Gifts of the Earth
Stories of the people who make up the community and
surrounding Lake Superior.
Miigwech -- "Thank-you, Creator, for the gifts of Life"
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A feature produced by Sandy Lyon and Dick Brooks showing gratitude as a way
of life on a Native American reservation in northwestern Wisconsin. Introduced by host Noah Adams, this story aired on National Public Radio's
"All Things Considered." |
Mahnomin -- Wild Rice - The Sacred Food of Anishinaabe
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Since time ancestral harvesting wild rice in the clean lakes and streams of northern Wisconsin has been the way of life. Every fall canoes slide out into "the food that grows upon the water" as the Anishinaabe were directed to do.
Harvesting wild rice
under turquoise skies on crisp autumn days has become a way of life with
"niijii's", friends and neighbors of the Ojibwa Native Americans. |
Tom Goldtooth: A Voice For The Four Directions
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Tom Goldtooth has traveled to the four directions fighting exploitation of native lands. Goldtooth is the internationally well respected voice of the indigenous peoples, as executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network.
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cooking with a good heart for the good of the people
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With diabetes and obesity reaching epidemic
proportions, an Anishinaabe chef in northwestern Wisconsin is trying to
get people to eat healthier, homegrown food. Earlier this summer, on a
very hot day at the Lac Courte Oreilles Honor the Earth pow wow, Austin
Bartold was serving a delicious watermelon salad. Nick Vander Puy from
the Superior Broadcast Network enjoyed his salad spoke to the chef. |