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DuluthHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsHow do you heal a sacred lake?
-When a sacred site is damaged after decades of pollution, who bears the responsibility for cleaning it up? And how do we know when the process is complete?
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsScience, Technology, ResearchA different perspective on the fur trade
-Carl Gawboy, a Minnesota artist and Ojibwe scholar, explores the rich history of the fur trade in his book “Fur Trade Nation: An Ojibwe’s Graphic History.”
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AuthorsFeature HomepageJohn HartigLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchTorontoU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsGreat Lakes Moment: University of Windsor to build capacity for Canada’s national urban parks
-Canada is creating a network of urban parks not only to conserve nature, but to connect people and advance reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.
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AgricultureCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationGroundwater ContaminationIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsMinnesota Tribe Sets Enforceable Rules To Safeguard Wild Rice and Water Supply
-Ineffective voluntary pollution prevention practices are set aside for mandatory regulation.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchStaci Lola DrouillardNibi Chronicles: A beaver named Annabelle, her kin, and us
-Raised on Saganagons Lake in the border country between the U.S. and Canada, Milt Powell was a great friend of the Drouillard family. He and my dad had many adventures as kids and young men, learning the way of the woods in far northeastern Minnesota.
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Michigan tribes fight long odds to restore wild rice, their history
-Once abundant in Michigan, wild rice has dwindled in numbers since the early 1900s. Now, tribes are partnering with government agencies to bring back the grain that is vital to their heritage.
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AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsNewsStaci Lola DrouillardNibi Chronicles: A portal to the Burt Lake Band’s violent expulsion
-On Oct. 15, 1900, the adults, children and elders of the Cheboiganing Band of Ottawa and Chippewa were forced out of their beds and made to watch as their houses were doused with kerosene and burned to the ground.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganNewsMichigan removes derogatory Native slur from Oxford Township boat launch
-The DNR is renaming a boat launch in Oakland County from “Squaw Lake” to “Paint Lake” as part of an effort to erase the name from more than 600 sites, including 32 in Michigan.
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Nibi Chronicles: We are still here, and so is great grandma’s lilac
-It was early November 2019 and downtown Grand Marais was preparing for a two-year highway project. Trees—big and small, were being marked for disposal and cut down all along the Highway 61 corridor.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsStaci Lola DrouillardWisconsinNibi Chronicles: Restoring what was lost in translation, one place name at a time
-There are a few early maps that tell us what these places were called prior to colonization, but many of the oldest names once known by Indigenous people have been lost or buried.
