We wrote to authors about our FAVORITE CHARACTER! Here are some of those letters! Mrs. Anderson mailed them. I look at these pictures and it's hard to believe that this was our last day together. It was a terrific afternoon together learning about SUGAR BUSHES. BouJou (a formal greeting) neejee (friend) The Anishnaabe including Chippewa/Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi are leaving their small family, winter hunting camps. During SUGAR CAMPS, lots of families came together to do work and have fun. The women and the children did the sap gathering and the boiling to make the sugar/Zizibahquat (Zee-zee-BAH-quat). The men cut lots of wood to keep the fire/Ishkode (ish-koh-day) going day and night. Maple Sugar was an important food source during this time. The meat had run out, and they could no longer ice fish because the ice was too thin. HOW DID THEY KNOW WHEN TO START TAPPING? They looked for signs from Nature: return of the crow, color of the lake ice (white to black). Early settlers brought METAL to the maple sugaring process: SPILES and BUCKETS METAL Pot over the fire to evaporate water They later used an evaporator pan on bricks STUDENTS got to try MAPLE SYRUP SNOW CONES with PICKLES and a DONUT... YUMMY!! Lydia STYLES of SPILES Atticus Kingston
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June 2022
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