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Strategic plan targets invasive species
The Superior Daily Telegram (11/17)
Douglas County’s Land Conservation Committee is forwarding a plan to the county board that takes aim at invasive species.
Mich. Clean Marina Program: Public-private partners work together to improve water quality
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/9)
Partners from the public and private sector in Michigan are working together in a voluntary program to improve the quality of the Great Lakes.
Researchers seek funding for wind test site in Lake Michigan
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/7)
In a recent article in The Muskegon Chronicle, it was reported that researchers at Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center (MAREC) cited a lack of year-around data (on wind platform testing) needed by prospective development companies.
COMMENTARY: Senate needs to pass clean energy act to help Michigan
The Grand Rapids Press (10/26)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was absolutely correct with his recent proclamation about the current condition of the Great Lakes State: "The State of Michigan," Reid declared from the Senate Floor, with a copy Time Magazine in his hand, "is in trouble."
First Nation women 'walk the environmental talk'
WeNews (10/23)
Tomorrow's global day of climate activism aims for media and political attention. First Nation women have another way. Since 2003, they've walked the shoreline of a Great Lake or major river, meditating on the needs of an unborn generation.
City making big push for water school
The Business Journal (10/23)
The push is on to convince the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that the best location for its new School of Freshwater Sciences is near the university’s existing Great Lakes Water Institute on East Greenfield Avenue.
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10 | References and more information
Britannica's Eastern Woodlands Indian
Includes detailed information on cultural patterns, housing, transportation, belief systems and more.
First Nation Profiles
Searchable directory of Canada's First Nations, Tribal Councils and Reserves. A service of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
GLIN: Native Peoples of the Great Lakes Region
Includes links to news and upcoming events, current tribal/First Nation web sites, background on treaties and more.
Ontario First Nations Directory
Comprehensive list of the tribes of Ontario.
The Seven Fires: Prophecies of the Anishinabe People
Each of these prophecies was called a fire and each fire refers to a particular era of time. See also: Teachings of the Seven Prophets: The Seven Fires and A Sacred Story.
Confederacy of Three Fires
The Ojibway, Odawa and Potowatomi Nations formed the Council of the Three Fires, a confederacy of peoples whose languages and territories were close, and who met together for military and political purposes.
Tribal Nation Watersheds
Clickable map for federally recognized U.S. Tribal Nations.
Cited publications and web sites
Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History, Edited by Helen Hornbeck Tanner, University of Oklahoma Press, 1987.
A Face in the Rock: The Tale of a Grand Island Chippewa, by Loren R. Graham, Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1995.
Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission
History of the Upper Great Lakes Area. By Lyle M. Stone and Donald Chaput. An historical overview of settlements and relocations during the period 1600 to mid-1800s.
Indians and Other Misnomers. By Phil Bellfy, copyright 2001 by Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, CO.
Indian Treaties. Focused on the negotiations that have occurred between Euro-Americans and three Native American communities in Michigan: the Chippewa, Odawa and Potawatomi.
Lake Erie. By Harlan Hatcher, The American Lake Series, copyright 1945 by the Bobbs-Merrill Company.
Lake Huron. By Fred Landon, The American Lake Series, copyright 1944 by the Bobbs-Merrill Company.
Lake Michigan. By Milo M. Quaife, The American Lake Series, copyright 1944 by the Bobbs-Merrill Company.
Lake Ontario. By Arthur Pound, The American Lake Series, copyright 1945 by the Bobbs-Merrill Company.
Lake Superior. By Grace Lee Nute, The American Lake Series, copyright 1944 by the Bobbs-Merrill Company.
Ojibwe History. By Lee Sultzman.
Sisters of the Earth. Essay titled "Native Origin," by Beth Brant. Brant is a Mohawk of the Turtle Clan.
To Be an Indian: An Oral History, Edited by Joseph H. Cash and Herbert T. Hoover, Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1971/1995.
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