Fun Facts
What does the word Algonquin mean?
The word Algonquin is a french word for tribe. But the Algonquin's call them selves the Anishnabe.
What type of stories would the Algonquin's tell?
The Algonquin's would tell traditional myths and legends that their ancestors pasted down to them.
What language do the Algonquin people speak?
Some people speak English, and others speak French. About half the Algonquin people also speak their native Algonquin language.
Algonquin is a musical language that has complicated verbs with many parts. Here is an example of a word, "meegwetch" this word means
thank you.
Who are some of the famous Algonquians?
Hockey star Gino Odjick is Algonquin from Kitigan Zibi.Odjick is also active in trying to combat alcohol abuse among First Nations youth.
How did Algonquin children live in the past and what did they do.
They do the same things all children do--play with each other, go to school and help around the house. Many Algonquin children like to go hunting and fishing with their fathers. In the past, Indian kids had more chores and less time to play, like early colonial children. But they did have toys, games and dolls this like 18th-century doll in its miniature cradleboard. Algonquin mothers, like many Native Americans, carried their babies in cradleboard on their backs--a custom which many American parents have adopted now.
The word Algonquin is a french word for tribe. But the Algonquin's call them selves the Anishnabe.
What type of stories would the Algonquin's tell?
The Algonquin's would tell traditional myths and legends that their ancestors pasted down to them.
What language do the Algonquin people speak?
Some people speak English, and others speak French. About half the Algonquin people also speak their native Algonquin language.
Algonquin is a musical language that has complicated verbs with many parts. Here is an example of a word, "meegwetch" this word means
thank you.
Who are some of the famous Algonquians?
Hockey star Gino Odjick is Algonquin from Kitigan Zibi.Odjick is also active in trying to combat alcohol abuse among First Nations youth.
How did Algonquin children live in the past and what did they do.
They do the same things all children do--play with each other, go to school and help around the house. Many Algonquin children like to go hunting and fishing with their fathers. In the past, Indian kids had more chores and less time to play, like early colonial children. But they did have toys, games and dolls this like 18th-century doll in its miniature cradleboard. Algonquin mothers, like many Native Americans, carried their babies in cradleboard on their backs--a custom which many American parents have adopted now.
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http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_wh3.html
http://www.bigorrin.org/algonquin_kids.htm http://warriors.warren.k12.il.us/dmann/algonquin.html |