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    What to Do if You Spot Algae This Summer

    Water is sacred. It is the source of life and should be respected and protected. Waterways are like…

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    Tracing Our Roots While We Have a Chance

    Genealogy has soared in popularity in recent years as people around the globe use DNA tests and ance…

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    Ancestry Puzzles: Solved & Unsolved

    Gerald Neufeld’s (Kaahkaapish) painstaking genealogical research has solved several ancestral myster…

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    Community-Based Monitoring Project in Poplar River First Nation

    By Ray Rabliauskas | Photos: Jesse Belle This past summer our Lands Guardian Program started a Commu…

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    New Eye in the Sky

    Birds have always been an eye in the sky above Pimachiowin Aki. Now, thanks to drones provided by en…

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    Species of Conservation Concern: Boreal Woodland Caribou

    Across Canada, industrial activity and wildfires are changing forests and habitat for boreal woodlan…

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    Boreal Woodland Caribou: Fast Facts

    Anishinaabeg in Pimachiowin Aki generally do not hunt boreal woodland caribou—they are smaller than…

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    How to Protect Pimachiowin Aki’s Prehistoric Giant

    Lake sturgeon is the largest fish species in Pimachiowin Aki. An adult sturgeon can be 2.5 metres lo…

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    How to Pronounce Common Anishinaabemowin Words

    Gizhe Manidoo lowered nitam anishinaabe (first human) to Earth and gave him the responsibility to na…

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    How Wildfires Have Affected Pimachiowin Aki

    This past summer as hundreds of wildfires roared across Manitoba and Ontario, more than 1,000 p…

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    10 Traditional Plants to Spot this Summer

    Anishinaabeg hold a wealth of knowledge about plants. Plants are a significant source of food, medic…

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    The Lunar Calendar, Explained

    For millennia, Indigenous Peoples have used the moon to plan for life on the land. For example, Anis…

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    Land Management Plans: Protecting Pimachiowin Aki

    Twenty years ago, First Nation communities of Pimachiowin Aki formed a partnership to support each o…

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    What Birds in Pimachiowin Aki Can Tell Us

    Pimachiowin Aki is the largest protected area in the North American boreal shield. It is home to mil…

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    How Bird Populations are Changing in Pimachiowin Aki

    Dr. Nicola Koper, Natural Resources Institute Selections from telephone interviews and conversations…

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