Birchbark House

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an older member of a community who is respected for his or her knowledge and wisdom

• elder

• oral history

• Dakota

• Anishinaabe

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stories passed down from generation to generation

• treat

• kinship

• tradition

• oral history

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values and beliefs passed from generation to generation

• indigenous

• tradition

• oral history

• treaty

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anything of value that is owned or controlled

• kinship

• elder

• property

• resources

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a small kinship-based group of foragers who hunt and gather for a living over a particular territory

• band (tribe)

• kinship

• elder

• treaty

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Dakota term that inspired the name of the state of Minnesota. It means, "land where the waters are so clear they reflect the clouds in the sky."

• Dakota

• Ojibwe

• Mni Sota Makoce

• Anishinaabe

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Name of the oldest tribal members to inhabit Minnesota territory; means "friends" or "allies"

• Ojibwe

• Dakota

• Anishinaabe

• Mni Sota Makoce

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each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun.

• tradition

• treaty

• resources

• seasons

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A source or supply or support

• property

• treaty

• resources

• seasons

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native to a certain area

• indigenous

• Dakota

• Ojibwe

• Anishinaabe