Staci Lola Drouillard Archives | Great Lakes Now https://www.greatlakesnow.org/category/about-great-lakes-now/who-we-are/authors/staci-lola-drouillard/ Great Lakes Now shares stories about the unique culture and history of the Great Lakes basin Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:18:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cropped-gln-avatar-32x32.jpg Staci Lola Drouillard Archives | Great Lakes Now https://www.greatlakesnow.org/category/about-great-lakes-now/who-we-are/authors/staci-lola-drouillard/ 32 32 Chequamegon Bay Superfund site: History, environmental impact and its importance to Indigenous communities https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/04/chequamegon-bay-superfund-site-history-impact-importance-to-indigenous-communities/ Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:35:39 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=42232 Chequamegon Bay Superfund site: History, environmental impact and its importance to Indigenous communities

Chequamegon Bay plays a significant role in our human lives, including past residents like the Huron and Ottawa; and current residents, the Ojibwe-Anishinaabeg, who have gathered and made history there for a millennia. An oblong, shallow bay (61 feet at the deepest point), on the south shore of Lake Superior, the water also holds dark history as a federal Superfund site.

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Azhigwa Zhiiwaagamiziganike or She Makes Maple Sugar Right Now https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/03/she-makes-maple-sugar-right-now/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/03/she-makes-maple-sugar-right-now/#respond Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:04:26 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=41705 Azhigwa Zhiiwaagamiziganike or She Makes Maple Sugar Right Now

“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.

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Nibi Chronicles: Invisible Borders https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/nibi-chronicles-invisible-borders/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/nibi-chronicles-invisible-borders/#respond Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:01:04 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=41095 Nibi Chronicles: Invisible Borders

“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.

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Nibi Chronicles: Protecting the protectors https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/protecting-the-protectors/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/protecting-the-protectors/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:35:06 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=40615 Nibi Chronicles: Protecting the protectors

“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.

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The Right to Consciousness https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/12/the-right-to-consciousness/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/12/the-right-to-consciousness/#respond Fri, 27 Dec 2024 17:57:26 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=39978 The Right to Consciousness

Picasso’s Guernica bursts forth in a jumble of body parts, animals crying out in pain and heavy layers of historical context, created to tell the story of a physical battle. The original oil painting is 11.5 feet tall by 25.5 feet long and can be seen in person at the Reina Sofía Museum, Spain’s national modern and contemporary art center in Madrid.

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Breaking Point: Minnesota’s mining legacy includes massive lake of wastewater https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/11/breaking-point-minnesotas-mining-legacy-includes-massive-lake-of-wastewater/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/11/breaking-point-minnesotas-mining-legacy-includes-massive-lake-of-wastewater/#respond Tue, 26 Nov 2024 17:37:23 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=39665 Breaking Point: Minnesota’s mining legacy includes massive lake of wastewater

“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.

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Nibi Chronicles: Manoomin as medicine https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/10/nibi-chronicles-manoomin-as-medicine/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/10/nibi-chronicles-manoomin-as-medicine/#respond Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:59:51 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=39130 Nibi Chronicles: Manoomin as medicine

“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.

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Nibi Chronicles: The Gift of Manoomin https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/09/nibi-chronicles-the-gift-of-manoomin/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/09/nibi-chronicles-the-gift-of-manoomin/#respond Fri, 27 Sep 2024 16:56:31 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=38679 Nibi Chronicles: The Gift of Manoomin

“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.

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Nibi Chronicles: A conversation about Ojibwe history in Fur Trade Nation https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/08/nibi-chronicles-conversation-about-ojibwe-history-in-fur-trade-nation/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/08/nibi-chronicles-conversation-about-ojibwe-history-in-fur-trade-nation/#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2024 22:40:42 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=38297 Nibi Chronicles: A conversation about Ojibwe history in Fur Trade Nation

“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.

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Ojibwemodaa! Let’s speak Ojibwe! https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/07/ojibwemodaa-lets-speak-ojibwe/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/07/ojibwemodaa-lets-speak-ojibwe/#respond Fri, 26 Jul 2024 17:31:41 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=37803 Ojibwemodaa! Let’s speak Ojibwe!

“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.

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