Anishinaabek

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Jun 21, 20232 min

A Native American NFL Franchise?

The Oorang Indians were a traveling team in the National Football League from LaRue, Ohio (near Marion). The franchise was put together...

Jun 9, 20232 min

Manoomin as Medicine

The use of wild rice as a food by the Anishinaabek is well established. However, its use as a medicine was a unique distinction that...

Jun 8, 20232 min

Black Duck's Sacrifice

Makadeshib (Black Duck) was a brave warrior and early chief of the Pembina Band of Ojibwe. He maintained his home camps and hunted at...

Jun 5, 20232 min

More than 1,300 Buffalo in a single day

Noted fur trader, Alexander Ross, described a Metis and Ojibwe hunting expedition that took place in 1840. According to Ross, two...

Jun 1, 20233 min

The Sacking of Pembina

During the fall of 1811, Lord Selkirk tasked a group of settlers under the command of Capt. Miles McDonnell with creating a new...

Mar 26, 20233 min

A BEAUTIFUL BLUE CAPOTE

While the modern popular culture image of the Metis man is a jaunty voyageur in a candy-striped Hudson Bay blanket capote with a yarn...

Feb 21, 20232 min

The Old Woman in the Woods

An old Kukum lived alone in a small cabin the woods. Her children had grown up and had their own homes, but she was content to live in...

Dec 12, 20222 min

The Christmas Season at Turtle Mountain in North Dakota

The old French end Indian spirit of Christmas begins at Christmas Eve with midnight mass. After the services are over we all begin to...