ALGONQUIN INDIANS IN CANADA

ALGONQUIN REFERS TO THE GROUP OF NATIVE AMERICANS WHO HAVE UNIQUE IDENTITY AND INDEPENDENT POLITICAL STATUS. IT IS A FRENCH NAME MEANING "OUR ALLIES". THEY LIVE IN AND ARE THE ABORIGINAL NATIVES OF THE OF QUEBEC AND EASTERN ONTARIO. EACH COMMUNITY LIVES ON ITS OWN RESERVATION. SOME FOLKS SPEAK ENGLISH. ALGONQUIN IS A MUSICAL LANGUAGE WITH COMPLEX WORKS.

THEIR LEADERS ARE CALLED OGIMA. THEY ARE ELECTED LIKE OUR GOVERNORS. FOR MOST OF THE YEAR THEY LIVED IN BIRCH BARK HOUSES CALLED "WAGINOGANS" OR WIGWAMS. DURING THE YEAR'S WINTER THEY WENT IN FAMILY UNITS AND BUILT CAMPS FOR HUNTING. THE WIGWAM WAS CONE SHAPED. TODAY THEY LIVE IN MODERN HOUSES. THE WOMEN WORE LONG DRESSES SLEEVES SLEEVES AND MEN WORE BREACH CLOTHES WITH REMOVABLE LEGGINGS. BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WORE MOCCASINS ON THEIR FEET. IN BAD WEATHER THEY WORE CLOAKS. BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WORE THEIR HAIR IN LONG BRAIDS. SOME WARRIORS SHAVED THEIR HEADS. SOME WORE A PORCUPINE ROACH - NOT THE SHARP QUILLS. SOME CHIEFS BEGAN WEARING A FEATHERED HEADDRESS. THEY PAINTED THEIR FACES AND ARMS WITH COLORS.. THEY USED DIFFERENT PATTERNS FOR WAR PAINT. SOME MEN WORE TRIBAL TATTOOS. TODAY THEY WEAR A BEADED SHIRT. SOME WEAR JEANS. THE ALGONQUIN ARE FAMOUS FOR FOR THEIR BIRCH BARK CANOES. TODAY THEY STILL BUILD MANY CANOES. TO TRAVEL OVER LAND THEY USE DOGS AS PACK ANIMALS. THEY USED SLEDS AND SNOWSHOES.

THE HISTORY OF FOOD WAS HUNTING DEER AND GAME ANIMALS AND GATHERING WILD FOODS. THEY USED SPEARS TO STAB FISH. THEY FISHED IN WINTERS .

THEIR CHILDREN ARE ARE LIKE MOST. MANY GO HUNTING WITH THEIR FATHERS. THE GIRLS HELP KEEP HOUSE. THE MOM'S CARRY THEIR BABIES ON THEIR BACKS IN A CRADLE BOARD. TODAY MANY PARENTS USE FABRIC CHILD CARRIERS FOR PACKS. THE WOMEN GATHERED PLANTS AND COOKED THEM. MEN HUNTED AND SOMETIMES WENT TO WAR. BOTH WERE STORYTELLERS , THEY PLAYED MUSIC AND DID ARTWORK. THEIR CHIEFS WERE MEN AND SOME WOMEN WERE CHIEFS

THEY ARE KNOWN FOR BEADWORK AND BASKETRY. THEY WAMPUM OF WHITE AND PURPLE SHELLS. THEY WERE TRADED A CURRENCY. THEY MADE PICTURES ON WAMPUM BELTS THAT HAVE PICTOGRAPHIC SHAPES OF HUMAN AND HOUSES. THE ALGONQUINS ARE RELATED TO THE OJIBWAY AND OTTAWA INDIANS. STORYTELLING AND THEIR RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS WERE IMPORTANT.

THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF THE EASTERN ALGONQUIN WERE CAUGHT UP IN DEITIES OR OBJECTS, ANIMATE OR INANIMATE. THEY BELIEVED IN A CULTURE HERO WHO CREATED AND CONTROLLED THE WORLD. MICHABO WAS A GREAT RABBIT. AND WAS A BENEFICIARY DEITY. HE DREATED THE WORLD BY MAGIC. HE OVER CAME OPPOSITION. HE 0PEOPLED IT WITH A GAME AND ANIMALS AND TAUGHT AND TAUGHT HIS FAVORITE PEOPLES THE ART OF THE CHASE.

OBJECTS OF NATURE WERE DEITIES. - THE SUN, THE MOON, FIRE, TREES, THE LAKES. THEY PAID RESPECT TO THE SOUL AND FOUR CARDINAL POINTS. PRIESTS AND CONJURERS WERE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS.

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