Boreal Forest Web Resources

Glaciers and the Pleistocene Ice Age:

Great Lakes' Shoreline Geology: http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/geog/shoreline/shore_1.html

All About Glaciers: http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/glaciers/

Two Sixth-Graders' Report on Glaciers (well done!) http://www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/ocean/oglacier.html

Lake Agassiz' Geological Information:
http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/basins/redriver/agassiz.html

Quick Facts about Lake Agassiz: http://www.cs.umn.edu/research/Agassiz/agassiz_facts.html

Annishnabeg History and Culture

A scholarly look at Ojibwe history, population, and impacts on North American history: http://www.tolatsga.org/ojib.html

Archeology of The First People: http://www.usd.edu/anth/epa/paleo.html

Very Interesting Facts about Minnesota's First Inhabitants: http://newdeal.feri.org/guides/mn/ch03.htm

A Brief History of Ojibwe History by the Mille Lacs Band: http://www.millelacsojibwe.org/culture.html

History of Ojibwe People: http://groups.msn.com/asinglestandingteepee/ojibwehistory.msnw

European Exploration and the Rise of the Fur Trade

The History of the North West Company, with links to important explorers: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/24/h24-1601-e.html

Alexander Mackenzie: General Biographies

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/lewis_clark/ch4-27.html http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/6/h6-221-e.html

Peter Pond General Biography	http://www.peterpondsociety.com/pondbio.html
Simon Frasier General Biographies	http://www.sfu.ca/archives/sf-explorer.html http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/24/h24-1640-e.html

HBC's Exceptional Educational Links and Resources Page: http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/sitemap/sitemap_e.html

The White Oak Society's Voyageur Information http://www.whiteoak.org/learning/voyageur.shtml

Great Beaver Links

Learn more about where beavers live: http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/beaver.htm

Pictures of Beaver Lodges: http://www.mc-mncppc.org/environment/beaver/lodgpic2.shtm

Ojibwe Art and Culture

Great Information About Ojibwe Traditional Ojibwe Art: http://www.millelacsojibwe.org/culture.html

Examples of Ojibwe bead work: http://www.kstrom.net/isk/art/beads/bando1.html

Information and photos of Birch Bark Biting, a form of tradional Ojibwe art: http://www.lights.com/waterways/native/biting.htm

Examples of Ojibwe Birch Bark Baskets: http://www.avag.ca/baskets/barkbask.html

Ojibwe Games and Leisure: http://www.millelacsojibwe.org/culture37story.html

Wonderful Interpretation of the Ojibwe Creation Story: http://www.millelacsojibwe.org/culture38story.html

A Single Standing Teepee: Online Native American Community with links to Myths, Prayers, History, etc. http://groups.msn.com/asinglestandingteepee/earthhealingprayer.msnw

Ojibwe Rice Gathering History and Methods: http://www.millelacsojibwe.org/culture19story.html

Nanabajoo's Discovery of Wild Rice (Myth): http://www.findarticles.com/m0GER/1999_Winter/58458672/p1/article.jhtml

Seasons of the Ojibwe: http://www.uwec.edu/greider/Indigenous/Woodlands/Odawa/seasons_of_the_ojibwe.htm

What the Voyageurs Ate: http://www.mpls.k12.mn.us/marcy/SA/reports/Kearney,%09Esther/Food.html

Building Birch Bark Canoes

Joe River's Birch Bark Canoe Website: http://www.cyberus.ca/~jriver/

How to Build a Birch Bark Canoe: http://home.achilles.net/~judyk/birchbarkcanoe/buildingpage/building.htm

The History of the Canoe: http://www.canoe.ca/AllAboutCanoes/home.html

Gathering Supplies to Build a Birch Bark Canoe: http://www.northwestjournal.ca/VIII4.htm