Eagle Heart Healing

04/27/2026

04/15/2026

This is the critical moment we’ve been anticipating.

Latest intel from Capitol Hill: time is being held on the Senate floor tomorrow to vote on a resolution that would dismantle the 20-year mining protections for the Boundary Waters.

Already called your Senators? Call again: (202) 224-3121 – tell them to vote no on HJ Resolution 140.

When offices hear from a flood of people at once, it sends a clear message: This matters. People are paying attention. And their constituents will remember their vote.

Visit our action center to take action: https://www.savetheboundarywaters.org/action-center

03/31/2026

Minookimi (Late Spring)
An Anishinaabe Teaching

Minookimi is the second spring recognized in Anishinaabe Izhitwaawin. In English, we might call this late spring. This season is marked by the soft earth created by melting snow and rains. One understanding of minookimi points out the word nookaa which can be translated as “it is soft” and the word aki meaning “earth” being embedded into this word.

Minookimi is the time to work with the soft earth to plant our gardens.
Another understanding of the word Minookimi brings together three smaller words: mino, meaning “good;” aki, meaning “earth;” and mi, meaning “to have.” Not only is it a good time to plant our gardens, but also to harvest the medicines; for some medicines late spring is when they are the most potent.

The word for medicine is mishkiki and can be broken down to mishki for “strength,” and aki for “the earth” making medicine the strength of the earth. The bear, makwa in Anishinaabemowin, is considered to be a healer to the Anishinaabeg — holding the knowledge of the medicines. Minookimi is when Makwa begins to look for Mishkiki.

Teaching by: Ninaatig, Anishinaabemowin Teacher, Knowledge Keeper

Painting by: Tom Sinclair, TMS Woodland Art
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03/09/2026

03/08/2026

At Wisconsin’s 2026 State of the Tribe Address at the Capital in Madison a few week’s ago, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s Chairwoman Nicole Boyd explained wild rice as a natural resource “holds immense cultural value and is a vital component to Wisconsin’s wetlands. Wild rice has seen a significant decline over the last many years and promoting it will allow us a platform to continue our efforts to restore and protect this vitally important resource. Wisconsin would not be unique in doing this. Minnesota has recognized manoomin as the State grain since 1997 and Michigan since 2023. I’m hoping this is something we can all get behind in the next legislative session.”

“Manoomin in the Wind,” is a piece that speaks to the beauty of our sacred food and medicine, our connection to these lands where “the food grows on water,” the stories that have been passed onto us by our elders, and our identity as Anishinaabe people.

Birchbark, sweet grass, American jade, red creek jasper, mother of pearl, crazy lace agate, cowrie, polished buffalo bone, sinew, and glass. March 2026. NFS.