You are invited to…
A 4th Native Plants Restoration and Pollinator Protection Workshop
~ For Native American Tribal Communities in Northern Michigan ~

Thursday September 13^th from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and
Friday September 14^th from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa – Watersmeet, Michigan

Kinomaage

Teachings from the Earth

• An overview of native plant restoration and pollinator-protection efforts among Native American tribal communities
• Native seeds and components of restoration: harvesting, cleaning, storing
• Insights into traditional Native cultural teachings, medicinal plants & wild rice seeding and harvesting

Special Presenters

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

With invited representatives from:

• Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
• Keeweenaw Bay Indian Community
• Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians
• Hannahville Indian Community
• Bay Mills Indian Community
• Northern Michigan University’s Center for Native American Studies

Sponsored by The Cedar Tree Institute in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service and Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

For More Information:

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.