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A research jiimaan

Adapting to protect manoomin

A metaphorical "birch bark canoe" research framework that integrates Indigenous Knowledge and Western science to protect manoomin (wild rice) and build climate resilience in the Great Lakes.

By Jeff Feng, Michael Waasegiizhig Price, Josiah Hester & Kimberly Marion Suiseeya

Published Summer 2024

Jeff Feng is a post doctoral scholar in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University. Michael Waasegiizhig Price is a Traditional Ecological Knowledge specialist at the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Josiah Hester is an adjunct associate professor of computer engineering at Northwestern University, and Kimberly Marion Suiseeya is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and the Environmental Policy and Culture program at Northwestern University.

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