Seasons of the Anishinabe: Ethnobiology and Ethnohistory of the Bad River Watershed
Environmental Studies 402 is taught by Bad River Ojibwe elder, member of the Midewiwin Lodge, and retired Northland College faculty Joe Rose, Sr. Jessie Conaway is the assistant instructor.
The course focuses on local environmental case studies of the past four decades. The course format includes classroom lectures, guest speakers, field trips, outside readings, and research on various local environmental case studies.
The course takes place on the Bad River Indian Reservation, in Odanah, Wisconsin. Field sites include Joe Rose’s campground and Roundhouse on the shores of Lake Superior, the Rose family sugarbush on the Bad River corridor, Copper Falls State Park, Kakagon and Bad River sloughs, etc. Maps of these places will be used for conducting fieldwork. Topics covered include ethnohistory, ethnobiology, Traditional Lifeways, and Spirituality of the peoples of the Bad River Watershed.
Please explore the 2016 Syllabus.
Joe Rose Sr, Moka’angGissis, with the Ojibwe Ethnobiology students in La Pointe on Madeline Island, summer 2016.
Edith Leoso, Niigaanigaabowiikwe, Bad River Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, is co-teacher and co-researcher for curriculum development.
Students toured the Kakagon sloughs with Ed Leoso, Bad River Natural Resources hatchery manager.
Kakagon Sloughs, a culturally and ecologically important area where Mashkii Zibii (Medicine River) meets Gichigami (Lake Superior).
Class on the beach! Janet Moore, art instructor and environmental educator, worked with the students on Madeline Island, Moningwanekaaning Minis.
Apostle Islands of Lake Superior. Students did fieldwork on Madeline Island, Moningwanekaaning Minis, with Joe Rose and other educators.