“When your language dies, your worldview dies with it. The actual structure of the language holds so much of that worldview,”
!- quoteworthy : language and worldview - "“When your language dies, your worldview dies with it. The actual structure of the language holds so much of that worldview" - attribution : Ashley Fairbanks, Anishinaabe woman from Ojibwe peoples and language researcher
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the Ojibwe understand that if the Missionaries leave the area they will most likely die
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lack of resources caused most of the Ojibwe around Pokegoma to relocate for winter
ostofthemregardworkasdegradingandafitemploymentonlyforwomenandslaves
according to Hall, most male Ojibwe see labor as a female or slave task
cantruthfullyassertthattheIndiansareaphlegmatic,good-natured,unusuallypatientanddocilerace,whoarecapableofgoodimpulsesandwhointheiroriginalwildcon-dition,whentheyareawayfromtheevilworld,donotliveinawickedanddissolutemanner;theylistentoavisitingpriestwithadesireforknowledge;theygladlyacceptre-ligionandallowthemselvestobeeducatedasgoodandtrueChristians.Ontheotherhand,whereverthepoorIndianshavebeencontaminatedbygrossvicesof.whiteChristians,orhavebeenruinedthroughdrinkandmisledintofalseconcep-tionsofourholyreligionbyitsenemies,theybecomemuchmorestubborntoconversionandciviliz
Pierz notes that the Ojibwe are shocker actually people,and get corrupted by white vices, like alcohol
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it's almost as if he is saying to prepare the Ojibwe for a cultural genocide
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Ely tells Bushnell that favor toward the Whites in Ojibwe country isn't favorable
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Ojibwe appear as desiring Christianization
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Boutwell's account of encountering the Ojibwe as they fled the Sioux
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The Ojibwe bands are getting for war to avenge 100 that were killed by Sioux in the past summer
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there is increased contact between Ojibwe and While settlers
Icanonlysay,thatabout3weekssincetheSiouxfellupontwopartiesofOjibueyontheirreturnhomeironSt.Peter's&‘kill—ed96.
Sioux attacked the Ojibwe and killed 96 people
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trade brought in frenchmen from Canada, which in turn is creating a mixed population in some parts of the region
Thereisno+doubtthatthetradecarriedonwiththeseIndians,isanadvantagetothem.Indeedtheycouldnotexistwithoutit,intheirpresentmodeoflife,andthescantyresouneswhichthecountryatpresentaffords.
Ojibwe bands in the area could not survive without trade - according to Mr. Hall and Mr. Boutwell
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ojibwe war rituals involve no in-fighting, and revenge for members of their band's that are killed
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List of the population sizes and locations of different bands of Ojibwe People
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Old Battle between Ojibwe and Sioux/Fox/Saoko(?) - Ojibwe won
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The chief of the Sandy Lake Band requests that the US President send someone to define the lines between the Ojibwe and the Sioux
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this particular band of Ojibwe's is considered the largest and most warlike in the whole Ojibwe Nation (706 + ~100 on an island)
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from here until the bottom of the next page, Boutwell repeats the speech the Chief gave to the tour about their war against the Sioux Main Points: the war is to avenge the death of men, women, and children killed by the Sioux
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Lake Topinoniteuin (where they killed us) - a band of Sioux killed an entire Ojibwe family
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author perceives the Ojibwe as being fair to their sick and elderly, except for a few cases were "their 'tender mercies are cruel'"
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the scalps of the killed Sioux hang in a lodge in the encampment they visit
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Sioux party came to Pombinau trading post and killed a child - revenge was had by Ojibwe's who killed 4 of the Sioux Party
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man arrives to the party from Leech Lake Pillagers from a war excursion Ojibwe's lost one man, Sioux lost 3 men (their scalps were brought home to celebrate the success)