ACTivities each season
In spring the Ojibwe had an important role of collecting sap and making maple sugar. They made it by tapping sap from a tree, boiling it, and pounding it into sugar. They also reunited with friends and family after the winter season.
In summer they planted potatoes, corn, beans, and squash. They also made nets and deer bone hooks. They rarely hunted in summer because meat was scarce in winter.
In fall they gathered rice, dried the rice, parched to loosen husks, pounded the rice, winnowed the rice, separated husks, and stored the rice in bags. They also gathered herbs, nuts, and berries.
In winter they ate preserved food, hunted, trapped, prepared hides, cooked, made baskets, mats, bags, and elders told stories.
In summer they planted potatoes, corn, beans, and squash. They also made nets and deer bone hooks. They rarely hunted in summer because meat was scarce in winter.
In fall they gathered rice, dried the rice, parched to loosen husks, pounded the rice, winnowed the rice, separated husks, and stored the rice in bags. They also gathered herbs, nuts, and berries.
In winter they ate preserved food, hunted, trapped, prepared hides, cooked, made baskets, mats, bags, and elders told stories.