{"id":15310,"date":"2021-11-14T18:38:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T18:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=15310"},"modified":"2022-12-03T22:12:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T22:12:14","slug":"conte-okibwe-okishkimonisse-9873","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-anichinabians\/tale-okibwe-okishkimonisse-9873\/","title":{"rendered":"Okibw\u00e9 tale: Okishkimonisse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15310\" class=\"elementor elementor-15310\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12cdb58 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12cdb58\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6c73f9\" data-id=\"d6c73f9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37149b8 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"37149b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-anichinabians\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Anichinabe mythology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-01ee268\" data-id=\"01ee268\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74a021f elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"74a021f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\/fr\/article\/ojibwes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wiki<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7316eca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7316eca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0029a13\" data-id=\"0029a13\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36a4769 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36a4769\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The term Ojibwe comes from <em>Utchibou<\/em>, name given to the XVII<sup>e<\/sup> century to a group who lived north of what is now Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Here is one of their tales: Okishkimonisse (in English).<\/p><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-anichinabians\/\">Ojibway<\/a> were part of a series of very close, but distinct groups, occupying a territory located between the northeast of the bay <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/georgian-mythology\/\">Georgian<\/a> and eastern Lake Superior. These peoples who gathered near present-day Sault Ste. Mary are also called <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-anichinabians\/\">Saulteaux<\/a>, a term that today refers primarily to the Ojibway peoples of northwestern Ontario and southeastern Manitoba.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9347 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Ojibwe Okishkimonisse\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" title=\"\"><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ec6bf6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ec6bf6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c23960\" data-id=\"6c23960\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb6ab82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb6ab82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-anichinabians\/tale-okibwe-okishkimonisse-9873\/#Okishkimonisse-saves-the-summer-birds\" >Okishkimonisse saves the summer birds<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Okishkimonisse-saves-the-summer-birds\"><\/span>Okishkimonisse saves the summer birds<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e3ecdf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e3ecdf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c11eecd\" data-id=\"c11eecd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d027ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d027ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A great many years ago, a giant found that he could make the winter<br \/>stay in the north country all year long if he put the birds of summer<br \/>in cages. When the time came for the weather to turn warm, there<br \/>was no change. It stayed very, very cold. There were no wrens or<br \/>robins, no woodpeckers, larks, finches, nor any of the other birds<br \/>that returned to the land of the Ojibwa during the spring and summer.<\/p><p>In the north, the Ojibwa people were in misery. All they could<br \/>think of were the warm summer months, as they shivered all day long<br \/>in the cold. There was very little food left. The animals tried<br \/>to eat bark from the aspen tree as they had seen the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-dene\/\">beaver<\/a> do,<br \/>but they discovered this was a poor substitute for their regular diets.<\/p><p>Finally, the Indians and the animals gathered together in Council.<br \/>They were determined to find the summer birds and make them return<br \/>to the north, bringing the summer weather with them. However, out<br \/>of all the men and animals, it was the small fisher (Okishkimonisse)<br \/>who finally offered to go and find the one causing all these problems<br \/>and bring the summer birds back home.<\/p><p>The next day, Okishkimonisse started out on his journey, taking<br \/>only a small ball of wax to use as a weapon. Day after day, he flew<br \/>southward, the direction he had watched the summer birds fly when<br \/>they left the year before. He traveled a full moon before he finally<br \/>reached the home of the giant. The giant was asleep, when Okishkimonisse<br \/>arrived, but he had posted two crows as guards.<\/p><p>Now, Okishkimonisse was able to move quietly, and before the crows<br \/>knew it, the fisher had dropped down on them, clamped their bills<br \/>shut, and sealed them tightly with the ball of wax. This kept the<br \/>crows from calling out to the giant.<\/p><p>Then quietly, so as not to make a sound, Okishkimonisse crept inside<br \/>to where the cages of the summer birds were kept. One by one, he<br \/>opened the bird&#039;s cages. The birds tested their wings after their<br \/>long captivity and as soon as they began to fan the air, it began<br \/>to get warm. The snow melted and the plants began to break through<br \/>the earth. As the birds flew northward, they brought summer to the<br \/>waiting Indian people along the way. When the birds finally arrived<br \/>in the north country, the Ojibwa people knew that the fisher had<br \/>succeeded in his mission.<\/p><p>Now, the giant had slept through all of this. But, eventually,<br \/>the summer&#039;s heat had caused the wax on the crow&#039;s bills to melt.<br \/>Suddenly, the birds called out to their master.<\/p><p>\u201cThe summer birds!\u201d \u00bb they cawed. \u201cOkishkimonisse<br \/>has opened their cages and let them all escape! \u00bb<\/p><p>The giant was up in an instant and was soon chasing Okishkimonisse<br \/>with his bow and arrow.<\/p><p>He chased the fisher up a rocky hillside, overlooking a beautiful<br \/>green valley. When he reached the edge of the cliff, the fisher<br \/>jumped and flew toward the sky. The giant followed, aiming his arrow<br \/>as he left the ground. The arrow hit the bird, but only wounded him.<\/p><p>Today, the fisher flies high in the sky, but he still has a crooked<br \/>tail. When white men see the sharp bend in the Big Dipper, they<br \/>are actually seeing the spot where the arrow hit Okishkimonisse&#039;s tail.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anishinabe Mythology Wiki The term Ojibwe comes from Outchibou, a name given in the 17th century to a group that lived in \u2026 <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3405,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15310","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25297,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15310\/revisions\/25297"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}