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The Legacy of Chief Blackstone: Ojibwe resistance in Great Lakes history
-A powerful account of Ojibwe leaders Chief Blackstone and his son Bakindeghiizhik. A family legacy of challenging narratives and defending Anishinaabe rights.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageGroundwater ContaminationHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsStaci Lola DrouillardWater Quality and Restoration EffortsChequamegon Bay Superfund site: History, environmental impact and its importance to Indigenous communities
-It took 174 years to clean up the mess made by extractive industries at Chequamegon Bay, a place of cultural importance for the Ojibwe-Anishinaabeg.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsStaci Lola DrouillardAzhigwa Zhiiwaagamiziganike or She Makes Maple Sugar Right Now
-The 1854 Treaty Authority is asking tribal sap harvesters to share the details of their 2025 season in an effort to examine climate impacts on sugar maples.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeStaci Lola DrouillardTribal Governments and First NationsNibi Chronicles: Invisible Borders
-Learn about how the creation of the U.S.-Canada border divided Ojibwe communities, creating issues around citizenship and land rights.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchStaci Lola DrouillardNibi Chronicles: Protecting the protectors
-Learn about Ojibwe culture’s deep connection to the bizhiw, or lynx, an important animal relative in the clan system, while exploring efforts by wildlife biologists to monitor and protect these animals.
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The Right to Consciousness
-On the 134th Anniversary of Wounded Knee, columnist Staci Lola Drouillard reflects on all that’s happened and all that’s been lost, as it’s being recaptured through the vision of Anishinaabe painter, Rabbett Before Horses Strickland.
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Breaking Point: Minnesota’s mining legacy includes massive lake of wastewater
-The Minnesota Supreme Court will decide whether a mining company is required to examine how their proposed expansion will impact Lake Superior.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFoodHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchStaci Lola DrouillardNibi Chronicles: Manoomin as medicine
-The biochemical benefits of manoomin, or wild rice, according to collaborative research being done at the University of Minnesota.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFoodForests and PlantsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchStaci Lola DrouillardWater Quality and Restoration EffortsNibi Chronicles: The Gift of Manoomin
-The rice harvest — manoominike — has officially started across Ojibwe country. Columnist Staci Lola Drouillard talks with her cousin about harvesting and processing wild rice, as well as the importance of water quality for growing “the good berry.”
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AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsStaci Lola DrouillardNibi Chronicles: A conversation about Ojibwe history in Fur Trade Nation
-On Carl Gawboy’s new book Fur Trade Nation: An Ojibwe’s Graphic History and how it’s “a field guide to the Ojibwe.”
