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Added: 21-03-2008
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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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