Zaagkii Project

(Keshena, Wisconsin) - 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 second of several videos explaining the numerous MITW projects including teaching youth about the legend of the sturgeon and its place in tribal culture, cleaning up the reservation, and replacing gang symbols with Native American art.
In part two, the non-profit interfaith Earth Healing Initiative looks at the sturgeon education classes.
The tribe was creative as it added other facets to the challenge like teaching the children about their 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.
Called the protectors of Menominee wild rice, the sturgeon…

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
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(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…

Upper Peninsula Swan Song: As state continues its betrayal of the pristine northwoods, the Governor and Hollywood use song to promote Upper Peninsula mining

KBIC tribe & environment groups sue to stop "acid mine"

Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and a Hollywood director are using her website to promote an official state song for Michigan - and the song's ONLY comment about the beautiful and pristine Upper Peninsula glorifies mining.

More on that in a moment.

As expected, the state of Michigan continues to betray the sacred trust it has to protect the Upper Peninsula environment.

According to media reports, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is expected to approve permits for the first of dozens of sulfide mines that will soon pepper the northern Michigan landscape.

However, the MDNR decision on those permits has been delayed until at least the February meetings of the Natural…

"Cowboys and Angels": A free northern Michigan benefit concert to battle domestic violence and teen suicides on one of the nation’s poorest American Indian reservations  

Plea for counselors falls on deaf ears - Public support needed to stem teen suicide crisis

(Munising, Michigan) - For the second time in four months, a free benefit concert will be held for the nation's first Native American domestic violence shelter to help battle an alarming increase in teen suicides on the Rosebud reservation.

The "Cowboys and Angels" concert will be held on December 15 in the tiny northern Michigan town of Munising.

Three more Rosebud Teens have killed themselves since the first concert in mid-August.

 

The Turtle Island Project (TIP) in Munising is organizing the concert to benefit the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society (WBCWS) in Mission, South Dakota.

The WBCWS battles domestic…

Racism, poverty, teen suicide on reservations, the derogatory perversion of American Indian names on Minnesota rivers and other locations across the country, and learning respect for the environment from Earth-based cultures were among the topics discussed at a Native American Roundtable held Sept 13-15, 2007 in northern Michigan.
In part two. Tip co-founder Rev. Dr. George Cairns will look at Celtic spirituality - centering prayer - and fighting evil.
TIP volunteer media advisor Greg Peterson has the first of a two part look at the roundtable and conference:
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Inaugural Grand Island Conference in northern Michigan addressed racism, poverty, teen suicide, derogatory location names, and other issues; Centering prayer, Celtic spiritual issues discussed during Turtle Island Project conference
(Munising, Michigan) - Racism, poverty, teen suicide on reservations, the derogatory perversion of American Indian names on Minnesota rivers and other locations across the country, and learning respect for the environment from Earth-based cultures were among the…

A cloud resembling a tural hangs over "Turtle Island" - Michigan's Mackinac Island. Photo was taken at midway point of Mackinac Bridge. (Photo by Greg Peterson)

(Photo by Greg Peterson)

Turtle Island Project fights religious intolerance, racism, and other social issues that threaten the future of mankind

First Nations peoples asked to submit topics for Native American roundtables

(Munising, Michigan) - Exploitation of the earth, spiritual terrorism, religious imperialism, and racism are some of the modern day injustices that two pastors will battle with a new Michigan project that promotes respect for Native American culture and the environment.

Two Midwest pastors have started a national debate on a wide variety of social issues that they believe threaten the future of society and the planet.

"The Turtle Island project will combat what I call spiritual terrorism," said project found Rev. Lynn Hubbard of Munising, MI.

"There is a…

HUMANITARIAN DAY AT FORT THOMSPSON, SD -  SEPT. 30, 2007

Little has changed at Crow Creek since the forced exil from Minneapolis in 1863. Crow Creek is located on the poorest county in the U.S. - Donations needed for event

Located in the poorest county in America, little has changed on the Dakota/Lakota Crow Creek Sioux Indian Reservation in Fort Thompson, SD where 1,300 members of the tribe were forced into exile by cattle car and boat after being violently removed from Minneapolis by U.S. troops who also hanged 38 other American Indians

Humanitarian Day at Fort Thompson will be held on Sept. 30, 2007 thanks to Islamic Relief USA, Christians and Native Americans All low income residents - including whites - are invited to the event that will include a wide-range of medical care, clothing, books, bikes, toys and many other items.

Organizers urge the public to donate in any way…

Northern Michigan family string band White Water perform their unique style of folk music on Sunday (August 12, 2007) at the Custer Lutheran fellowship Church in Custer, SD during a free benefit concert for the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society (WBCWS).
The public donated about $1,000 to battle the teen suicide emergency and rising domestic violence at the Lakota Sioux Rosebud reservation in Mission, SD.
Pictured left to right are White Water members Dean Premo (far right); wife, Bette (far left) Premo and their children, Laurel and Evan.
The Premos of Amasa, MI and have been performing as a family stringband for over 20 years.
The WBCWS has served the Rosebud reservation for 30 years by providing domestic violence services for all women and children including non-Native Americans.
(Photo by Javier H. Alegree, WBCWS Public Relations Specialist; Media and Education)

The crowd claps during a performance on Sunday (August 12, 2007) by two northern Michigan folk groups and a popular Native American singer at the Custer Lutheran Fellowship church in Custer S.D.
Family string band White Water, and duet Duo Borealis were joined by singer Roxanne Sazzue of Fort Thompson, S.D. during the free benefit concert for the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society (WBCWS) in Mission, S.D., the nation's oldest Native American battered woman's shelter.
Organizers say about $1,000 was raised to battle the teen suicide emergency and rising domestic violence at the Lakota Sioux Rosebud reservation in Mission, SD.
The WBCWS has served the Lakota Sioux Rosebud reservation for thirty years providing battered woman's services for all women and children.
(Photo by Javier H. Alegree, WBCWS Public Relations Specialist; Media and Education)

Two Northern Michigan folk groups - White Water and Duo Borealis - and a popular local Native American musician put on a free benefit concert on Sunday (August 12, 2007) at the Custer Lutheran Fellowship church in Custer, SD to battle the alarming teen suicide emergency and rising domestic violence on the Lakota Sioux Rosebud Reservation.
The concert raised about $1,000 for prevention projects operated by the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society (WBCWS) in Mission, SD, the nation's oldest Native American domestic violence program.
Pictured left to right are church pastor Dave Van Kley, WBCWS founder/director Tillie Black Bear, White Water members Evan, Laurel, (parents) Bette and Dean Premo of Amasa, MI; Mary Bonhag of the duet Duo Borealis, and popular Native American singer Roxanne Sazzue of Fort Thompson, SD.
(Photo by Javier H. Alegree, WBCWS Public Relations Specialist; Media and Education)