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Category Archives: Great Lakes
JoAnne Cook: “Water Is the Essence of Life”
Here, on the FLOW site. An excerpt: The Anishinaabek, who are the Indigenous people from the Great Lakes area, are born with an innate sense of our connection to everything around us. We feel the connection between us and all … Continue reading
News Profile on Line 5 and Tribal Treaty Rights
Here is “‘We were here first’: Tribes say Line 5 pipeline tunnel ignores treaty rights.”
Posted in Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, cultural resources, Environmental, Great Lakes, Michigan Indian, News, treaty rights
Tagged Enbridge Line 5
Michigan Radio Articles on Line 5
Here is “Commenters oppose new Line 5 anchor supports, accuse state of ignoring concerns.” And “Animation: Watch Line 5 accumulate 147 anchor supports in 16 years.“
Posted in Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, cultural resources, Environmental, Great Lakes, Michigan Indian, News, treaty rights
Tagged Enbridge Line 5
ETP Spills Two Million Gallons of Drilling Material in Ohio
Energy Transfer Partners’ Rover Pipeline construction spill mucks up Ohio wetlands HERE.
Posted in cultural resources, Environmental, Great Lakes, Research
The Wisconsin Experiment
“Donald Trump’s war on the environment was prototyped by far-right politicians in state government. We can learn from Indigenous communities who fought back in the name of science and democracy — and won.“ In the opening months of the Trump … Continue reading
Spring 2017 Michigan Indian Legal Services Newsletter
Download(PDF): MILS_Spring_2017_newsletter
Posted in Author: Sarah Donnelly, Great Lakes, Michigan Indian, News, Occasional Paper
Tagged Michigan Indian Legal Services
Bringing Native History to Mackinac Island
Here. This has been the result of years of hard work and relationship building. Eric Hemenway has done amazing work on this. “We want to show in the Biddle House that the tribes were not just these passive participants in … Continue reading
Posted in Author: Kate E. Fort, Great Lakes, Michigan Indian, Research
Tagged Eric Hemenway, history, Mackinac Island, odawa
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Michigan Court of Appeals Finds Law Adding Wolves to List of Game Species Unconstitutional
The unpublished opinion is here. The Court found that Public Act 281 (which added wolves to the list of game species) violated the Title-Object Clause of the Michigan Constitution. PA 281 was passed with the provision that kept portions of … Continue reading
