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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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