Swartz Creek Anishinaabe

Anishinaabe is the name of the Swartz Creek Indian education group here in Swartz Creek. For more information on the group please contact Cheryl Spaniola Program Director Office: 810-591-4361.

Anishinaabe Displays Traditional Indian Wear at Swartz Creek Hometown Days.

The weather on Sunday June 3rd may have turned rainy and caused the cancellation of the Anishinaabe presentation of traditional Indian wear but their spirits were soaring high as members posed for our cameras inside the teepee set up at their display. From traditional deer skin dresses to colorful cloth adorned in fur and bone members from school age through adult showed off period clothing styles of Indians in the region. Hometown Days attendees were also treated to view a teepee set up on the grounds and had the opportunity to see what the life would have been like to live Indian style. Information and demonstrations were available all weekend at the Anishinaabe display. For more information on what was available or to become involved in this group contact Cheryl Spaniola at 810-591-4361.

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Photos and article submitted by Cheryl Spaniola.

Anishinaabe Kinoomaagewin (Indian Education) middle & high school students have been doing wood burning on their feather boxes. Thanks to a father who made the boxes for the classes! Ojibwe language & games are included with the activities, also.

Anishinaabe Kinoomaagewin middle & high school students are also painting a mural in the hallway outside of the program office, in the Mary Crapo building, quite the artists, mixing their own colors and even cleaning up! Come by and see their artwork!

Anishinaabe Kinoomaagewin elementary students are also doing painting and artwork, on picture frames donated to the program by an art teacher (miigwech!). These have been very fun projects, along with the Ojibwe language they’ve learned that go along with the activities.

The program committee plans to have the tipi set up at Hometown Days again this year, be sure to look for us and check out the site, down in the field on the south end of the Morrish Road part of the activities during the weekend. If you missed this last year, you didn’t go far enough south and east into the field!