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Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe History and Culture

Mille Lacs Band Culture as told by Mille Lacs Band members

Mille Lacs Band History

 

A monument to loyalty and service
A shared interest in politics
Always moving, always camping
Anishinaabe entertainment
As long as we hear those drums
Assimilation
Becoming a woman
Between Ojibwe and English
Ceremonial drums and ceremonial dances
Ceremonies for children
Childhood memories
Coming home
Everyone loves my frybread
Fall rcing
Getting familiar with each other
Gifts received in dreams and visions
Grandma and Aunt Rose
Grandmother’s Crafts
Growing up with traditions
How my grandfather taught me to care for the land
How the drum helped me with my sobriety
Hunting, an important way of life
Keeping the Ojibwe language alive
Land struggles
Learning about Ojibwe traditions at school and at home
Learning and teaching traditions
Lessons on Mille Lacs Band Government
Months and Moons
My life
My memories of Indian school
Ojibwe Elders
Ojibwe funerals
Ojibwe History – Why It Matters
Ojibwe names are spiritual names
Old-style cooking
On the powwow trail
Our migration story
Our reservation is our cultural home
Passing down Ojibwe traditions
Preserving our Language and Culture II
Quilting
Relationship to the environment
Respecting all People's ways
Respecting each others' beliefs
Respecting the Creator's creation
Ricing and Fishing
Sewing
Sharing
Sharing cultures at the Mille Lacs Indian Museum
Singing on the drum
Special gifts to help others
Spirituality Part I
Spirituality Part II
Springtime sugarbushing
Stories shared restore history, culture
Summer gathering
Summer traditions
Sweat Lodges are for purification
Teaching grandchildren the language
Teaching people about Anishinaabe
The best things in life
The Center of the Moon
The Dakota Conflict and its Reverberations in Mille Lacs
The jingle dress as dreamed
The meaning of powwows
The Migration Story
The Nelson Act: Promises made, promises broken
The role of woman
Theft of Mille Lacs Pinelands, Part 1
Theft of Mille Lacs Pinelands, Part 2
Tobacco as a gift and offering
Tobacco on our journey through life
Tradition of watcing Purple Martins
Traditional Ojibwe crafts
Traditional roles in Ojibwe society
Treaty Making
Using tobacco to pray for others
What makes a home? Early Indian settlements
What my mother taught me
Why I’m learning the Ojibwe language
Winter legends start with snowfall
Winter traditions



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