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New Project will Return Bison (or Buffalo) to the Red Lake Nation

KAXE | By Maggie Montgomery
Published December 19, 2018 at 12:39 PM CST
Kade Ferris, Henry Donnell, and Cherilyn Spears are working to reintroduce bison to the Red Lake Nation

Cherilyn Spears, Henry Donnell, and Kade Ferris are working together on a project that will reintroduce bison (or mashkode bizhiki in Ojibwemowin) to the Red Lake Nation in northern Minnesota. Cherilyn is Project Coordinator for Red Lake Nation Economic Development and Planning, Kade is Red Lake Tribal Archaeologist, and Henry will be the farm manager. The project is based on a survey of the people of Red Lake and will carry out their wishes for better sources of wholesome, pre-colonization food. You can hear our conversation and the full story below:
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Sustainability Red Lake NationRed Lake Economic Development and PlanningLocal Food
Maggie Montgomery
Maggie is a rural public radio guru; someone who can get you through both minor jams and near catastrophes and still come out ahead of the game. She pens our grants, reports to the Board of Directors and helps guide our station into the dawn of a new era. Maggie is a locavore to the max (as evidenced on Wednesday mornings), brings in months’ worth of kale each fall, has heat on in her office 12 months a year, and drinks coffee out of a plastic 1987 KAXE mug every day. Doting parents and grandparents, she and her husband Dennis live in the asphalt jungle of East Nary.
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