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Complete With His Language Dec 20, 2024

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Kenny Pheasant first became a teacher of Anishinaabemowin at 14 years-old, teaching customers from behind the meat counter at a grocery store. Now, it's his life mission to get more people speaking the Great Lakes’ original and endangered language.

The Iceman Giveth, The Iceman Taketh Dec 06, 2024

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This is a tale of two cyclists, one legendary race, and an unlikely rivalry.

Saving David Nov 22, 2024

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One minute David Holtfreter was kayaking on Lake Michigan; the next he was in the water, fighting for his life. A fisherman saw David struggling from the shore and swam out about 200 yards to rescue him. But in the rescue commotion that followed, David wasn’t able to give the stranger a proper “thank you.”

Presenting Atlas Obscura: The Mysterious Sinkholes of Mount Baldy Nov 08, 2024

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One family’s visit to a famous Indiana sand dune turns into a wild tale of a missing boy and mysterious tunnels.

The Biggest Buck That Maybe Never Was Oct 25, 2024

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In 1998, a hunter named Mitch Rompola claimed he’d shot the biggest whitetail in North America. It was all over the news, and people waited in anticipation for it to be entered in the record books. But then Mitch just went silent. And instead of becoming a famous hunter, he became an infamous one.

A New Hope for Anishinaabemowin Oct 11, 2024

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Last December, Theresa Eischen was watching the news when a story caught her attention. The original Star Wars film was being translated into Anishinaabemowin, an endangered language. Theresa had zero voice acting experience, but she loves Star Wars and is fluent in Anishinaabemowin. So she auditioned to voice Princess Leia. It was a long shot.

The Last to Leave Sep 27, 2024

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A researcher in Ohio was surrounded by hundreds of dead ash trees. They had been wiped out by this beetle called the emerald ash borer. But then, in that same forest, she found a lone tree thriving. Could this tree be the key to saving ash from extinction?

Labor of Mixed Emotions Sep 13, 2024

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For more than 20 years, Nic Theisen has spent his days on his hands and knees in the dirt farming. It’s a tough way to make a living, and for years Nic didn’t always know if the farm would make it. Until something big changed.

A Natural Ending Aug 30, 2024

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Peter Quakenbush’s dream is to create a conservation burial forest – a place that would both preserve the woods and give people the option to be buried in nature. But not everyone is on board with that idea.

Frankenfish Aug 16, 2024

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Lake trout are on life support in Lake Michigan. Every year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spends tens of millions of dollars raising and stocking them. But what if there was another way: genetic engineering. Could it be used for conservation?

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