ALGONQUIN

WHERE DID THEY COME FROM

• They lived by the banks of the Ottawa river
• Unfortunately the iroquois drove them away from their home
• Agonguin now live in southern ontario and parts of Quebec

TRAVEL AND HUNTING

• In the summer they would travel by canoe
• In the winter months they used sleds for travel
• The Algonquin hunted game and collected edible plants
• They used these techniques all year round

WERE THEY NOMADIC?

• The Algonquin were semi nomadic people
• This means they would fallow the game in their territory
• Algonquin would move their settlements around the area where they hunted
• They also followed to where the best fishing and berry picking spots

ALGONQUIN BELIEFS

• They believed in a great spirit
• It's name was kitichie manitou
• This spirit was in living and no living things
• They believed only shaman could speak to him
• This spirit was the life force of everything

ALGONQUIN LANGAUGE

• The Algonquin still speak their original language
• OR SPECIFICALLY "OMAMIWIMININIMOWIN."
• It is similar to the nipissing groups language

ALGONQUIN HERITAGE TODAY

• We celebrate their heritage every year
• To do this we reenact when the chiefs met Samuel de Champlain
• Both native peoples and European people attend this event

BACK ROUND KNOWLEDGE

• Algonquins were the first to befriend the French
• The Algonquin name of origin was anishinabeg
• This means human beings or more specifically real people
• The Algonquin had a big part in helping with the founding of Quebec City