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A Native Plants and Pollinator Protection Initiative

Wings and Seeds – The Zaagkii Project

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Video from 2012

U.S. Forest Service Botanist Jan Schultz: Fighting Invasive Weeds in Midwest/Restoring Native Plants

2012 Zaagkii Project: “Be tenders of the garden” – Hannahville Potawatomi Elder Earl Meshigaud

2012 Zaagkii Project: U.S. Forest Service, Native Americans guard pollinators, restore native plants

2012 Zaagkii Project USFS, tribes share tech, protect native plants/pollinators: Bumblebees/Monarchs

Video from 2010

United States Forest Service sponsored Zaagkii Project featured on Pollinator Live

Video from 2009

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #9: Teens Painting Mason Bee Houses in Northern Michigan

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #8: Marquette, Michigan Teens Build Mason Bee Houses

Zaagkii Project Butterfly Houses: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, U.S. Forest Service

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #6: “The Butterfly Lady” Susan Payant teaches teens about Monarchs

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #5: Terracotta half-life, Marquette, MI band supports environment projects

2009 Zaagkii Video #4: Michigan teens meet 150,000 swarming honeybees with beekeeper Jim Hayward

2009 Zaagkii Video #3: Michigan teens give away mason bee houses, honor supporters

2009 Zaagkii Project #2: Historic KBIC native plants greenhouse, USFS protects pollinators

2009 Zaagkii Project #1: Students make bee houses, plant native species plants

Video from 2008

Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project: Northern Michigan teens, KBIC tribal youth protect pollinators

United States Forest Service

US Forest Service Links

  • Celebrating Wildflowers
  • Ethnobotany
  • Native Plant Program
  • Pollinators Page

Recent Zaagkii News

  • Chocolay Township Intertribal Native Plants Workshop
  • Chicago Intertribal Native Plants Workshop
  • Choosing Between Your Money and Your Soul
  • Maamaadizi II – 2015
  • Intertribal Native Plants Workshop

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  • An Overview of Just How Far We've Come in the Battle against Invasive Species
  • Bay Mills Indian Community
  • Bees
  • Benchmarks
  • Butterflies
  • Celebrating Native American Tradition
  • Charlie Otto Rasmussen
  • Chocolay Township
  • CTI
  • Earl Meshigaud
  • Evelyn Ravindran
  • Fighting Invasive Weeds in Midwest
  • Forest County Potawatomi Community
  • giiwegiizhigookway (giiwe) Martin
  • Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
  • Greenhouse
  • Hannahville Indian Community
  • Indian Country Today
  • Jan Schultz
  • Jon Magnuson
  • KBIC
  • Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
  • Kinomaage
  • Kinomaagewin-aki
  • Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
  • Manoomin
  • Martin Reinhardt
  • medicinal plants
  • Native Plants
  • Native Plants Workshop
  • Native seeds
  • Northern Michigan University's Center for Native American Studies
  • Plant Restoration
  • Rapid Response Invasive Plant Intervention Team of the U.P.
  • Restoring and Recovering Native Plants
  • Restoring Native Plants
  • Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians
  • Scott Herron
  • Solar Power
  • Success Story
  • The Manitou Project
  • traditional Native cultural teachings
  • USFS
  • Youth Volunteers
  • Zaagkii Booklet
Cedar Tree Institute

Highlights 2011

  • 1130 seedlings (native genotypes) planted on Grand Island
  • 24 seed reliquaries designed & distributed
  • 36 bee shelters constructed & given as gifts
  • 58,000 seeds (native genotypes) distributed to local citizens
  • 34 research projects completed
  • 74 cubic yards of garlic mustard and purple loosestrife removed
  • 18 butterfly houses designed & distributed
  • 1870 milkweed seeds distributed

What We Do

The Cedar Tree Institute continues environmental efforts alongside its on-the-ground work with Native American communities, youth and community volunteers.

This initiative makes an intentional connection between the restoration and healing of the earth with the renewal of the human spirit.Learn More →

Support This Project

At the heart of The Zaagkii Project are dedicated volunteers and donations of individuals.

We invite you to join us as a volunteer or with a gift in support of this project.

It’s grassroots support that makes these dreams happen.

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