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AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicClimate ChangeFeature HomepageForests and PlantsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorMinnesotaNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchNibi 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 SailingFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreation and TourismTribal 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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AuthorsDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory 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 MusicDrinking WaterDuluthFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchWater 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.
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Capri CafaroFeature HomepageFoodHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreation and TourismThe ProvincesTourismCoastal craft beers come to Lake Superior
-Ontario’s microbreweries are teaming up for an ale trail or IPA itinerary for tourists and locals.
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APClimate ChangeFoodHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchTribal Governments and First NationsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMinnesota Ojibwe harvest sacred, climate-imperiled wild rice
-Wild rice is sacred to Indigenous peoples in the region, because it’s part of their creation story — and because for centuries it staved off starvation during harsh winters.
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Energy News RoundupEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingHistory and CultureIllinoisIndianaIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWisconsinEnergy News Roundup: New climate laws impact states, energy bill assistance in Illinois
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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APEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeTribal Governments and First NationsJudge: Pipeline can operate on reservation amid reroute work
-A judge will allow an oil and gas pipeline to continue to flow on a northern Wisconsin reservation while its operators work to reroute the line around the tribal land.
