By: Grace D. and James P.

Most Ottawa people live in Southern Ontario and Michigan.

They lived in villages of birch bark houses called wigwams.

They ate corn They ate melons They ate peas They ate beans They ate squash They ate moose

Water Forests Animals

Michigan has a moist and hot summer Michigan has a snowy and cold winter

Michigan weather changes with the seasons. The Ottawa tribe would have hot and humid summers and

chillier temperatures in the fall and spring. They would sometimes have rain. In the winter it would get colder and snow.

Ottawa women wore long dresses and a long braid. When it got colder they wore robes of rabbit skin.

Ottawa men wore only a cloak in cold weather and in battle. They wore leather headbands with feathers standing up in the back.

Both wore leather moccasins on their feet and painted their faces and arms for special occasions.