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cedf365\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Growing Up Ojibwe\u00a0is a GLIFWC youth publication, written cooperatively by GLIFWC staff members to introduce children to many important aspects of Ojibwe life. The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission is an intertribal agency dedicated to ensuring the freedom to exercise treaty rights.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d0a1f87 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d0a1f87\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24da6909 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"24da6909\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GLIFWC-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-409\" alt=\"Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GLIFWC-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GLIFWC-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GLIFWC-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GLIFWC.png 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-312f4a35 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"312f4a35\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-463257d7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"463257d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4612e617 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4612e617\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Discussion Questions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f6f4034 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f6f4034\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>The story follows the seasons. Tommy describes the different ways he explores his world during the spring (harvest ziinzibaakwadwaatig and go fishing), summer (harvest wiigwaas, play lacrosse, participate in pow wows), fall (hunt, harvest, manoomin) and winter.<ul><li>Are there activities you like to do during the different seasons?<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>When Tommy and his father go fishing, they have to make sure not to take too many big fish. The fish they catch are measured by a warden at the end of the night.<ul><li>Why might this be?<\/li><li>How does this regulation protect the fish population?<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Tommy\u2019s father says that by netting for fish in Mille Lacs Lake, they are exercising their treaty rights.<ul><li>What do you know about treaties and treaty rights?<\/li><li>What do you think these rights might be?<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Tommy is learning to play baaga\u2019adowe, or lacrosse.<ul><li>Have you ever played lacrosse?<\/li><li>How is it similar to or different from baseball?<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Music and dance are an important part of many cultures. Tommy dances traditional Ojibwe dances at pow-wows.<ul><li>How do the dances you do and the music you listen to express your culture?<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>When Tommy and his family gather manoomin, or wild rice, they do not harvest all of the rice in the field.<ul><li>Why is this?<\/li><li>How can you follow the example of Tommy&#8217;s family in your life and use resources carefully?<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49f4d900 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"49f4d900\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f653de elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f653de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Learning Activities<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-200a9e2a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"200a9e2a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1666f298 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1666f298\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37cac7be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37cac7be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>Make a list of the\u00a0Ojibwemowin words that Tommy uses throughout the book. What do they have in common? Consider going online and finding examples of people speaking Ojibwemowin, or if you know anyone who speaks it, ask them to teach you a few words. Use the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ojibwe.lib.umn.edu\/\">Ojibwe People&#8217;s Dictionary<\/a>.<\/li><li>Look up traditional Ojibwe music and dance on YouTube.<\/li><li>Phenology is the study of periodical (seasonal) events in our natural systems and how those events are influenced by climate. Start a phenology calendar at home. Record what species of animals you see and what plants are leafing and blooming. Record your observations on GLIFWC&#8217;s phenology calendar or a calendar you have at home.<\/li><li>Tommy mentions\u00a0treaties and reservations. Go online to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/glifwc.org\/\">glifwc.org<\/a> and read about the treaties that created reservations and reserved treaty rights to hunt, fish, and gather. See if you can make a timeline of the important treaties and what they did.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21202821 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"21202821\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fish-1024x844.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-410\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fish-1024x844.png 1024w, https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fish-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fish-768x633.png 768w, https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fish.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-336c1c57 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"336c1c57\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60dc14c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60dc14c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Explore More<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57c7afe9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57c7afe9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Read\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upress.umn.edu\/9780816673827\/the-mishomis-book\/\">The Mishomis Book: The Voice of the Ojibway<\/a> by Edward Benton-Banai. The book documents the history, traditions, and culture of the Ojibwe people through stories passed down through generations.<\/li><li>Read\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorincolorado.org\/book\/shannon-ojibway-dancer-we-are-still-here\">Shannon: An Ojibwe Dancer (We Are Still Here)<\/a> by Sandra King, a book about a young Ojibwe shawl dancer in Minneapolis.\u00a0<\/li><li>Learn more on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ojibwe.net\/\">Ojibwe.net<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; chock full of\u00a0 lessons by level, stories by season, songs, projects, resources.\u00a0<\/li><li>Play the <a href=\"https:\/\/glifwc.itch.io\/growing-up-ojibwe-the-game\">Growing Up Ojibwe Game<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing Up Ojibwe Join 15-year-old Tommy Sky as he guides the reader through his Ojibwe culture! Themes: Tradition, family, treaty rights, nature, fishing About\u00a0the Author Growing Up Ojibwe\u00a0is a GLIFWC youth publication, written cooperatively by GLIFWC staff members to introduce children to many important aspects of Ojibwe life. 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