1. The Anishinaabeg
The “Three Fires”

2. band
a small group of people

3. clans
A group of families with the same ancestor

4. wigwams
Small rounded homes, made of bark and young trees

5. confederacy
A group with a common purpose
Ojibway
Odawa
Potawatomi

6. migrate
Move from one place to settle in another

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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