I am a member of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. We are part of the Ojibwe Nation. I grew up in Chicago but moved back to our reservation about twenty years ago. This is my home. Photo courtesy of Liz Perone When the Covid started in March, and people started getting …
My dad lost his arm on May 13th of 1941. He was the yard foreman for the Holberg Paper Mill. They wanted to give him a watchman’s job with pushing a broom afterward, and he didn’t go for that. He did not go for that. So, once he got a settlement, he paid cash for …
When she was younger, my grandma was on our tribal council. She’d always take us around with her, to Madeline Island, to Red Cliff, all over. She’s elderly now, and when I moved in with her she wasn’t doing very well. I got worried about her sugar addiction, and about all the medications that she …
My name is Dylan Jennings, or Bizhikiins—Young Buffalo, as we translate from Ojibwemowin, our language. Photos by Megan Monday “My parents were really young when they had me, just out of high school. They met down by Waaswaaganing, or the Lac du Flambeau Reservation, near Minocqua. They stuck together to raise me and to take …
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People assume just because I live here on the reservation that I’ve been here all my life. But I have to tell them no, I was born in Chicago, and I’m a product of the Indian Relocation Act. Photos by Megan Monday “The Indian Relocation Act was an initiative that displaced Native Americans from the …
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https://vimeo.com/193730795 Marena won us over with her soft voice and sweet, earnest attitude. When we spoke with her, she shared her love of her culture and her experience with Title VII education. There are sovereign tribes all over this state-now-known-as-Wisconsin. We loved hearing Marena talk about her wish. Share This Post Share on facebook Share …
I have the only Native American owned, woman-run cheer gym in the nation. It’s neat because it brings a little bit of a different edge to it. Photos by Megan Monday “The business I own is actually on the reservation, and the tribe was great in helping us start. Being a Native American woman, being …
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https://vimeo.com/151813351 Ma’iingan really floored us. She’s only 13, but she has such grace and self-awareness. Ma’iingan gets to be part of two different tribes in Wisconsin. She came into the Love WI headquarters with her mom, and we talked about dancing. Ma’iingan learned Fancy Dance, which is a type of dance done at powwows, inspired by her mother. Sitting side …
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