The Chippewa were Indians that lived in Southern Canada and Northern USA.  They were part woodland, and part plain.  Because of their weird location, the Chippewa had “wigwams” for homes.  They were dome shaped houses with strips of bark on the outer layer of the house.  Inside the house there were mats woven from bulrushes. They slept under blankets made from deer or bearhide.
 
Their clothing was made from buffalo skin.  They wore moccasins (shoes) that would be made from deer, but they would not last a long time.  They decorated clothes with feathers, porcupine quills, or beads.

Some jobs the children had were to collect firewood, and collect the sap from Maple trees for maple sugar.  Some of the jobs the women had were to cook, and pack up the house when the tribe moved around their wide area of land.  The men’s jobs were to hunt, build the houses that would take only a short period of time to build, and farm their crops.

Some of the animals they hunted for their food were buffalo, beavers, foxes, bears, moose, and deer.  The food the Chippewa farmed or picked wild were beans, blueberries, potatoes, and rice.

Some interesting facts about the tribe are the original name of the tribe is Ojbewa, even though the government (USA) knew the original name, but kept the “second” name.  They told seasons, months, and weather by the phases of the moon.