Algonquin

The Algonquin Indian tribe is a known worldwide group with thousands of individuals belonging to the tribe. They are spread out in many places: Northern Michigan, Southern Quebec, Eastern Ottawa and significant places in North America. Tribes were located on each side of the Ottawa River. They are known by other nations that relate: culture, language (Algic) and customs. The tribe managed to have many meanings, one being “they are relatives” (Tanakiwin.com) however, others believe Algonquin means “at the place of spearing fishes and eels from the bow of the canoe” (Tanakiwin.com). Since 1603, the Algonquin tribe has been known to the Europeans due to the destruction caused when the tribe survived without the Europeans. In 1603 the Algonquin…

The importance of the Algonquian native american tribe in the Eastern Great Lakes Region is essential in understanding the region’s political reasoning, this can be understood in the article The Significance of Algonquian Kinship Networks in the Eastern Great Lakes Region, 1600-1701 by Heidi Bohaker, a professor who resides at University of Toronto . The purpose of this comes from an event that occurred in the summer of 1701, author states “the twelve hundred French residents of Montreal played…

was true in the European lifestyle, it was very rare to have a dowry in the Native American societies. In the Algonquian lifestyle, women were treated more as equals. In order to survive they lived by fishing and hunting. The women focused on preparing the crops, creating clothing, tending to the children, and more. The raising of Angus and Ikwe’s children was one of the most complicated upbringings possibly in the history of man. Their son and daughter had to names when they were born. One was…

The story I am sharing is called Algonquin, meaning brother. The story comes from the Algonquin’s, the original natives of eastern Ontario and southern Quebec, Canada. In this day in age the Algonquin’s live on reserves where the land belongs to the tribe and is under their control, in nine communities located in Quebec with one in Ontario. The Algonquin’s speak their native language and some also speak English or French. Storytelling is very important to the Algonquin culture, with the…

The Southern Bog Lemming is native to Ottawa, Canada and is often found in bogs, moist places, and sometimes deciduous forests and meadows. Lemmings are small mouse-like animals that on average weigh 35 grams. The dorsal side tends to be dark brown while the ventral side is a silver-ish gray. Algonquin Wolf The Algonquin Wolf is native to Ottawa, Canada and is a hybrid of the Eastern Wolf, Gray Wolf, and Coyote. Algonquin Wolves are usually found in, but not limited to, deciduous and mixed…

Cinderella There may be hundreds of Cinderella stories but these three are my favorite Algonquin, Ascghenputtle, and Yeh-Shen. All these stories are very similar like all have a Cinderella characters and magic, they are also very old like Yeh-Shen is over 1,000 years old. Cinderella was treated very poorly because she had to stay home and clean up the other people’s mess. But of course Cinderella always gets the prince and they live happily ever after. All these stories have a different view…

In my small New England town, we have a natural gas pipeline that runs right through. The Algonquin Gas Transmission has been around for as long as I can remember, but the issue now is that they are expanding the transfer station in my town. Not only are they looking to expand the station and bring more natural gas through and into Massachusetts, Spectra Energy is also still using fracking to get to this natural gas. Though there is no fracking done directly where I live, this pipeline is…

Creation myth, what thoughts are brought to the mind when these words are said? Is the story itself real, but told behind a lie? Many questions are thrown into perspective when individuals think about the meaning of these words. Native Americans used this type of story telling to put together how everything was brought about in this world today. Creation myth simply means the action of bringing something to existence in a traditional story manner that explains an act from nature. The Native…

The English and the Algonquins at Roanoke. • It was late August 1590 when English ships made their way north through rough seas to Roanoke Island, (off the coast of present-day North Carolina) • Virginia Dare, the first English baby born in America. • Walter Raleigh, a wealthy adventurer who saw prophet and prestige by organizing an English colony to compete with Spain Powerful Empire in the New World. • Although Manteo, from the village of Croaton, argued that their technology would make the…

American creation of the middle ground is found the sexual relations of French men and Algonquin women. Prior to…