{"id":15405,"date":"2021-11-17T11:42:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T11:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=15405"},"modified":"2022-12-03T22:12:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T22:12:15","slug":"ojibwe-great-white-pine-9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-anichinabians\/ojibwe-great-white-pine-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Ojibwe Tale: Great White Pine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15405\" class=\"elementor elementor-15405\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-98bad4c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"98bad4c\" 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-9346e59\" data-id=\"9346e59\" 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-90b258d elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"90b258d\" 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-4dcea90\" data-id=\"4dcea90\" 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-dd3158d elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"dd3158d\" 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-bd8e521 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd8e521\" 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-5091513\" data-id=\"5091513\" 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-a446b75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a446b75\" 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&#039;s one from their tale: The Great White Pine.<\/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 The Great white pine\" 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-3580b0a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3580b0a\" 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 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data-id=\"d29e7a3\" 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-2fb37a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fb37a9\" 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>Those of you that have hiked or driven through the great Ontario<br \/>Provincial Park that forms most of the Sibley Peninsula and have<br \/>gazed in wonderment at the magnificent &#039;White Pines that literally<br \/>cover the area right up to the Sleeping Giant, may be interested<br \/>to know that, according to legend, these did not get there by accident.<\/p><p>About two thousand years ago, a tribe of Ojibway Indians lived<br \/>on the shore of Thunder Bay in the vicinity of Sibley Peninsula<br \/>and had for their Chief a very wise and much traveled Indian, of great birth.<\/p><p>Golden Eagle, for that was the chieftain&#039;s name, at the time of<br \/>this story, had reached the age of ninety years and was very close to death.<\/p><p>Calling his son to his bedside, the old man took a deerskin bag<br \/>from under the furs and, placing the bag in his son&#039;s hands, softly<br \/>spoke this message: \u201cTi-Baki- Enane, my days are few. In this<br \/>bag you will find many seeds that I have brought from a great distance.<br \/>Take good care of them and, whenever a new child is born to my people,<br \/>plant a seed in good earth for it. Soon, great trees will grow from<br \/>the seeds and my people will build their homes from the wood. They<br \/>will also build great ships and they will prosper \u201d.<\/p><p>&quot;I will do as you wish, my father&quot;, answered Ti-Baki-Enane<br \/>and quietly left the old man to end his days in peace. For years,<br \/>the young man faithfully planted the seeds whenever a new papoose<br \/>was born and soon beautiful white pines dotted the land. As they<br \/>became large enough to bear cones, Ti-Baki-Enane gathered more and more seeds.<\/p><p>One night, while he lay asleep in his tepee, he was suddenly awakened<br \/>by a strange sound, his tepee seemed to glow with a bright light<br \/>and there, at the foot of his bed of furs, stood the Spirits of<br \/>his father and two other Great Chiefs.<\/p><p>The Spirit of Golden Eagle spoke very softly. &quot;My son, you<br \/>have kept your promise well and we are well pleased. We have come<br \/>to give you a great duty to perform. Tonight, the greatest Child<br \/>the world has ever known will be born. Pick the finest seed that<br \/>you have and go to the highest place and plant it at once. All men<br \/>will see the tree that springs from it, and wonder\u2026 Farewell,<br \/>My Son \u201d.<\/p><p>Immediately Ti-Baki-Enane arose and, selecting the largest and<br \/>finest-looking seed, ran to the top of Thunder Hill and there he planted it.<\/p><p>Truly this was a special tree, for it grew three times faster than<br \/>any other, and in a few years it towered at least five times higher<br \/>than the White Pines around it. So tall was it that at night the<br \/>stars seemed to hang from its great boughs.<\/p><p>It soon got the name of the &quot;Great Papoose Tree&quot; and<br \/>Indians came from miles around to see it and each would hang, a<br \/>little pair of moccasins, or a child&#039;s buckskin shirt and many other<br \/>little gifts for the children that had lost their parents. Deer<br \/>and the little animals of the woods would sleep in safety under<br \/>it and many a lost Indian would find refuge for the night beneath<br \/>its friendly boughs.<\/p><p>This great and magnificent tree lived for thirty years and then<br \/>one Friday, it was struck down during one of the terrible storms<br \/>for which Thunder Bay is noted.<\/p><p>Now, nothing remains of this beautiful White Pine, but the memory<br \/>of it is kept alive each year as we place the little gifts for our<br \/>children under the starlit fragrant bough of our own.<\/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-15405","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15405","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=15405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25310,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15405\/revisions\/25310"}],"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=15405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}