North House Folk School

Evening Programs

Free and open to the public

Friday, May 31: Film Showing

A Sea Change for Superior: The Warming of the World’s Largest Lake
7pm in the Red Building

What does the warming of the greatest of the Great Lakes mean for its natural systems? What does it mean for the lake's legacy as being famously cold, clear, and clean? These questions are at the heart of this public television documentary co-production between Hamline University's Center for Global Environmental Education and PBS North. 60 minutes.

Saturday, June 1: Presentation

Izhi-Ganawendamang Nibi, Manoomin 
How We Care for the Water and Wild Rice 
with April McCormick | 7pm in the Red Building

The Anishnaabe have a holistic worldview where everything is interconnected—the environment, animals, humans—which considers the impacts on one another. Join Grand Portage Tribal Council Member April McCormick for a presentation about the cultural significance of manoomin (wild rice) and the critical need to protect water for present and future generations. Members of the community will learn about tribal and federal laws which protect waters and sensitive aquatic resources, and the call to action for each of us to ensure ‘clean water is clean water.’

April will speak to the importance of water quality and the efforts and advocacy of the Grand Portage Band, as well as stewardship of our natural resources across all ceded territories which we now know as the State of Minnesota. April shares, “We recognize that Manoomin is incredibly connected to who we are as Anishinaabe people. We have migration stories that tell of how we were to come to a place ‘where the food grows upon the water’ and that significant food is Manoomin. It is a spiritual food, a part of community gatherings, ceremonies, and our very lifeway. We are witnessing extreme threats to this critical food source and our waters that should be important to every Minnesotan.”