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An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America |
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July 28, 2001 - Issue 41 |
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The Migration Project |
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25, 2000, a group of individuals gathered together and formed a network of communities in order to bring awareness
of the state of the environment around the Great Lakes. This courageous group embarked on and completed a 1,200-mile
journey around Lake Superior. The journey arrived on August 28, 2000 where it began, at the southern shores of
Lake Superior on the Bad River Ojibwe Reservation in Wisconsin. A WALK TO REMEMBER- A SACRED JOURNEY FOR SEVEN
GENERATIONS was lived as a spiritual journey around Lake Superior to bring forth community visions to protect the
air, land and water for the Seven Generations yet to come. The Walk was also the realization of a dream held by
the late Anishinabe Ogitchida Walt Bressette.This summer the same folks that organized the Walk are organizing the Migration Project in order to raise awareness of the pollution and contamination of the Great Lakes. The project will entail retracing of the Anishinabe migration route. The journey will begin out east at the mouth of the St. Lawrence Seaway and continue along to the seven stopping places that are spoken about in prophecies (suggested sites: Niagara Falls, Detroit River Manitoulin Island, Sault Ste. Marie, Duluth and Madeline Island). The Great Lakes are of critical importance to the quality of life of not only the Anishinabe people, but also all other communities surrounding these water bodies. Heavy metal and chemical contamination persists. Fish consumption advisories are widespread. Like the Walk last summer, the Migration Project is about bringing awareness of the invisible and visible threats to people and wildlife. It's also about bringing people together to find solutions in communities around the Great Lakes to live sustainably. Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world. For many people, it is an important source of food, livelihood and drinking water. Lake Superior is also an important part of the spirituality of the Anishinabeg as passed down by our ancestors and oral histories. It is now threatened due to contamination, global warming caused by over-development, and a growing, global water crisis that further threatens the sanctity of its waters and many life forms that depend on it, including, people. On Saturday, July 14, 2001 we gathered on the shores of Lake Superior to offer our prayers and tobacco to the water and to the earth, before setting off on the journey to the mouth of the St. Lawrence river to begin the 2000 mile journey. In an effort to retrace our ancestors migration centuries before, and to try to fulfill our mission to reach out to all people about the state of the environment and the water, we hope many people hear the calling and stand together in unity for all of our children's future. We are thankful to the tribes in the Great Lakes region who donated for this journey, and to all the people who donated tobacco, food, cloth, this laptop,etc.., and to Craig for the work on this web site. Migwich Thank-you. Next update from Gaspe' Quebec! |
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