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Manoomin American Indians help teens restore wild rice
The Manoomin Project is restoring wild rice to northern Michigan thru the hands of troubled teenagers with help from American Indian guides. Over 100 teens have planted more than one ton of wild rice seeds during the past four summers thanks to guides from several Native American communities and other volunteers including from Marquette County Juvenile Court. The wild rice project was founded by the Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette Michigan and the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community to help the teenagers learn respect for themselves nature and American Indian heritage. The teens are taught social issues like racism against Native American. Manoomin Project volunteer media advisor Greg Peterson has the story.
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Native Americans tells teens about overcoming racism alcohol
American Indian gives hope to troubled teens At risk teenagers from northern Michigan recently learned they can turn their lives around after an Native American elder revealed he has a lot in common with the youth American Indian Glen Bressette of Harvey spoke to the teens in a wooded area on Presque Isle near Marquette overlooking Lake Superior and not far from the burial grounds of a famous northern Michigan Indian chief The teenagers many of whom have been sentenced in juvenile court are helping the Manoomin Project that is an endeavor restoring wild rice to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan Bressette told the teens that when he was a teenager he struggled with racism alcoholism and scrapes with the law Bressette said when he was a teen police shot at him for stealing gas His parents are both members the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians His mother belongs to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and his dad is a member of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Odanah Wisconsin However his parents would not admit they were American Indians while Bressette was growing up because of hatred and racism from whites Bressette said his parents were trying to protect the large family from the prejudice The Manoomin Project pairs at-risk teens and American Indian guides to plant seven remote sites in two northern Michigan counties Thanks to the wisdom of the American Indian Guides the teens learn to respect themselves and nature while picking up on Native American customs and traditions
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Manoomin Music Video honors MI KBIC tribe and teens
Music Tribute The Manoomin Project Teens American Indians restore Wild Rice to northern Michigan In September 2007 Northern Michigan teenagers will plant wild rice for the fourth summer in a row with help from American Indian guides The Manoomin Project teaches at risk teens many from juvenile court to respect themselves nature and American Indian heritage and culture Manoomin means wild rice in Ojibwa and the project receives funds from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community It was founded by the Superior Watershed Partnership and the Cedar Tree Institute non profit environment organizations in Marquette Michigan Wild Rice disappeared from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan a century ago and is now making a comeback thanks to teens and the American Indian Guides In 2006 the Manoomin Project was declared one of the 15 hardest working non profit projects in American by World Magazine the Acton Institute and the Good Samaritan program Photos by Greg Peterson Steve Durocher and Samantha Otto Music Courtesy Detroit Free Press An Oswego Illinois band with Upper Peninsula roots Music written by Andy Wicklund Peter Nemanich Chris Hammond and Tim Obert Detroit Free Press myspace page is detroitfreepress after usual url Songs used in video Acceptance Drowning I Can See the Child You Once Were Written by Andy Wicklund Peter Nemanich Chris Hammond
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Zaagkii Project: KBIC tribal youth protect pollinators
Marquette Michigan Keweenaw Bay Indian Community youth and Northern Michigan teens are continuing their mission to protect pollinators during 2009 by helping butterflies and restoring native plants to areas of the Upper Peninsula The best known pollinators are bees like honey bees and bumble bees Billions of these bees are dying across the world in a syndrome called Colony Collapse Disorder Bees are disappearing and it is not clear why although human impact on the environment are among the suspected causes like pesticides and global warming A world without bees would mean world without food as was dramatically pointed out in the Jerry Seinfield 2007 comedy named the Bee Movie Bees go on strike causing plants across the world die and that means no food no flowers no trees and the death of civilization After bees the next best pollinators are butterflies Marquette Michigan area teens and Native American youth spent the summer of 2008 building butterfly houses that are longer and slimmer than birdhouses and are lined with bark Teens participating in the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Summer Youth Program built and painted the houses at the tribal Natural Resource Department along Lake Superior Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Natural Resource Department Director Todd Warner said the Zaagkii Project is a good way for youth to become aware of their connection to natural resources and nature The butterfly houses offer protection to butterflies that can enter thru tiny slits Butterfly houses also offer rest to migrating monarchs and can be used for reproduction Marquette teens have planted or distributed 26000 native plant including at the Hiawatha National Forest greenhouse in Marquette In the spring of 2009 some of the plants will be planted at several areas across northern Michigan including at Sand Point a beach that the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community has been repairing from the effects of copper mining About 100 years ago the mine dumped copper processing waste into Lake Superior polluting miles of shoreline Keweenaw Bay Indian Community capped the pollution and the native plants will be used to attract wildlife and restore the ecosystem The Zaagkii Project was founded by the non profit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette that has sponsored numerous environment projects The Zaagkii Project is sponsored by the Cedar Tree Institute Marquette County Juvenile Court The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and the United States Forest Service Future videos will include a look at a bee farm in Marquette County that fascinated Zaagkii Project teens Contributors 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 Childrens Museum and The Borealis Seed Company
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