Growing Native Great Lakes: Turtle Island -
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Over the Centuries, the Great Lakes have been home to hundreds tribes and a source of fresh water, food, and health. Indigenous creation stories describe the world came into being on a back of a turtle shell, and today they know the earth as Turtle Island. Growing Native host Stacey Thunder (Red Lake and Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe) guides this journey by engaging tribal voices while touring Indian country with those who still devote their lives to care for the land.

Episode Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 103

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About Growing Native:

GROWING NATIVE is a four-part series that takes viewers on adventures throughout Indian country.

Through conversations between different episode hosts and local guides, viewers get a glimpse of modern and traditional reservation life, and learn how native people pass on their experience and wisdom to others in a positive way.

The series highlights these shared experiences to help bridge a better understanding of native people.

Viewers also learn how Native communities are working toward sustainable food sovereignty and renewable energy sources, and how they are adapting to impacts from climate change.