Hello, and welcome back to ViFF Blogs. This week, the interns finalized what they would be focusing on for the project: wind damage. They will be looking at how the 2007 tornado affected the Menominee forest by comparing disturbed and non-disturbed areas. With that, the interns finally listened to their parents and spent some time…
On Wednesday, June 19th, 2019 the Sustainability Leadership Cohort had the privilege of meeting with the Cohort’s Cultural Elder/Advisor Dolly Potts. Dolly Potts brought her wisdom of the Seven Grandfather Teachings to the SLC students. The Seven Grandfather teachings that Dolly shared with the students were: Wisdom (Nepuakan) - To cherish knowledge is to know…
Week 1 Last Thursday wrapped up the first week of the 2019 Sustainability Leadership Cohort (SLC). The SLC currently has 20 young leaders who are excited to learn and grow over the summer. Each student was placed into teams and has a mentor to help guide them throughout the program. By the end of the…
This video gives the viewer a look into what we phenology interns see on a day-to-day basis, from the tallest tree to the smallest slug. It also includes two of the plants we are following: Jack in the Pulpit (JIP) and Mayflower (MYF). The growth of each plant we follow is vital to our research,…
Agricultural Research Assistant Adam Schulz takes us on an introductory tour of the garden for year 3 of the Bear Island Flint Corn research.
For Season 1 of the ViFF Vlogs, check out our Youtube playlist: here Hello and welcome to season 2 of the ViFF Vlogs. This time, you’ll see that we went to the pawn shop, hocked our V and bought a B, and are now called the ViFF Blogs. We figured we would change up our…
Phenology: what is it? And why is it important? These were questions that members of the community had when attending the citizen scientist training that was held on May 11, 2019 at the CMN campus. All attendees had the opportunity to have these questions answered by Rebecca Montgomery, Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota,…
The College of Menominee Nation (CMN) - Sustainable Development Institute (SDI), recognized Earth Day by hosting a celebration. The 2019 theme, Netāēnawemākanank, “All My Relatives”, was celebrated as local school children attended the event to learn more about their non-human relatives. SDI student interns, CMN faculty and staff, Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin employees, and community…
Written by: Marissa Vele On Saturday, July 22, fellow SLC Mentor, Dolly Potts, and I attended the Positive Youth Development in Indian Country Workshop in Green Bay. This workshop was put on by Susan and Dan Ninham. The purpose of this workshop was to encourage and develop programs and strategies that reduce risks and strengthen…
Written by: Dolly PottsThe conference was introduced by Rebecca Edler, Sustainability Coordinator who teamed the SLC (Sustainability Leadership Cohort) students with the SDI Interns. After introductions Harlan Pygman, presented a basic overview of statistics. Harlan gave us terms and overviews of presenting data. We use these statistics in the research garden measuring the results of…