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Ojibway Chief Stories

Aug 04, 2014
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Tales from an Ojibway Chief: Truth to Power

I had just finished the post below about Steve Fobister when I found out about his recent hunger strike. Read about it first here. There are hereditary Chiefs in the Ojibway clan system who tend to come from the Crane and Loon clans. There are elected Chiefs as well, and Steve Fobister was the youngest man to be elected Chief of Grassy Narrows First Nation Reserve on the English River in the 1970's. Steve was elected because he boldly spoke truth to power when it was discovered that the Dryden Pulp and Paper Company had been dumping mercury into the English River, that the methyl-mercury had been biomagnified as it always will be, and that the walleye the Ojibway relied on...

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Jul 14, 2014
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Tales from an Ojibway Chief: Steve and Minogi

"Tales from an Ojibway Chief” is a long running series on Carl’s blog, focusing on the real adventures, conversations, and stories between Carl and Steve Fobister, an Ojibway chief, during Carl’s time as a fishing guide on Ojibway lands. Read Part 1 of the series and find out what Steve had to say about the Redskins Controversy, and be sure to follow Carl on Twitter @carlnordgren for the latest in this series. A few years back as I was starting a new business that would package what I was learning to do in my Duke classrooms; I had figured out how to help students grow their creative capacities and develop their entrepreneurial instincts. I was considering developing a business...

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Jun 30, 2014
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Tales from an Ojibway Chief: Steve and the Redskins

"Tales from an Ojibway Chief" is a long running series on Carl's blog, focusing on the real adventures, conversations, and stories between Carl and Steve Fobister, an Ojibway chief, during Carl's time as a fishing guide on Ojibway lands. Follow Carl on Twitter @carlnordgren for the latest in this series. There are very few folks who have had the profound impact on my life that Steve Fobister has had. We worked together for four summers in the late 60's on the English River, and he and his family clan introduced me to Ojibway culture and customs. Steve is very sick from the mercury poisoning that is just one of the tragedies that have befallen the Ojibway of Grassy Narrows Reserve over...

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I want to thank all the folks who have been so important to my writing. My wife, Marie, and my three daughters, Sarah Rose, Brita, and Krista Anne. Steve Fobister. Elizabeth Turnbull. Robin Metz. Kevin Qian. And my father, Loran Nordgren.

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