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TIP 2008 Concert #1: Turtle Island Project Cowboys & Angels benefit concert held in Michigan to assist White Buffalo Calf Woman Society fight American Indian teen suicide and domestic violence on Rosebud Reservation in Mission, S.D.
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11 mos ago
"Cowboys and Angels": Third annual free northern Michigan benefit concert a success in effort to battle domestic violence and teen suicides on one of the the poorest American Indian reservations in the U.S.
(Munising, Michigan) - Northern Michigan residents helped fight American Indian teen suicide and family violence during December 13 third annual free benefit concert in northern Michigan. The non-profit Turtle Island Project (TIP) in Munising organized the third annual "Cowboys and Angels" concert that was held to benefit the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society (WBCWS) in Mission, South Dakota – the first Native American domestic violence shelter in the world. The WBCWS battles domestic violence, sexual assault and an alarming increase in teen suicides on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation, the home of the Sicangu Lakota people. Poverty, depression, a lack of jobs, drugs, alcohol and other social problems are among the reasons behind Rosebud suicides and family violence. … |
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TIP 2008 Concert #2: Turtle Island Project Cowboys & Angels benefit concert held in Michigan to assist White Buffalo Calf Woman Society fight American Indian teen suicide and domestic violence on Rosebud Reservation in Mission, S.D.
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11 mos ago
"Cowboys and Angels": Third annual free northern Michigan benefit concert a success in effort to battle domestic violence and teen suicides on one of the the poorest American Indian reservations in the U.S.
(Munising, Michigan) - Northern Michigan residents helped fight American Indian teen suicide and family violence during December 13 third annual free benefit concert in northern Michigan. The non-profit Turtle Island Project (TIP) in Munising organized the third annual "Cowboys and Angels" concert that was held to benefit the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society (WBCWS) in Mission, South Dakota – the first Native American domestic violence shelter in the world. The WBCWS battles domestic violence, sexual assault and an alarming increase in teen suicides on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation, the home of the Sicangu Lakota people. Poverty, depression, a lack of jobs, drugs, alcohol and other social problems are among the reasons behind Rosebud suicides and family violence. … |
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TIP 2008 Concert #3: Turtle Island Project Cowboys & Angels benefit concert held in Michigan to assist White Buffalo Calf Woman Society fight American Indian teen suicide and domestic violence on Rosebud Reservation in Mission, S.D.
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11 mos ago
Northern Michigan residents give generously during the Dec. 13, 2008 Cowboys & Angels free benefit concert to help fight American Indian domestic violence, teen suicide
"Cowboys and Angels": Third annual free northern Michigan benefit concert a success in effort to battle domestic violence and teen suicides on one of the the poorest American Indian reservations in the U.S. (Munising, Michigan) - Northern Michigan residents helped fight American Indian teen suicide and family violence during December 13 third annual free benefit concert in northern Michigan. The non-profit Turtle Island Project (TIP) in Munising organized the third annual "Cowboys and Angels" concert that was held to benefit the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society (WBCWS) in Mission, South Dakota – the first Native American domestic violence shelter in the world. The WBCWS battles domestic violence, sexual assault and an alarming increase in teen suicides on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation, the home of the Sicangu… |
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TIP 2008 Concert #4: Turtle Island Project Cowboys & Angels benefit concert held in Michigan to assist White Buffalo Calf Woman Society fight American Indian teen suicide and domestic violence on Rosebud Reservation in Mission, S.D.
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11 mos ago
"Cowboys and Angels": Third annual free northern Michigan benefit concert a success in effort to battle domestic violence and teen suicides on one of the the poorest American Indian reservations in the U.S.
(Munising, Michigan) - Northern Michigan residents helped fight American Indian teen suicide and family violence during December 13 third annual free benefit concert in northern Michigan. The non-profit Turtle Island Project (TIP) in Munising organized the third annual "Cowboys and Angels" concert that was held to benefit the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society (WBCWS) in Mission, South Dakota – the first Native American domestic violence shelter in the world. The WBCWS battles domestic violence, sexual assault and an alarming increase in teen suicides on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation, the home of the Sicangu Lakota people. Poverty, depression, a lack of jobs, drugs, alcohol and other social problems are among the reasons behind Rosebud suicides and family violence. … |
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Keweenaw Bay Indian Community youth protect pollinators in Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project
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from www.kbic-nsn.gov 1 yr 3 mos ago
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community teens and other northern Michigan youth are building butterfly houses and planting 26,000 native plants to help protect pollinators in the Zaagkii Wings and Seeds project.
In the wake of the deaths of an alarming number of honeybees colonies across the world, butteflies are more important than ever in pollinating the crops that bring food, nuts, platns and flowers to our tables. The effort was highlighted in a Sept. 2008 KBIC news story. Scroll down to page four. |
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United States Forest Service hails Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project as "success story"
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from www.fs.fed.us 1 yr 3 mos ago
Native American youth and other Northern Michigan teens are protecting pollinators like butterflies because honeybees are dying by the billions across the world.
The Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project is the latest youth environment project founded by the non-profit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, Michigan in cooperation with the Marquette County Juvenile Court, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) and the United States Forest Service (USFS). The teens spent the summer building butterfly houses that offer protection, rest and an egg laying environment to Monarchs and other butterflies. The northern white cedar butterfly houses are lined with bark with slits that allow entry and are slimmer and longer than birdhouses. The teens plotted 26,000 native plant seeds at the Hiawatha National Forest greenhouse that will be transplanted across Michigan's Upper Peninsula including 2.5 miles along Sand Point, a Lake Superior beach that was the first Native American Brownfield site in the Midwest after being contaminated 90 years ago by a copper refinery. This was the first summer of a four-year project that will include numerous efforts to protect pollinators. Called Colony Collapse Disorder, honey bees are dying by the billions across the world and experts say feral and commercial bee colonies have declined by 70 to 90 percent in the past 25 years. Over the centuries, bees have faced challenges including deadly mites but what alarms experts is how quickly the hives are collapsing. Possible reasons include climate change, stress and pesticides. The Zaagkii Project contributors and sponsors include the Marquette Community Foundation, the Negaunee Community Fund, the Negaunee Community Youth Fund, the M.E. Davenport Foundation, the Kaufman Foundation, the Phyllis and Max Reynolds Foundation, the Upper Peninsula Children's Museum in Marquette, Mich. and the Borealis Seed Company in Big Bay, Mich. "The mystery of the dying bees" by COSMOS Magazine: http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1087 Contacts and Links related to the Zaagkii Project, the Cedar Tree Institute and related topics: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) Contacts: KBIC Tribal Chair Warren C. "Chris" Swartz Jr. 906-353-6623 ext. 4104 --- KBIC Vice Chair Susan LaFernier 906-353-6623 --- KBIC Natural Resource Department (NRD) Todd Warner, Director of KBIC Natural Resource Department Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Ph: (906) 524-5757 ext. 13 --- Evelyn Ravindran, KBIC NRD Natural Resources Specialist 906-524-5757 ext. 11 --- KBIC NRD Staffers interviewed: Katie Kruse, NRD Environment specialist Char Beesley. Environment Specialist Kit Laux, NRD Water Quality Specialist (906) 524-5757 --- Kim Klopstein, one of the summer youth supervisors for the KBIC Summer Youth Program 906-201-0020 --- United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) oversees United States Forest Service (USFS) USDA USFS Forest Service Eastern Region 626 E. Wisconsin Ave. Suite 700 Milwaukee, Wis. 53202 --- Jan Schultz, Botany & Non-native Invasive Species Program Leader USFS Milwaukee (414) 297-1189 (wk) (414) 944-3963 (fax) jschultz@fs.fed.us --- Jane Cliff, USFS Public Relations in Milwaukee (414) 297-3664 jcliff@fs.fed.us --- Angie Lucas, contractor, Hiawatha National Forest Greenhouse Manager (906) 228-8491 angielucas36@yahoo.com --- Terry Miller, forest botanist Hiawatha National Forest Office Escanaba, Mich. 906-789-3319 --- Deb LeBlanc, WestSide Plant Ecologist Hiawatha National Forest Munising, Mich. Office Does Monach Workshops 906-387-2512 ext. 19 ------- Beekeeper Jim Hayward (Marquette Dentist by trade) 103 Buffalo Road. Negaunee, Michigan 49866 (906) 475-7582 ---- Carole Touchinski, Marquette & Negaunee community foundations 906-226-7666 http://www.mqt-cf.org --- Rev. Jon Magnuson, Zaagkii Wings and Seeds founder & Executive Director of non-profit Cedar Tree Institute (CTI) (906) 228-5494 (hm) (906) 360-5072 (cell) (906) 226-5072 (alt. home phone) --- Links: --- United State Forest Service (USFS) celebrating wildflowers website: http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/index.shtml http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/index.shtml --- Cedar Tree Institute - non-profit in Marquette, Michigan: http://www.cedartreeinstitute.org --- Keweenaw Bay Indian Community: http://www.kbic-nsn.gov --- Marquette County Juvenile Court: http://www.co.marquette.mi.us/probate.htm http://www.co.marquette.mi.us/courts.htm --- Marquette County Juvenile Coutr & Project WEAVE: http://www.reclaimingfutures.org/?q=locations_marquette --- Borealis Seed Company Big Bay, Michigan Run by mother-daughter team of Judy Keast and Suzanne Rabitaille cultivating about 5 acres of a 20-acre spread three miles south of Big Bay, Michigan. http://www.ltbbodawa-nsn.gov/index.html --- Upper Peninsula Children's Museum http://www.upcmkids.org/ --- Monarch Watch:: http://monarchwatch.org/ Monarch Author Lynn M. Rosenblatt http://www.monarchbutterflyusa.com/Magic.htm Numerous Monarch related links: http://www.kidsgardening.com/pollinator/curriculum/resources.php http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/butterflies/monarch/index.html http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/monarch.htm http://www.learner.org/jnorth/monarch --- Wikipedia on Monarchs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_Butterfly Female Monarch photo: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/Monarch_In_May.jpg Wiki May 2007 Photograph of a Female Monarch Butterfly by Kenneth Dwain Harrelson Male Monarch Photo by Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) at the Tyler Arboretum http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Monarch_Butterfly_Danaus_plexippus_Male_2664px.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ram-Man --- Bees disappearing around the world: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollinator_decline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bees_and_toxic_chemicals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_Collapse_Disorder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide_toxicity_to_bees http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imidacloprid_effects_on_bee_population http://www.burtsbees.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContentView?contentPageId=531&catalogId=10051&storeId=10001&langId=-1 http://www.polinator.org/ http://www.vanishingbees.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diseases_of_the_honey_bee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_arthropod Wikipedia Honeybee Photos by Björn Appel, Wikipedia Username Warden. Edit by Waugsberg (cropped) A honeybee on an apiary, cooling by flapping its wings in Tübingen-Hagelloch. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Honeybee-cooling_cropped.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Honeybee-cooling.jpg Wiki Bee photos by Waugsberg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Biene_88a.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Biene_88a.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Bienen_im_Flug_52e.jpg --- Keweenaw Peninsula: Michigan's Copper Country: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_mining_in_Michigan http://www.unr.edu/sb204/geology/westernh.html --- West Virginia White Butterfly & killer Garlic Mustard Seed plants: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_White http://www.cbgarden.org/blog/index.php/tag/west-virginia-white-butterfly/ http://leapbio.org/west_virginia_white.php http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5a/3402_white_WV_ws.jpg West Virginia White, Pieris virginiensis on wild mustard Photo by Randy L Emmitt http://www.rlephoto.com/butterflies/white_wv01.htm --- Butterflies/Moths: The Butterfly Site: http://www.thebutterflysite.com/ Children's butterfly links: http://www.monarchbutterflyusa.com/Links.htm Butterfly Encounters: http://www.butterflyencounters.com/ Butterflys and Moths of North America: http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue, coordinators. 2006. Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bozeman, MT: NBII Mountain Prairie Information Node. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org --- Deciduous forests: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deciduous --- Viceroys: Viceroy Butterfly mimics Monarchs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viceroy_butterfly http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Viceroy_Butterfly.jpg Wikipedia Viceroy photo by Piccolo "Pic" Namek http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:PiccoloNamek Viceroy: http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/viceroy.htm Photo by William T. Hark --- Butterfly & endangered species hibernacula: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Endangered/lists/michigan-cty.html http://www.naturenorth.com/summer/bgarden/bttgrdF.html http://entweb.clemson.edu/museum/buttrfly/local/bfly12.htm http://actazool.nhmus.hu/48/konvicka.pdf http://earthcaretaker.com/naturalization/llamb.html --- Mourning Cloaks aka Morning Cloaks: http://www.sierrapotomac.org/W_Needham/MourningCloak_060319.htm http://www.bentler.us/eastern-washington/insects/mourning-cloak.aspx http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/mourningcloak.html http://www.naturenorth.com/spring/bug/mcloak/Fmcloak.html --- Mason bees - bee houses in wood: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_bee http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Osmia_rufa_couple_(aka).jpg Photo of an Red Mason Bee couple (osmia rufa) by André Karwath of German Wikipedia also known as AKA (André Karwath): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Aka Mason Bees: http://www.farminfo.org/bees/mason-bees.htm http://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/bees/mason_bee/ Photo by Kim Taylor of Bruce Coleman Inc. http://www.masonbeehomes.com/bee_houses.php http://www.pollinator.com/mason_homes.htm http://www.insectpix.net/Homes_for_bees.htm --- Brownfield sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownfields http://ncrs.fs.fed.us/4902/focus/restoration/brownfield/ --- Mass Mill - copper processing waste (stamp sands) cleanup: (Search for KBIC in following document) http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/tribalgov/ImprovingPartnerships.pdf http://www.uprcd.org/projects.asp http://www.upea.com/filesfordownloading/Baragadraft.pdf http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/tribalgov/ImprovingPartnerships.pdf --- Dave Anthony & Northern Michigan University Center for Native American studies: http://webb.nmu.edu/Centers/NativeAmericanStudies/SiteSections/Calendar/IEDSHighlights.shtml http://webb.nmu.edu/Centers/NativeAmericanStudies/SiteSections/AboutUs/AboutUs.shtml --- Manoomin Project: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096416108 http://www.cedartreeinstitute.org/wildrice2007.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,215966.%20shtml http://blog.americanfeast.com/indigenous_food http://www.goodnewsdaily.com/show_story.php?ID=3500 Manoomin Project Videos: http://blip.tv/file/549632 http://blip.tv/file/341528/ --- Dreamcatcher: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcatcher_(Native_American) http://www.dreamcatcher.com/home.php --- Northern white cedar: http://forestry.about.com/library/tree/blntwh.htm --- Honeybee decline: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollinator_decline http://www.masterbeekeeper.org/pdf/pollination.pdf The Value of Honey Bees As Pollinators of U.S. Crops in 2000 by Drs. Roger Morse and Nicholas Calderone of Cornell University (2000) : Colony Collapse Disorder (or CCD) is a poorly understood phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive or Western honey bee colony abruptly disappear. While such disappearances have occurred throughout the history of apiculture, the term Colony Collapse Disorder was first applied to a drastic rise in the number of disappearances of Western honey bee colonies in North America in late 2006. European beekeepers observed a similar phenomenon in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, and initial reports have also come in from Switzerland and Germany, albeit to a lesser degree. Possible cases of CCD have also been reported in Taiwan since April 2007. --- |
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Spiritual Sturgeon: Elders teach youth about sacred sturgeon at Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin tribal school during EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge with interfaith Earth Healing Initiative
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1 yr 7 mos ago
(Keshena, WI) - The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin in Keshena held massive electronic and pharmaceutical waste collections during the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge - involving over 100 projects across eight states that comprise the Great Lakes basin. However, the tribe was creative as it added other facets to the challenge like teaching the children about its culture and the close relationship to the earth and its many lakes and streams. All classes at the tribal school taught the students about the sturgeon, that is a vital part of Menominee legend and heritage, said Joe Awanahopay, language arts instructor at the Menominee tribal school.
Joe Awanahopay, Menominee Tribal School language arts instructor Called the protectors of Menominee wild rice, the sturgeon used to spawn on the reservation until a… |
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College of Menominee Nation gives lesson in Great Lakes Recycling 101 during EPA Great Lakes Earth Day Challenge with Earth Healing Initiative
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1 yr 7 mos ago
College of Menominee Nation: EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge and a lesson in Great Lakes recycling 101
Dr. William Van Lopik, College of Menominee Nation professor of the Implementing Sustainable Development classes The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin contributed over 4 tons of electronic and pharmaceutical waste to the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge.
(Keshena, WI) - The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin in Keshena is being praised for its massive cleanup projects… |
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College of Menominee Nation Great Lakes Recycling 101 & EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge & Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative
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1 yr 7 mos ago
The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin contributed over 4 tons of electronic and pharmaceutical waste to the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge
This is the first of several videos explaining the tribes numerous projects that included cleaning up the reservation replacing gang symbols with Native American art teaching youth about the legend of the sturgeon and its place in tribal culture In part one the non-profit interfaith Earth Healing Initiative looks at the many recycling projects of the College of Menominee nation --- (Keshena WI) - The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin in Keshena is being praised for its massive cleanup projects during the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge - involving over 100 projects across eight states that comprise the Great Lakes basin Other tribal projects during the challenge included the clean up of two reservation communities by tribal school students The Menominee Teen Court Panel and many other volunteers All classes… |
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EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge enters busiest week with help from Native Americans, interfaith groups
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1 yr 7 mos ago
(Marquette, Michigan - The Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge has entered its biggest week with help from interfaith groups and American Indians in reaching the goal of one million pounds of electronics and one million pills.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued the challenge to Great Lakes basin residents participating in over 100 projects in literally hundreds of communities that are collecting pharmaceuticals, electronics and household poisons. The EPA awarded grants to some of the projects. Interfaith groups are volunteering in the challenge and participating in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania with assistance from an EPA grant that helped start the new non-profit Earth Healing Initiative (EHI). Trust between religions and participating in interfaith environment projects are vital to protect the future of the earth, said a Lutheran bishop, who has participated in numerous Earth Day recycling projects. “We are in an environmental crisis in many ways,” said… |
