CHS - Language Arts - Anishinaabe History

This is a long-read article. Students may want to skip to relevant sections.

This is a brief history of Minnesota that includes information about the original native peoples who lived here.

You can use it directly above by entering your address, or by mousing or clicking around on the map to see the relevant territories in a location. Once you click, a number of links will appear with different nation names. By clicking on those links, you will be taken to a page specifically about that nation, language, or treaty, where you can view some sources, give feedback, and learn a little more. We are always trying to expand our resources on these pages.

This site offers many resources for research.

This link contains many items, including clothing, possessions, and activities of the Anishinaabe people.

From Michigan Public Radio, a short article about the forced boarding schools in the region now known as Michigan.

This article from the Indigenous Foundation describes the history and lasting results of forced assimilation.

The New York Times detailed the tragedies of the boarding school policies and their aftermath.

From Time Magazine, and interview with historian Brenda Child.

The NCTR is a place of learning and dialogue where the truths of the residential school experience will be honoured and kept safe for future generations.

From PBS, the history of, and what life was like in, the boarding schools.

Trigger Warning: This site contains facts and data about murder, rape and sex trafficking.

This brief article is about how Minnesotans are working to expose and eliminate crimes against Native women.