Land
Petroglyph park near Cass City to use Native language
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The new signs use phrases in the Anishinabemowin language, show archaeological pictures from discovery of the petroglyphs and talk about the plants and animals that call the park home.
Echo
Abandoned food caches offer evidence of Native American survival strategies
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A historic archaeological site on the shore of the Grand River in Ottawa County’s Crockery Township may contain the largest collection of Upper Great Lakes cache pits ever excavated.
copper
Copper culture shapes ancient history
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The prehistoric Hopewell civilization of southern Ohio traveled as far as 750 miles to get copper. That was 2,000 years ago.
Nearshore
Poll shows indigenous people more aware of Great Lakes threats
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Among the differences is that 20 percent of the non-indigenous respondents didn’t know where their drinking water comes from but only about 1 percent of indigenous people were not sure.
Echo
Rethinking, retelling Native American roles in Great Lakes history
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Michigan officials are taking a hard look at state historical markers that are offensive or inaccurate about Native Americans and ignore their contributions to Michigan and the Great Lakes region.
Nearshore
New effort to track wild rice in Michigan
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A statewide effort to track wild rice will need the help of tribal leaders who harvest and have already restored some rice beds.
Wildlife
Court upholds Minnesota tribal fishing rights
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Defendants describe use of secretly recorded conversations, mobile tracking devices, interrogations, undercover surveillance as techniques more familiar to drug traffickers than to fishermen.