MONDAY
AUGUST 7th 2017
10am-4pm
Chocolay Township Offices
5010 US 41 South • Marquette Michigan
A partnership of the Cedar Tree Institute with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community & Marquette county’s Chocolay Township, with invited guests from the Continue reading
TUESDAY
SEPTEMBER 15
2015
9AM-5PM
Chicago Botanic Garden
Glencoe, Illinois
TRAVEL DATES: SEPTEMBER 14-16 ~ Registered tribal representatives will travel by chartered bus from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to Illinois.
THURSDAY
JULY 16
2015
10AM-4PM
Tribal Cultural Center
Wilson, Michigan
August 5-6, 2014
Sponsored by Cedar Tree Institute in Partnership with The U.S. Forest Service, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), and the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and invited guests from Native American Communities and the Eastern Region National Forests.
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
KBIC Ojibwa Community College 111 Beartown Rd, Baraga Michigan
Tuesday, August 5 from 9 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.
Wednesday, August 6 from 9 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
This workshop focuses on the emerging challenge of conserving Crop Wild Relatives, those native plants that are closely related to the important food crops that we are inextricably linked to today.
Treaty lands and National Forests are important locations that harbor these essential native plants as we are challenged by climate changes and food security. This workshop will focus more specifically on the USDA/FS and ARS strategy and collection protocols for the complementary conservation (in situ and ex situ) of our two native cranberry species – Large Fruited and Small Fruit Cranberry. Cranberry serves as our “pilot” project in Crop Wild Relatives conservation.
THIS WORKSHOP IS DESIGNED FOR 20 PARTICIPANTS WITH SPECIAL INVITED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY, BAY MILLS INDIAN COMMUNITY, HANNAHVILLE INDIAN COMMUNITY, LAC VIEUX DESERT BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA INDIANS, AND THE SAULT STE MARIE TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS.
All tribal representatives will be provided lodging, if requested, on Monday evening August 4th and Tuesday August 5th. Meals will be provided for tribal participants and a community meal will be hosted by KBIC on Tuesday evening, August 5th.
Jan Schultz, Botany Program Leader, Eastern Region, USFS
Scott Herron, ethnobotanist (Annishinaabe), Patti Vitt, Chicago Botanical Garden
Karen Williams, Agricultural Research Service, USDA
Contact Tom Biron (Cedar Tree Institute) at birontho@gmail.com
or Evelyn Ravindran (KBIC) at eravindran@kbic-nsn.gov
June 2-3, 2014
Sponsored by Cedar Tree Institute in Partnership with The U.S. Forest Service Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and invited representatives of Bay Mills Indian Community and the Sault Ste Marie Band of Chippewa Indians
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
KBIC Ojibwa Community College 111 Beartown Rd, Baraga Michigan
Monday, June 2 from 10 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.
Tuesday, June 3 from 9 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
This workshop will focus on increasing numbers of non-native invasive plants (NNIP) of Northern Michigan and Northwest Wisconsin that are radically transforming our region’s natural ecosystem. Strategies will be explored for controlling and limiting their impact. There will be field-work, lab instruction, presentations, and discussions. Forty to fifty species will be identified. The workshop will open with a blessing from tribal elders and close with a traditional talking circle.
The workshop is designed for 15 participants (2 representatives from the Bay Mills Indian Community
2 from the Sault Ste Marie Band of Chippewa Indians & 10 KBIC tribal members)
Lodging, if requested, will be provided for two nights, June 1 and 2nd (Ojibwa Casino Hotel)
Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included on Monday, breakfast and lunch on Tuesday.
Jan Schultz, Chief Botanist for the Eastern Region of the U.S. Forest Service and
Evelyn Ravindran, KBIC Natural Resources Department, KBIC tribal elders,
Jon Magnuson, the Cedar Tree Institute & Tom Biron, Sault Ste Marie Band of Chippewa Indians
Evelyn Ravindran at 906-353-54757, Ext #11
E-mail: eravindran@kbic-nsn.gov or Tom Biron at E-mail: birontho@gmail.com
You are invited to…
A 6th Native Plants Restoration and Pollinator Protection Workshop
~ For Native American Tribal Communities in Northern Michigan ~
Friday October 4th from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community – Baraga, Michigan
Ojibway Community College
Evelyn Ravindran
KBIC Department of Natural Resources
…along with KBIC Elders & Tribal Leaders
Scott Herron, PhD.
Ethnobotanist
(Odawa, Anishanaabe)
Jan Schultz
Botanist
U.S. Forest Service, Eastern Region
Martin Reinhardt, PhD.
Center for Native American Studies, NMU
Sponsored by The Cedar Tree Institute in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service and Keeweenaw Bay Indian Community
Jon Magnuson
The Cedar Tree Institute, Director
magnusonx2@charter.net
(906)228-5494
~or~
Tom Biron
Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians
birontho@gmail.com
You are invited to…
A 4th Native Plants Restoration and Pollinator Protection Workshop
~ For Native American Tribal Communities in Northern Michigan ~
Thursday September 13th from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and
Friday September 14th from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa – Watersmeet, Michigan
giiwegiizhigookway (giiwe) Martin
Director of Cultural & Historic Preservation
(Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa)
…along with L.V.D. Elders & Tribal Leaders
Scott Herron, PhD.
Ethnobotanist
(Odawa, Anishanaabe)
Jan Schultz
Botanist
U.S. Forest Service, Eastern Region
Sponsored by The Cedar Tree Institute in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service and Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Jon Magnuson
The Cedar Tree Institute, Director
magnusonx2@charter.net
(906)228-5494
~or~
Tom Biron
Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians
birontho@gmail.com
The Earth Shows Us the Way.
You are invited to…
A Native Plants Restoration and Pollinator Protection Workshop
~ For Native American Tribal Communities in Northern Michigan ~
Thursday April, 12th from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Hannahville Indian (Potawatomi) Community in Wilson, Michigan
Earl Meshigaud
Cultural Director, Historian
(Hannaville Indian Community)
Scott Herron, PhD.
Ethnobotanist
(Odawa, Anishanaabe)
Jan Schultz
Botanist
U.S. Forest Service, Eastern Region
Gathering Grounds Harvest 2010, Hannaville Indian Community
Sponsored by The Cedar Tree Institute in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service and Hannahville Indian Community
Jon Magnuson
The Cedar Tree Institute, Director
magnusonx2@charter.net
(906)228-5494
~or~
Tom Biron
Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians
tom@reinhardtassociates.net
The Earth Shows Us the Way.
