MAIN MENU
From the Main Menu you can explore all the contents of this CD-ROM.

As you roll the cursor around the Main Menu screen - the names of each available content area will appear. In the outer circle you will see SEASONS. Overlaying the whole MainMenu are the four themes: FAMILIES, LANGUAGE, CEREMONY, and THE LAND. The inner circles hold the TIMELINE and the SPEAKERS section. Click once on the name of a content area to go to that place in the archive. A small Main Menu icon appears in the upper left hand corner throughout the program and will always bring you back to the Main Menu. Wherever you are in the archive, explore with your cursor and choose from highlighted names and icons to hear stories, or return to the Main Menu and choose a different area that is of interest to you.

Four Central Themes On the four feathers overlaying the circular Main Menu are thematic, multi-voiced stories on four themes that are central to Ojibwe and all Native American communities: Families, Language, Ceremony, and The Land. These are stories about survival as Ojibwes and about surviving culture. Available within each of these themes are branching stories that relate to the main themes and allow students to explore certain contemporary issues in more detail.

In each of the four thematic stories you can listen to a series of speakers build the whole story. At anytime during the story - by using the arrows to the right of the speaker pictured - you can "fast forward" or "rewind" to a particular speaker or "pause" for discussion. You can also interrupt the main story by choosing one of the branching stories highlighted in the sidebar menu.