A Native American NFL Franchise?
The Oorang Indians were a traveling team in the National Football League from LaRue, Ohio (near Marion). The franchise was put together...
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Dibaajimowin
Jun 9, 20232 min read
Manoomin as Medicine
The use of wild rice as a food by the Anishinaabek is well established. However, its use as a medicine was a unique distinction that...
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Dibaajimowin
Jun 8, 20232 min read
Black Duck's Sacrifice
Makadeshib (Black Duck) was a brave warrior and early chief of the Pembina Band of Ojibwe. He maintained his home camps and hunted at...
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Dibaajimowin
Jun 5, 20232 min read
More than 1,300 Buffalo in a single day
Noted fur trader, Alexander Ross, described a Metis and Ojibwe hunting expedition that took place in 1840. According to Ross, two...
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Dibaajimowin
Jun 1, 20233 min read
The Sacking of Pembina
During the fall of 1811, Lord Selkirk tasked a group of settlers under the command of Capt. Miles McDonnell with creating a new...
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Dibaajimowin
Mar 26, 20233 min read
A BEAUTIFUL BLUE CAPOTE
While the modern popular culture image of the Metis man is a jaunty voyageur in a candy-striped Hudson Bay blanket capote with a yarn...
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Dibaajimowin
Feb 21, 20232 min read
The Old Woman in the Woods
An old Kukum lived alone in a small cabin the woods. Her children had grown up and had their own homes, but she was content to live in...
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Dibaajimowin
Dec 12, 20222 min read
The Christmas Season at Turtle Mountain in North Dakota
The old French end Indian spirit of Christmas begins at Christmas Eve with midnight mass. After the services are over we all begin to...
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Dibaajimowin
Oct 25, 20222 min read
A Sanctified Hunt (1850)
In the fall of 1850, Father Albert Lacombe – whom served the Red River Metis from 1849-1852, and later became priest at Lac Ste. Anne,...
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Dibaajimowin
Sep 23, 20223 min read
A Tragic Battle on the Red River near Pembina (1840)
In the early 1900s, an account of a battle between the Ojibwe and Mandan was recounted by Flying Nice – a warrior of the Pembina (Turtle...
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Dibaajimowin
Sep 19, 20221 min read
Venison Wild Rice Stew
Wild Rice season is here, and hunting season is fast upon us, so here is a simple recipe for using your Wild Rice and your Venison in a...
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Dibaajimowin
Sep 15, 20221 min read
Wild Rice Season: 1915
Ricing season is upon us. So in honor of this important time of the year, here are some unique, early historical photos of Wild Rice...
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Dibaajimowin
Aug 29, 20223 min read
The Unique Red River People
In the 1885 book “The Indian sign language”, a very detailed description of the Red River Half-breeds is given by the author, with a...
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Dibaajimowin
Jul 25, 20223 min read
The Rules of the Hunt
One of the most important roles of the okitcita (or warriors) was to regulate the tribal buffalo hunt of the Anishinaabek. Their main job...
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Dibaajimowin
Jul 13, 20223 min read
Ojibwe Lacrosse (1804)
When assembled in the summer season at the Company's forts, or at any other general rendezvous, it is customary with them [the Ojibwe],...
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Dibaajimowin
Jul 8, 20222 min read
Pseudo-Science to steal land
In 1906, Congress passed an Act (amended in 1907), authorizing mixed-blood Indians on White Earth Reservation, Minnesota, to sell the...
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Dibaajimowin
Jun 10, 20223 min read
Allotments and Inherited Wealth
The Homestead Act was passed on May 20, 1862, and signed into law by Abraham Lincoln, providing up to 160 acres of land free of cost. An...
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Dibaajimowin
Apr 13, 20226 min read
Bear Woman: A Tragic Tale
There once was an Ojibwe girl who lived a very tragic life. She was one of three surviving members of a family of seven, the others...
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Dibaajimowin
Mar 28, 20224 min read
Enfranchisement of Women
Beginning with the Gradual Enfranchisement Act, and replicated in the Indian Act of 1876, Indian women who married non-treaty Indian men,...
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Dibaajimowin
Mar 23, 202210 min read
A Year in the Life
A narrative covering the entire cycle of the year was recorded by anthropologist Frances Densmore, in 1929, which provides a unique look...
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