Prepared for intermediate and secondary teachers and students, this unit is intended to improve public speaking, listening, and memory skills of students and to teach them about the Ojibwe tribe, its leaders, and the values expressed in their speeches. Introductory material provides a brief history of the Ojibwe tribe and discusses the oral tradition by which stories, songs, speeches, and advice were handed down from generation to generation. Objectives for students and teaching strategies are listed along with 18 supplemental oral language activities including role-playing, mini-conversations, skits, and debates. Objectives for students are listed for public speaking, listening, and memory and include use of appropriate speaking voice and posture, expression of feeling, listening with attention and respect, evaluating what and how things are said, and recalling information from speeches. Texts of 16 speeches by various Ojibwe leaders comprise the bulk of the unit. The first 5 speeches are relatively short--150 words or less--and are followed by key facts about the speaker's life and a paraphrase of the speech. The unit includes a pronunciation guide for Ojibwe names, a map of Ojibwe reservations and communities, and numerous black-and-white illustrations including portraits of many Ojibwe leaders. (JHZ)