Oct
14
2023
Our guests:
Dr. Al Gedicks, environmental sociologist and Indigenous rights activist
Anahkwet (Guy Reiter), executive Director of Menīkānaehkem, Inc.
Dale Burie, Coalition to SAVE the Menominee River
Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 8:00 pm ET / 7:00 pm CT via livestream on Facebook and Zoom
*NOTE THAT THIS LIVESTREAM IS ON A WEDNESDAY, not our usual Thursday*
December 29, 2021
Environmental Alliances with Indian Nations of Wisconsin and the presentation of the GWG Environmental Hero Award
6:30 p.m., Monday, January 17 on Zoom
May
27
2021
“ WATER CELEBRATION “
FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2021
STEPHENSON ISLAND, WISCONSIN
12:00 Noon: Event Opening
Bring Your Lawn Chairs
1:30 pm: Special Guest Speaker:
Dr. Al Gedicks
1:50 pm: Western Mining Action
Network (WMAN) Speech
2:10 pm: Menominee Nation Speech
2:30 pm: BLESSING OF THE WATERS
CEREMONY
3:30 pm: “River’s Edge Trio”
Performance & Raffle Drawing
Custom-Built Guitars appraised at
$4,500.00
4:00 pm Bridge Walk w/ Signs To
the demonstration site
6:00 pm: Return to Stephenson Island to
Jul
22
2020
Apr
11
2019
[L-R: Guy Reiter of the Menominee Indian Tribe, Jud Sojourn, Ph.D. of Center for Native American Studies at NMU. Kathleen Heideman of the U.P. Environmental Coalition, Al Gedicks of the Wisconsin Resources Protection Council]
A local environmentalist group, The Interfaith Northern Great Lakes Water Stewards, is holding three public forums called “Clean Water, Wild Places” regarding the Back Forty project, a sulfide mining project in the Western Upper Peninsula.
