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I’m working to revitalize an Indigenous language and bring it into the future

The Conversation — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 19:00:57 +0000

By John-Paul Chalykoff, Algoma University

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Language is foundational to Indigenous communities, including my own, and a vital connection to our cultures.

It is well documented how residential schools in Canada and boarding schools in the U.S.

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Judge orders segment of Enbridge’s Line 5 shut down and moved off of Native American land

Michigan Radio — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 16:40:43 +0000

By Lester Graham, Michigan Radio

The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Radio, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.

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Michigan tribes, state reach tentative deal on Great Lakes fishing access

Bridge Michigan — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 16:00:08 +0000

By Kelly House, Bridge Michigan

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Nibi Chronicles: Beach at Nishkwakwansing returned to tribal trust

Staci Lola Drouillard — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 17:00:51 +0000

Editor’s Note: “Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is authored by Staci Lola Drouillard. A direct descendant of the Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe, she lives and works in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her two books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and she is at work on a children’s story.

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The Catch: Meet the author behind “Nibi Chronicles”

GLN Editor — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 17:00:21 +0000

Broadcasting in our monthly PBS television program, The Catch is a Great Lakes Now series that brings you more news about the lakes you love. Go beyond the headlines with reporters from around the region who cover the lakes and drinking water issues. Find all the work HERE.

This month, The Catch features a conversation with Staci Lola Drouillard, a new Great Lakes Now contributor.

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The Catch: The Latest on Enbridge Line 3

GLN Editor — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 17:00:50 +0000

This month, The Catch features a story about Enbridge Energy.

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Minnesota Ojibwe harvest sacred, climate-imperiled wild rice

The Associated Press — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 17:00:28 +0000

By Giovanna Dell’Orto, Associated Press

ON LEECH LAKE, Minnesota (AP) — Seated low in her canoe sliding through a rice bed on this vast lake, Kendra Haugen used one wooden stick to bend the stalks and another to knock the rice off, so gently the stalks sprung right back up.

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Judge: Pipeline can operate on reservation amid reroute work

The Associated Press — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 15:00:44 +0000

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge will allow an oil and gas pipeline to continue to flow on a northern Wisconsin American Indian reservation while its operators work to reroute the line around the tribal land.

The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa sued Enbridge in 2019 demanding it remove the section of line that runs across the tribe’s reservation in Ashland County.

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Living water: Northern Indigenous communities’ use and perceptions of drinking water

The Conversation — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 20:00:41 +0000

By Mylène Ratelle, University of Waterloo, and Jessie Yakeleya, Sahtu Renewable Resources Board, The Conversation

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In Indigenous communities that have lacked access to safe water for years, getting access to a safe water supply is crucial.

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In Minnesota, the PolyMet mine pits renewable energy needs against tribes and the EPA

Grist — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 18:00:23 +0000

By Diana Kruzman, Grist

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Northeastern Minnesota’s Iron Range has been a major mining hub since the 1860s. Nestled among thick forests and many of the state’s famed “10,000 lakes,” open-pit mines there produce low-grade iron ore that’s shipped to steel mills around the country.

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