Marriage Customs

The unmarried girls of the Ojibwe tribe were closely watched by the Elders of the tribe and they were very well behaved in front of the unmarried men. If a man was seriously in love with a girl he would hunt and kill an animal and bring the animal to the girl's parents. This is something that the parents liked because it showed them that if this boy married their daughter he would be able to provide for her and a family. If the parents were fond of the boy he would be allowed to stay and eat with them.
Once the couple was married they might leave the home of the girl and stay in their own lodge for a few days. It was usual for the girl to stay with her family for a few days after the marriage. During this time the couple may build a lodge for themselves so they could start a family, if they do not desire to do this they may stay with the boy's family. Mrs. Julia Spears was from the Ojibwe tribe (the location was near Odanah Wis.) when she remembered that the chief of the tribe had a daughter who was getting married. The chief had his wife build a wigwam.(A wigwam is a home for the Ojibwe.) When the couple was ready to start their life together they would move into the already furnished wigwam.

The Dakota Conflict

I think that the Europeans are at fault for starting the Dakota Conflict because they invaded a land that was not theirs. They wanted the Native Americans to leave the land that had been theirs for hundreds of years.
When the Europeans came over they caught all of the animals that the Native Americans had caught for the years before the Europeans came over. There was very few animals left because it was winter and the Dakota were starving, so they went to the Europeans for food when they didn't give them any they stole some. This made the Europeans very angry and they said"Let them eat grass." This was highly offensive to the Dakota because to them that said the Europeans thought of them as animals. And that is what I think of the Dakota Conflict.