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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: didjuneau who wrote (221349)	2/8/2022 4:00:09 PM
From: didjuneau	Respond to of 224729

Interesting analysis of generational labor force transition - "Perfect Storm" (h/t D. Long) Sounds rather familiar to me - coming from the Boomer, manufacturing workforce Why is so much of our manufacturing getting off-shored? I heard that there are more Chinese engineers graduating yearly than the US has TOTAL in the workforce. Could be solved with immigration, but it has to be the right kind of immigration. What Brandon is doing is compounding the problem. Such a braintrust we have running our show. <unnecessary sarc>

To: didjuneau who wrote (221349)

2/8/2022 4:18:29 PM

From: didjuneau

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"People of the Three Fires": Lessons from early America (bold is mine) sites.rootsweb.com

There are three major tribal groups in Michigan today: the Chippewa (Ojibwe), the Ottawa, and the Potawatomi. They comprise what is called the Three Fires Council. Although these three tribes have similar cultures and share the same territory, there are still some differences.

Ottawa are found in the northern reaches of the Great Lakes; in Michigan they occupy the western half of the Lower Peninsula. The Ottawa people were seasonal wanderers of the land and sailors of the Great Lakes gathering wild rice, netting fish, trapping both large and small game, and hunting large game such as moose, deer, and caribou.

Ottawa people continue to be great traders and craftsmen. One hallmark of Ottawa life is the birch bark canoe. When the French came, the Ottawa people adapted well to the fur-trading economy and managed to avoid major military entanglements with the European colonial powers competing with each other for North American land and resource dominance. They did, however, fight with the Iroquois throughout the early 1600's.

At the point of European contact, the Potawatomi tribe inhabited the southwest corner of what is now Michigan in the areas of Kalamazoo and the St. Joseph River and adjacent parts of Indiana. They moved there deliberately from more northern regions to take advantage of the milder southern climate. Although they shared many traits with the Chippewa and the Ottawa, they lived a more sedentary lifestyle.

The addition of horticulture to the Potawatomi cultural pattern allowed them to establish a more stable food supply and eventually a level of political unity unusual for Great Lakes tribes at that time. Not only did they grow the American staples of corn, beans, and squash, the Potawatomi were famed for their medicinal herbal gardens. Besides enjoying the advantages of farming, the retention of the canoe and a fondness for trading helped the Potawatomi become a strong tribe through the early 1800's when many of them were forcibly removed to Kansas and Oklahoma by the U.S. military.

The Chippewa, also known as the Ojibwe, are the second largest tribal group in the United States with bands in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota, as well as Ontario. In Michigan, the Chippewa's occupied the eastern half of the Lower Peninsula and most of the Upper Peninsula except the northern shore of Lake Michigan. Besides using the resource of the Great Lakes, the Chippewa also intensively used the resources of inland lakes, rivers, and streams.

The Chippewa were nomadic like the Potawatomi and the Ottawa, moving their villages to follow the fish or game. They also were highly skilled at treating illnesses by using the medicinal plants from the territories with which they were so familiar. Like the Ottawa, the Chippewa engaged in fur trading with the French and English and had some involvement in European colonial conflicts.

from American Indians: Past and Present
David Staddon, Director
American Indian Programs, Central Michigan University