Name	Zaagiganing	Huron	Chizhaazhagwa
Under	Lake	Huron	Long Ago
Under Lake Huron a Long Time Ago.

 

This resource is based on the 2009 archaeological find made by the University of Michigan for evidence of Paleo Indians hunting caribou nearly 9,000 years ago in a place that is now under Lake Huron. This is an example of science supporting the oral history of the Anishinaabeg.

If you are interested in learning more about the discovery you can read the article, Evidence for early hunters beneath the Great Lakes (PDF format) by John M. O’Shea, and Guy A. Meadows.

You can listen to each sentence individually or listen to the complete audio.

Complete audio: Lake-Huron

Sentences

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1.	Niizhing daaswaak shi zhaangaaswi ensa bonigag	mii giimkaamwaad	gondag	bimaadizijig
	In the year 2009	they found	those	people

 

	maampii	gii	midanokiwaagabane.
	here	did	live a long time ago.

In 2009 they found people that lived here a long time ago.

 

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2.	Chizhaazhaagwaa	gaa meyaabaniig	bimaadzijig	gii noopaninaa’aan	mkwomiin eni piichi nigizinid.
	A long time ago	long before now	people	did follow	ice when it melted.
	A long time ago people followed the ice when it melted.

 

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3.	Giiwedinog	nikeyeng	izhaawaad.
	North	this way	they travelled.
	They travelled north this way.

 

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4.	Mii gaa ezhiwebag	pii	gii tkwiindamaa	kwa zhinda kchigamiing.
	This happened	when	there was less in them	those great lakes.
	This happened back when the water in the Great Lakes was lower.

 

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5.	Niizh ge ezhi	gii	tenon zaagiganan wi pii.
	Two there	were	there two lakes then.
	There were two lakes.

 

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6.	Oshme	niizhwaasiing mdaaswaak	ekwa ensa boonigag	gii	ezhiwebad	maampii	nambiin.
	More	7000	years ago	did	happened	here	under water.
	More than 7,000 years ago it happened under the water.

 

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7.	Gaa	giiosenaa’aajig	wesiinhyag.
	Were	ones who hunt	animals.
	They were hunting animals.

 

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8.	Gweyak	pane	zhigaadesewag	adikwag.
	Those	always	walked in a straight line	caribou.
	The caribou always walked in a straight line.

 

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9.	Ode	namebiin	giimkigaadenoon	siniing	gii temigad	geteanishinaabe	baniig
	There	under water	they found them	inside stones	were there	Paleo Indians	long ago

baniig	gaa daawaad.
long ago	they lived there.

 

There under that water the Paleo-Indians lined up the stones to lead them.

 

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10.	Wesiinhyag	wa ni izhaawaad	gii kinoschigaade.
	The animals	they would go	there were signs.
	The animals would go along them as if they were signs.

 

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11.	Maage	da ezhinkaadenon	siniin naapkinaganan.
	Or	could be called	of stone formations.
	These could also be called stone formations.

 

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12.	Miinwaa	gioseininiwag	wa enji	kaandoowaad	ge siniin	gii tenon.
	Also	hunters	were inside	hiding place	stones	placed there.
	There was a circle of stones where the hunter would hide.

 

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13.	Miinwaa	ode	ekwaying	gii temigad	wesiinhyag	wa enji	batanaashkwiindwaa.
	And	there	enclosed	were there	animals	were inside	they were stuck.
	Over there is an enclosed area where they lead the animals into a trap.

 

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14.	Giimkigaade	gaye wesiinhyag	gaa mezhinaashkwiindwaa.
	It was found	also the animals	they guided them.
	It was found where they guided the animals.

 

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15.	Miidash	ode	dagooshinowaad	waa enji boogwinindwaa.
	And then	over there	they arrived	inside a place where they kill them.
	That is where they arrived to a trap where they were killed.

 

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16.	Genwaa	gii	te ni	wa enji	pshigiiginigewaad.
	Those	did	be there in a place	in a place	where you clean the hides.
	There was a place where they cleaned the hides.

 

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17.	Miinwaa	gii	te ni	kindaaganan	wa enji	baasawaawaad.
	And	did	be there in a place	the pelts	in a place	were drying them.
	And a place where the pelts were dried.

 

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18.	Ingoding	gego gonemaa	ziibi	gii mijwaandig	gii mish	ode	maampiich	gii giishkajiiwong.
	At one time	it was not maybe	the river	it was held there	it was then	over there	later	it was a waterfall.
	There was also possibly a place where a river created a waterfall.

 

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19.	Maampiich igo	gonemaa	gii mooshkaabwedeg.
	And later	perhaps	it flooded.
	And perhaps maybe it flooded.

 

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20.	G’gikendaanmi	zaam	jiiman	gii aabjikaaznaa’aa	ndowezijigewaad
	We know this	because	a boat	it was used	to record sound waves

 

miinwaamzinaazigewaad.

and	to make pictures.

We know this because a boat was used to record sound waves and make pictures.

 

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21.	Aangwaamziwag	giishpin	wii mzinaazigewaad	chinooding	miidash	maanaadaasigewad.
	They took care	if	when taking pictures	big wind	and then	they would be ugly.
	They had to be careful to take pictures in the wind or it would not be a good picture.

 

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22.	Miinwaa	egoogiijig	aabdeg genwaa	mzinagan	wii nagadowaad	waankiiendaagwaad
	And	the divers	definitely they	guidelines	to consider them	be safe.
	And the divers had to consider the guidelines to be safe.

 

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23.	Nsostaagwad.
	It makes sense.
	It makes sense.