CHAPTER 1 Homelands The Algonquin al-gon-kwin are members of the Anishinabek a-nish-naw-bek Nation The Anishinabek people include the Algonquin Ojibwa or Chippewa Delaware Mississauga Odawa and Potawatomi The Algonquin have lived in North America for thousands of years Anishinabek elders teach that the Algonquin have lived in North America since time began The Algonquin settled along the St Lawrence River and the Ottawa River These rivers flow through the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec The area is a land of rocks and shallow soil It is covered with forests of birch maple poplar oak and many kinds of evergreen trees Everywhere there are pure lakes and rivers 4
Part of the Algonquin homeland is now Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario Canada 5
CHAPTER 2 Society The Algonquin people divided into bands These bands were usually led by the women During the summer the bands camped together In the winter the bands divided into much smaller groups Often just one or two family clans made a small winter camp in their hunting grounds The Algonquin did some farming But in some areas the summer was too short to grow many crops The Algonquin also got food by hunting fishing and gathering Preserving the family hunting grounds was important Families inherited the right to hunt and fish there 6
THE ALGONQUIN HOMELANDS BRITISH COLUMBIA ALBERTA PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND SASKATCHEWAN MANITOBA NEW WASHINGTON River BRUNSWICK NOVA SCOTIA MAINE Lawrence River Ottowa River QUEBEC MONTANA NORTH DAKOTA ONTARIO OREGON MINNESOTA St. IDAHO SOUTH DAKOTA WISCONSIN NEW YORK VERMONT NEW HAMPSHIRE MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND CONNECTICUT NEW JERSEY WYOMING MICHIGAN NEVADA IOWA PENNSYLVANIA NEBRASKA OHIO UTAH ILLINOIS INDIANA DELAWARE MARYLAND WASHINGTON DC WEST VIRGINIA COLORADO KANSAS VIRGINIA CALIFORNIA MISSOURI KENTUCKY TENNESSEE ARIZONA OKLAHOMA NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA NEW MEXICO ARKANSAS MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA GEORGIA TEXAS FLORIDA ALASKA LOUISIANA THE ALGONQUIN HOMELANDS HAWAII
