Gitche Gumee and all the Great Lakes are a precious resource to us and have been to those that have lived around them for more than 10,000 years.
Let's go back and see what their names were and why they are so important.
What makes these Great Lakes so great?
Link to Presentation given online for GLEAMS 4/26/23
Native Land Acknowledgement.
We are respectfully on the colonized land of the below listed tribes.
- Peoria
- Bodéwadmi (Potawotami)
- Myaamia
- Očhéthi Šakówiŋ - This will take you to a link about the 7 fires.
- Hoocąk (Ho-Chunk)
- Kikaapoi (Kickapoo)
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- An excellent tool to show students all the Native Peoples who live and lived in the areas you are in. Native Land Digital. When using the tool you may turn off the colors that show the overlap of territories and also put on the streetmap view. This will allow you to locate where you live.
- Native Land Acknowledgement Information
- Land Acknowledge and Children's Literature
- Land Acknowledgment and Lessons
Sources
https://greatlakes.guide/ideas/nations-surrounding-the-great-lakes
https://greatlakes.guide/ideas/the-great-lakes-through-traditional-languages
https://www.eekwi.org/great-lakes/humans-and-great-lakes/great-lakes-name-meanings
https://decolonialatlas.wordpress.com/2014/12/01/the-great-lakes-in-ojibwe/