Chippewa homes

Chippewa homes: The Chippewa's had two types of dwellings, in the woodlands, they lived in

villages of birchbark houses called waginogans, or wigwams. On the Great plains, they lived

in large tents made from buffalo-hide called tipis. Plains Chippewa were nomadic, and tipis

were easier to move from place to place than a waginogon.

Chippewa clothing

Chippewa clothing: Chippewa women wore long dresses with removable sleeves. Chippewa men wore breechcloths and leggings. Every body wore moccasins, and in bad weather they also wore cloaks and ponchos.The Chippewas later adapted European costumes, such as cloth blouses and jackets. Decorating them with fancy beadwork. Traditionally, Chippewas wore leather headbands with feathers sticking strait up in the back. During times of war, Chippewa men shaved their heads in a mohawk style . Chippewa men and women normally wore their hair in long braids . Many Chippewa warriors also wore a porcupine roach . In the 1800's, Chippewa chiefs started wearing long headdresses like the Sioux. The Chippewas painted bright colors on their faces and arms for special occasions,using different patterns of paint for war and festive decoration. The Chippewas ,especially men wore tribal tattoos.

Chippewa Language

Language: Most Chippewa people speak English, some also speak their Native Chippewa

language. Chippewa language is musical, and has complicated verbs with lots of parts. Aaniin

(ah-neen) is a friendly greeting used to greet friends. Miigwech (mee-gwech) means thank you.

Where they live

Where they live: The Chippewa tribe is one of the largest Indian groups in America, there are almost a hundred
and fifty different bands living in their original homelands, all over the
Northern United States in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and in
Southern Canada in Ontario, Mantioba and Saskatchewan.

Chippewa

Name: The Chippewa have four name's, Chippewa, Ojibway, Ojibwe, and Ojibwa.

All these name's mean the same. People in the United state's mostly use Chippewa, in

Canada more people use Ojibway, but the name's mean the same.They come from an

Algonguian word meaning puckered because of their puckered moccasin.

The Chippewa call themselves Anishinabe, using

their own language meaning original person.