NPS photo

The reed mat base of an Ojibwe summer lodge allowed breezes in yet helped to keep rains out as did the roof constructed of birchbark panels.

The following brochures are in PDF format:

The staff at Grand Portage National Monument have created brochures that help visitors invision how Ojibwe people survived winter in northern Minnesota and shared their technologies with Euroamericans.

• Biboon - Winter Lifeways of the Ojibwe
• Shared Technology - Ojibwe and European