The Anishinaabeg The “Three Fires”

band a small group of people

clans A group of families with the same ancestor

wigwams Small rounded homes, made of bark and young trees

confederacy A group with a common purpose Ojibway Odawa Potawatomi

migrate Move from one place to settle in another

The Ojibway Had more people than the other two groups They grew corn and squash They mostly fished their other food They lived in wigwams and used canoes to get around

The Odawa They traded with other groups They traveled in canoes all around the Great Lakes Once lived in the Upper Peninsula, but another group pushed them out and they migrated to the Lower Peninsula Lived in wigwams

The Potawatomi Lived in the southern part of Michigan In winter, they hunted. In summer, they farmed. They grew vegetables, fruits, and tobacco When the soil was no longer good, they burned brush to make a new field or moved to a new field. Lived in wigwams