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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.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageForests and PlantsHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsScience, Technology, ResearchStaci Lola DrouillardWisconsinNibi Chronicles: Greeting Old Man Maple during the Sap Boiling Moon
-A modest sugar bush on Lake Superior’s North Shore offers more than a sweet treat.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIllinoisIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsOhioStaci Lola DrouillardNibi Chronicles: Acknowledging one family’s knack for finding ancient stone tools
-The Anderson Collection’s oldest pieces are from the Clovis period of human history—delicately shaped points made of jasper or Hudson Bay lowland chert.
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDuluthFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsRecreation and TourismStaci Lola DrouillardNibi Chronicles: Standing strong with mushers on the North Shore of Lake Superior
-The tradition of moving things via dog sled is deeply entrenched in the culture of the North Shore.
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AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeFeature HomepageForests and PlantsHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorMinnesotaNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchStaci Lola DrouillardNibi Chronicles: “The trees of our homeland”
-The Ojibwe word for the paper birch is wiigwaasi-mitig — or Nimishoomis wiigwaas — Grandfather Birch.
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AuthorsBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreation and TourismStaci Lola DrouillardTribal Governments and First NationsNibi Chronicles: Beach at Nishkwakwansing returned to tribal trust
-In indigenous tradition, “land isn’t just land,” and a modern controversy highlights that in northern Minnesota.
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchThe CatchTribal Governments and First Nations
Meet the author behind “Nibi Chronicles”
-“There’s a lot to be learned from Ojibwe history and culture.”
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesJohn HartigLake ErieLake St. ClairLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioOntarioRecreation and TourismTorontoTourismGreat Lakes Moment: Detroit’s benefits of a national urban park in Windsor
-Windsor’s proposed Ojibway National Urban Park will not only reap such benefits in its metropolitan area but in the Detroit metropolitan area.
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Feature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchThe CatchWisconsin
Secrets of Lake Mendota
-It’s believed to be the oldest canoe ever discovered in the Great Lakes region and the second to be found in Lake Mendota.
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AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterDuluthFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchStaci Lola DrouillardWater Quality and Restoration EffortsNibi Chronicles: The “Water is Life” festival goes beyond the music
-In this introductory feature for ‘The Nibi Chronicles,” Staci Lola Drouillard finds hope where the band plays and the thunderbird lives.
