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Bytes Europe<p>Oneida Nation 'encouraged' by Biden's apology for Indian boarding schools – Fox11online.com <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/510477/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/510477/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BidenApology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BidenApology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Empowerment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Empowerment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Healing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Healing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IndianBoardingSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndianBoardingSchools</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IndigenousNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousNations</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OneidaNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OneidaNation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentJoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentJoeBiden</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ReparativeJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReparativeJustice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TehassiHill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TehassiHill</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USANews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USANews</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>From 2023: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OneidaNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OneidaNation</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> restoration project to receive funding in proposed [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a>] state budget</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wildrice</span></a>, or manoomin in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ojibwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ojibwe</span></a>, is central to Ojibwe identity and is part of the culture’s migration story.</p><p>by Frank Vaisvilas <br>February 17, 2023</p><p>ONEIDA – "Part of Gov. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TonyEvers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TonyEvers</span></a>’ proposed budget includes $875,000 to help fund the Oneida Nation’s environmental restoration project on the reservation.</p><p>"Over the past year, the tribe has restored about 3,000 acres of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wetlands</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/grasslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grasslands</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prairies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prairies</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a> on the reservation.</p><p>"The governor’s budget includes an annual investment of $175,000 for five years for continuing the Oneida Nation’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HabitatRestoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HabitatRestoration</span></a> work and bird monitoring project just west of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenBay</span></a>.</p><p>"'We know that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> can provide for itself if allowed to. A years-long restoration of Oneida’s lands in Northeastern Wisconsin has led to improvements in water quality and the return of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a>,' said Oneida Chairman Tehassi Hill in a statement. 'We appreciate Governor Evers for supporting our work to restore and protect Wisconsin’s natural spaces.'</p><p>"The Oneida Nation also started a bird monitoring project on its restoration sites in coordination with the Northeastern Wisconsin <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Audubon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Audubon</span></a> Society and UW-Green Bay’s Cofrin Center for Biodiversity to research how birds are responding to the tribe’s conservation efforts.</p><p>"'We’ve witnessed firsthand as state-threatened bird species, like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HenslowsSparrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HenslowsSparrow</span></a>, have returned to restored Oneida Nation lands, an incredible testament to the importance of this restoration work,' said Erin Giese, president of the Northeastern Wisconsin Audubon Society, in a statement.</p><p>[...]</p><p>"Evers’ budget proposal also includes a $200,000 investment in restoring and protecting natural wild rice areas in Wisconsin.</p><p>"Experts say wild rice is an essential food source for many of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MigratorBirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MigratorBirds</span></a> in the area, including many species of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ducks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ducks</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pheasants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pheasants</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/owls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>owls</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cranes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cranes</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geese</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/songbirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>songbirds</span></a>.</p><p>"The plants also help to improve the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a>.</p><p>"'Emergent plants, including wild rice, help promote <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> quality through the filtering and storage of nutrients and slow down wave action in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoastalWetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoastalWetlands</span></a> of Green Bay,' said Dr. Amy Carrozzino-Lyon, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay restoration project manager in the natural and applied sciences department. 'A diversity of native wetland plants helps the community function at its best.'"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/native-american-issues/2023/02/17/evers-seeks-funds-for-oneida-nations-environmental-project-in-budget/69916222007/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">greenbaypressgazette.com/story</span><span class="invisible">/news/native-american-issues/2023/02/17/evers-seeks-funds-for-oneida-nations-environmental-project-in-budget/69916222007/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RestoreNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RestoreNature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RestoreTheWetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RestoreTheWetlands</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheMarshes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheMarshes</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveNature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NatureBasedSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatureBasedSolutions</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousWisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousWisdom</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Collaboration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Collaboration</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>More of this, please...!</p><p>On <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oneida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oneida</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wetlands</span></a>, Bird Surveys Affirm Tribal Conservation Success<br>A recent collaboration between <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a> birders and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OneidaNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OneidaNation</span></a> demonstrates how the tribe's decades-long habitat restoration paid off. </p><p>Words by Xian Chiang-Waren<br>Senior Associate Editor, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Audubon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Audubon</span></a> Magazine<br>Published Winter 2021 </p><p>"Twenty years ago, Tony Kuchma took charge of restoring the Oneida Nation's wetlands in northeastern Wisconsin. The land was marked by old mills and farm operations. The water was <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polluted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polluted</span></a>. The fields were overrun with non-native plants. </p><p>"Since then, Kuchma and his team have rehabilitated about 3,000 acres of the reservation. 'Large-scale <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/restoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restoration</span></a> is an accumulation of years of effort,' he says. 'We’re looking at the land: Some wants to be prairie, some trees, some wetland. The land tells you what it wants to be again.'</p><p>"Now streams flow where ditches stood, and there's a renewed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> presence. 'We’ve had eagles come back,' says Randy Cornelius, a cultural representative of the tribe. 'I’ve seen ospreys, cormorants, ducks I’ve never seen before.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.audubon.org/magazine/winter-2021/on-oneida-wetlands-bird-surveys-affirm-tribal" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">audubon.org/magazine/winter-20</span><span class="invisible">21/on-oneida-wetlands-bird-surveys-affirm-tribal</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RestoreNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RestoreNature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RestoreTheWetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RestoreTheWetlands</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NatureBasedSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatureBasedSolutions</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousWisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousWisdom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Collaboration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Collaboration</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>States Are Eyeing Bird-Friendly <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wetlands</span></a> to Help Rid the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreatLakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatLakes</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicAlgae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicAlgae</span></a> </p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OneidaNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OneidaNation</span></a> has restored wetlands that help to improve water quality in Wisconsin’s Green Bay while creating valuable habitat that attracts many birds."</p><p>Words by Andy McGlashen<br>Senior Editor, Audubon Magazine<br>Published June 17, 2024 </p><p>"In the ongoing effort to bring the problem under control, the region’s leaders are increasingly reaching for a primitive but proven tool for capturing and cleaning water before it enters the lake: wetlands. No one believes that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/swamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>swamps</span></a> and marshes alone can starve the algae blooms, but experts say they are an important part of the solution. 'Wetlands are wonderful filtration systems,' says Richard Stumpf, an oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration who monitors <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> outbreaks. And because wetlands around the Great Lakes offer vital habitat where birds can rest during migration or raise their young, restoring them not only improves water quality but also brightens the outlook for vulnerable avian species. </p><p>“'There’s momentum building behind <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NatureBasedSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatureBasedSolutions</span></a>,' says Kyle Rorah, regional director of public policy for Ducks Unlimited. 'There’s a huge opportunity to get serious about taking a chunk out of the problem.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.audubon.org/magazine/states-are-eyeing-bird-friendly-wetlands-help-rid-great-lakes-toxic-algae?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">audubon.org/magazine/states-ar</span><span class="invisible">e-eyeing-bird-friendly-wetlands-help-rid-great-lakes-toxic-algae?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RestoreNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RestoreNature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RestoreTheWetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RestoreTheWetlands</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheMarshes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheMarshes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveNature</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p>( <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/OneidaNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OneidaNation</span></a> of the Thames, a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FirstNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNation</span></a>&nbsp;just south of&nbsp;<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LondonON" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LondonON</span></a> that has been on a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BoilWaterAdvisory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoilWaterAdvisory</span></a> since 2019,&nbsp;has <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/secured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secured</span></a> $43 million in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FederalFunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalFunding</span></a> to bring treated <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DrinkingWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrinkingWater</span></a> to the&nbsp;community.<br>The connection to the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LakeHuron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LakeHuron</span></a> Primary <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> System will supply <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PotableWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PotableWater</span></a> to more than 500 homes &amp; public buildings to the community, which is home to nearly 2,200 residents.<br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6788184" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">cbc.ca/amp/1.6788184</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NativeRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>