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Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Featured, 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, Art and Music, Culture, Fish, Birds and Animals, Indigenous Communities, Industry, 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, Culture, Featured, Forests and Plants, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, News, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Nibi Chronicles: We are still here, and so is great grandma’s lilac

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now June 15, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Featured, Indigenous Communities, Lake Superior, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Region, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Nibi Chronicles: Restoring what was lost in translation, one place name at a time

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now May 19, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Featured, Forests and Plants, Indigenous Communities, Lake Superior, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Nibi Chronicles: Greeting Old Man Maple during the Sap Boiling Moon

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now April 21, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Featured, Illinois, Indigenous Communities, Lake Superior, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Ohio, Region, Who We Are and What We Do

Nibi Chronicles: Acknowledging one family’s knack for finding ancient stone tools

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now March 17, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Culture, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Indigenous Communities, Lake Superior, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Politics, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Tribal Governments and First Nations, Who We Are and What We Do

Nibi Chronicles: Beach at Nishkwakwansing returned to tribal trust

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now December 23, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inBooks, Art and Music, Culture, Featured, Indigenous Communities, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Politics, Science, Technology & Research, The Catch, Tribal Governments and First Nations

Meet the author behind “Nibi Chronicles”

by Great Lakes Now December 20, 2022

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