With this web site section, we hope to answer your questions about the Mille Lacs Band and the Ojibwe way of life.

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 Reservation Is More Than Just Land A Shared Interest in Politics Always Interested in Learning Always Moving, Always Camping Anishinaabe Entertainment As Long as we Hear Those Drums Assimilation Becoming a Woman Between Ojibwe and English Celebrating Minnesota’s 150th Anniversary: A Look Back at American Indians’ Role in Our Statehood Ceremonial Drums and Ceremonial Dances Ceremonies for Our Children Childhood Memories Coming home Coming Home, Physically and Culturally Coming Together Everyone Loves My Fry Bread Fall Ricing Getting Familiar With Each Other Gifts Received in Dreams and Visions Grandma and Aunt Rose Grandmother’s Crafts Growing Up Among Nature Growing up on the Reservation 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 I Will Always Be Here Keeping the Ojibwe Language Alive Language is a Brick Wall Learning About Ojibwe Traditions at School and at Home Learning All Sides of My Heritage Learning and Teaching Traditions Lessons on Mille Lacs Band Government Living Books Looking Beyond Race to Individuals My Dad’s Impact on My Education and Lifelong Learning My Family Story My Life My Memories of Indian School Ojibwe Funerals Ojibwe History – Why It Matters Ojibwe Names Are Spiritual Names Old-Style Cooking On the Powwow Trail Our Migration Story Our Place to Stay Our Reservation Is Our Cultural Home Our Tradition of Watching Purple Martins

Passing Down Ojibwe Traditions Passing Down the Ojibwe Language on to Future Generations Preserving Our Language and Culture Quilting Relationship to the Environment Respecting All People's Ways Respecting Each Others' Beliefs Respecting the Creator's Creation Returning to My Cultural Roots Ricing and Fishing Sewing Sharing Sharing Cultures at the Mille Lacs Indian Museum Sharing the Ojibwe Culture Through My Work Sharing Traditions With Children and Grandchildren Singing on the Drum Special Gifts to Help Others Spirituality Part I Spirituality Part II Springtime Sugarbushing Summer Gathering Summer Traditions Sweat Lodges Are For Purification Taking Pride in Heritage 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 Ojibwe Elders The Role of Women in Anishinaabe Culture The Same, Only Different: Why Old Struggles Over Indian Land Are Not Like New Conflicts 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 Traditional Ojibwe Crafts Traditional Roles in Ojibwe Society Traditions I Learned from My Grandparents Treaty Making Treaty of 1837, What Happended and Why 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 Winter Traditions

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