American Indian Trails of the West

Minnesota’s OjibweDiscover how the voyageurs opened the West at Grand Portage National Monument. Biboon (winter) is coming! With the coming of winter, for which the Ojibwe spent the other three seasons preparing, came the ingenuity and fortitude that characterizes this far north tribe. In addition to creative ways to insulate winter lodges and use animal hides, the Ojibwe invented the toboggan and snowshoes. The North West Company ran the most profitable fur trade operation on the Great Lakes