Traditional Ojibway Resources in the Western Great Lakes

• Main Authors: Zedeño, M. Nieves, Stoffle, Richard, W., Pittaluga, Fabio, Dewey -Hefley, Genevieve, Basaldú, R. Christopher, Porter, Maria
• Other Authors: Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Bureau of Applied Research in Applied Anthropology 2001
• Subjects: Ojibway; Cultural Resources; Cultural Landscapes; Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore; Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore; Apostle Islands National Lakeshore; Voyageurs National Park; Voya; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/292680

This was an applied ethnographic study of natural and cultural resources of contemporary significance for American Ojibway' tribes and Canadian Ojibway First Nations that are or were once present within or in the immediate vicinity of four National Park Service (NPS) units in the Midwest Region: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (SLBE), Michigan; Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO), Michigan; Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (APIS), Wisconsin; and Voyageurs National Park (VOYA), Minnesota. The main objective of this study, according to the Scope of Work (SOW) of 1996, was to develop a documented basis of knowledge regarding historic and current use of resources by culturally affiliated Native American tribes that should help park managers anticipate Native American resource use issues that may confront them in the future and thus be better prepared to deal with them in an informed and culturally sensitive manner. The study also was to provide recommendations regarding preservation, monitoring, mitigation, interpretation, and use access issues. The research was designed to provide a historical and ethnographic overview and assessment of Native American, Southwestern Ojibway in particular, land and resource use as it pertains to the region where the parks are located, and to each park unit. This study also provided an inventory of ethnographic resources known to have been significant for culturally affiliated Southwestern Ojibway tribes at different points in time. This item is part of the Richard Stoffle Collection. It was digitized from a physical copy provided by Richard Stoffle, Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. For more information about items in this collection, please email Special Collections, [e-mail].