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Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Who We Are and What We Do

Where the strawberries still grow

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now July 2, 2025November 8, 2025

Strawberries are known as heart berries or ode’iminan in Ojibwemowin and they play a special role in our regional ecosystems.

Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Waves of Change

Waves of Change: Meet Ojibwe leader, activist and water walker Sharon Day

by Great Lakes Now June 26, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Latest News, News, Science, Technology, Research

How are science and tradition saving sturgeon?

by Great Lakes Now June 3, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Forests and Plants, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research

Wildfires are getting worse. Can an old technique help control them?

by Great Lakes Now May 7, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, Groundwater Contamination, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Chequamegon Bay Superfund site: History, environmental impact and its importance to Indigenous communities

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now April 28, 2025November 7, 2025
Posted inForests and Plants, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Wisconsin

Groups fight to preserve future of Michigan’s indigenous wild rice

by BridgeDetroit April 3, 2025November 7, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Region, Who We Are and What We Do

Azhigwa Zhiiwaagamiziganike or She Makes Maple Sugar Right Now

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now March 28, 2025November 7, 2025
Posted inDuluth, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

How do you heal a sacred lake?

by Great Lakes Now February 27, 2025
Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Fish, Birds and Animals, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Region, Science, Technology, Research

A different perspective on the fur trade

by Great Lakes Now February 20, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, John Hartig, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Toronto, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Who We Are and What We Do

Great Lakes Moment: University of Windsor to build capacity for Canada’s national urban parks

by John Hartig, Great Lakes Now September 4, 2023

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