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Manoomin, or wild rice, is harvested in northeast lower Michigan. Manoomin brought a legal case against the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in 2021, a few years after the rice was granted legal standing by the White Earth Nation in Minnesota.
Todd Marsee
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Michigan Sea Grant
The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians could soon be the first tribal nation in Michigan to formally grant legal rights to nature.
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The ruins of the WCML transmitter building in Atlanta. The building caught fire on Feb. 28, 2024.
Mark Brown
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WCMU
WCML-FM 91.7 and WCML-TV Channel 6 are off the air indefinitely following a fire at our Atlanta, MI transmitter site. Click to learn more, including alternate ways to watch and listen.