Mitigoog (Trees) of Grand Portage

A group of conifers and blue sky.
Boreal forest along the Grand Portage Trail

NPS Photo / GM Spoto

 
Two people dressed in orange shirts and head nets are gathering birch bark from trees.
GOCC staff gather birch bark.

NPS Photo

Ojibwe Name Common Name Scientific Name

azaadi

Quaking Aspen

Populus tremuloides

baapaagimaak

Black Ash

Fraxinus nigra

biisaandago-zhingwaak

White Pine

Pinus strobus

giizhik

White Cedar

Thuja occidentalis

ininaatig

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

maanazaadi

Balsam Poplar

Populus balsamifera

mashkiigwaatig

Tamarack

Larix laricina

mina'ig

White Spruce

Picea glauca

okikaandag

Jack Pine

Pinus banksiana

wiigwaas

Paper Birch

Betula papyrifera

wiinizik

Yellow Birch

Betula alleghaniensis

zesegaandag

Black Spruce

Picea mariana

zhingob

Balsam Fir

Abies balsamea

zhingwaak

Red Pine

Pinus resinosa

 
Poster with illustrations of 14 regional trees with their names in Ojibwe and English.
Click on the picture to download a poster.

Poster created by Erik Martin Redix (Miskwaa anang), Ojibwe Language Coordinator, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Download the Mitigoog (Trees) of Grand Portage poster.

Last updated: February 8, 2025

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