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A Symbol of Survival: Red Pine Peels and Ojibwe Canoe Factories | Great Lakes Now

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A Symbol of Survival: Red Pine Peels and Ojibwe Canoe Factories

“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.

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NICOLA TOMPKINS Nicola Tompkins, age 53 years, passed peacefully at University Hospital on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Loving mother of Dax Tompkins. Dear daughter of David and Sheila Willatts. Sister … Continue reading Obituary – Nicola Tompkins

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Great Lakes Moment: An ecosystem approach | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Moment: An ecosystem approach

Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS.

Traditional natural resource management used to focus on individual issues, like controlling pollution from industries and municipal wastewater treatment plants or managing a single species.

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