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Closures on Highways 11 and 17 can cut off entire northern communities and disrupt supply chains, raising questions about why long-standing calls for more resilient infrastructure have yet to be answered. Charles Cirtwill, founding president and CEO of the Northern Policy Institute, and Maggie Horsfield, first vice-president of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities and deputy mayor of North Bay, join Jeyan to discuss. Then, in Sault Ste. Marie, a decades-old vision for a deep-water port is back in focus. Could the project finally move forward, and what would it take to make it viable? Mayor Matthew Shoemaker weighs in.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A hardy welcome to summer birding and the return, after a break for migration, of The Big Year Podcast.  Seems silly of me to tell you the title of the show, since you must have known it when you clicked on the podcast to begin with.    Today, we have two guests.  Our first guest is Tobin Brown, who did a Nebraska Big Year, and broke the previous record for birds seen in the state for a single year.  And our second guest, Brooke Showan will tell her story of having found, through serendipity, or just really good bird spotting skills, the Whooping Crane many of us drove to northern Ontario to see, just as I was finishing up the previous episode with Roberta Bondar, where we discussed her involvement with the Conservation efforts of the Whooping Cranes in North America.   As reported in my May 1 episode, I drove north to Bruce Mines to see the wayward bird, but did not have the chance to talk to the birder who initially found it, reported it to the International Crane Foundation, and became a bit of a local celebrity for her amazing discovery, less than an hour's drive south of Dr. Bondar's home in Sault Ste. Marie.  I was able to catch up with Brooke, early in May, and I think you'll enjoy the story of her own Whooping Crane adventure.     I had a good migration season, beginning with a little cheeky movie parody of 50 Shades of Gray, called 31 Shades of Yellow, and shared some of my favourite yellowish warblers and vireos each day of May on Instagram.  But it was May 2 when we had the first highlight of migration, when a White-faced Ibis showed up in my local patch, right here in Brant County.  It was species number 245 for my county list and a bird I never expected to show up locally.  It was the second Brant County Lifer of the year, the first being a Ross's Goose in March.   On May 7, I was fortunate enough to see a Bell's Vireo, another very rare bird for Ontario, not far from home at Lakeside Park in Kitchener.  A couple of days later a Western Cattle Egret showed up in Norfolk County, not far from the Long Point Bird Observatory, another fine place for birding during migration season.  That same day the first of many Summer Tanagers reported in May, landed on Woodstock Avenue just around the corner from Long Point.   At Point Pelee one of the most coveted warblers of spring migration, a Worm Eating Warbler, made an appearance on the Sanctuary Trail at the north end of the park.  Worm Eating Warblers are never guaranteed during any given migration season in Ontario, and in fact I missed seeing one during my own 2022 Big Year.  Worm Eating Warblers nest south of the Great Lakes and any seen in Ontario are what birders call “overshoots,” likely due to weather or just plain old navigation errors.    What one might call the most unexpected bird of the season, was a Willow Ptarmigan that showed up at Rock Point Provincial Park. Too bad it, it being seen at Rock Point, that it wasn't a Rock Ptarmigan, as I've never seen one of those. But for many of the people at Rock Point that day, it was either a Lifer or at least an Ontario Lifer.  For my friend, Andrew Keaveny, who has been on a previous episode, it was an Ontario Lifer.  He had been birding nearly all his life, had seen well over 400 species in Ontario, but was as excited for this bird as he was for the Whooping Crane.  And by the way, if you haven't listened to Andrew's episode, please load it up after this and have a listen.  Oh, and it would help a lot if you'd like, subscribe, leave glowing reviews and share this with your friends and family.     So, now that we're all up to date, please have a listen to the stories of Tobin Brown and Brooke Showan.   Here's a bonus section for you to enjoy. I enjoy listening to the music from the movie, The Big Year.  The soundtrack album is nice, but does not include all the songs that we heard in the movie.  I was able to put together a playlist, including all the orchestral pieces from the movie, by Theodore Shapiro and all the songs that I could download from Apple Music.  I even tried to put them in order of when they appeared in the movie, more or less.   Track 1:   The Code Writer Track 2:   Minor Swing performed by Django Reinhardt Track 3:   Carpe Annum Track 4:   Day One Track 5:   The Devil Never sleeps performed by Iron & Wine Track 6:   Bostick Sneaks a Peek/Bird Bait Track 7:   Fallout Track 8:   Let it Shine performed by Jeremy Fisher Track 9:   Pitkin County Turnaround performed by Steve Martin himself on banjo Track 10: The Shrike Track 11: Welcome to Attu Track 12: Rustic Bunting/Western Tanager Track 13: Viva la Vida performed by Cold Play Track 14: Attu/The Great Spotted Woodpecker Track 15: Come Fly Away performed by Jeremy Fisher Track 16: I like Birds by performed by the Eels Track 17: Snowcocks Track 18: Golden Plover/Ruby Alive/Freak Blizzard Track 19: Ultrasound Track 20: Great Gray Owl Track 21: Final Stretch Track 22: Face the Abyss Track 23: A Very Big Year Track 24: Coda Track 25: This Could All Be Yours performed by Guster Track 26: Ornithological Pursuits (Played over the final credits).   There are some incidental tracks throughout the movies that play mostly in the background, but are not a major part of the story, like Bing Crosby's Silent Night or Auld Lang Syne performed by Guy Lombardo, plus some more obscure tracks that only an audiophile would be able to dig up.  You may also want to include Surfin' Bird performed by The Trashmen.    

MPPs are heading into an extended summer break. Steve Paikin and John Michael McGrath discuss what has, and has not, been accomplished this year. Plus, how is the opposition reacting to the long break? Ontario Premier Doug Ford is in the United States making his pitch for "Fortress North America," and making the rounds on American media. Steve and John Michael discuss how the premier is working with politicians on the ground. But will the Trump administration listen? Matthew Shoemaker, the mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, joins Steve and JMM to talk about a new book on Sir William Hearst, Ontario's sole premier to come from The Soo. Steve's column: https://www.tvo.org/article/can-a-little-known-policy-wonk-win-the-liberal-leadership-race JMM's column: https://www.tvo.org/article/analysis-what-does-ontario-gain-from-fortress-north-americaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bob Dale disappeared 30 years ago this month after leaving a wedding reception near Sault Ste. Marie. His family, including wife Kristi Dale and brothers Steve and Scott Dale, are making a renewed push for answers about what happened to him on May 18, 1996.

The Trump administration is targeting forced-labour imports and proposing a 10 per cent tariff on Canada and other partners; A 50 per cent U.S. tariff on Canadian steel is straining Sault Ste. Marie, where many jobs depend on the steel industry;The federal government wants the CRTC to revisit a decision requiring foreign streamers to invest more in Canadian content.

In October 1908, northern Michigan burned. The Metz Fire destroyed a village, killed dozens and left hundreds homeless.At the same time, fires threatened communities near Alpena, Traverse City and Sault Ste. Marie, where ashes fell on the water “as if from a volcano.”This episode follows the fire through newspaper reports and the firsthand escape account of Mildred Swan, a Bay City teacher who ran through burning orchards and fences to survive.The End of the Road in Michigan is a production of Thumbwind Publications

Canadian Armed Forces trying to end secret romantic relationships between superiors and subordinates. US military says it has carried out strikes across southern Iran in "self-defense." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he is authorizing more strikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon. US President Donald Trump to undergo medical exam today. Residents of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario worry over forever chemicals detected at local beach. Canada's best men's soccer players are converging on Charlotte, North Carolina for a pivotal training camp ahead of FIFA World Cup.

Ontario has started cutting development charges. But is this the breakthrough Ontario's housing market needs, or just the first step?In this episode of The Missing Middle Podcast, Mike Moffatt sits down with Kim Fairley, President of Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA), to unpack what Ontario's new development charge reforms mean for homebuyers, builders, and municipalities – and what still needs to happen next.They discuss: • Why development charges can add up to $200,000 to the cost of a new home in Ontario • How some Ontario cities have raised DCs by 1,000%–5,000% since 2000 • Why Sault Ste. Marie has no development charges—and what other cities can learn from it • Whether recent provincial and federal reforms will actually improve affordability • What Ontario's housing market could look like over the next 6–18 monthsChapters:00:00 Intro: Ontario's new development charge deal: what changes?03:55 Is housing finally getting more affordable? 05:14 Northern Ontario's housing market: a different reality07:09 Sault Ste. Marie has no development charges08:07 Do buyers know how much development charges cost?10:25 Why transparency on development charges matters12:08 Lower housing costs without raising taxes? 13:35 Do Ontarians support cutting development charges? 16:07 Can politicians actually work together on housing? 17:08 What happens next for Ontario housing? 18:18 Progress made, but the hard part starts now Research/links:How to Lower Development Charges Without Raising Property Taxes https://www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p/how-to-lower-development-chargesA Pathway to Development Charge Reform https://www.orea.com/advocacy/Development-Charge-ReformHosted by Mike Moffatt & Cara Stern & Sabrina MaddeauxProduced by Meredith MartinFunded by the Neptis Foundation https://neptis.org/

There is a commercial in this episode that the president of Fibreglass tried to kill on a Thursday. By Sunday he had changed his mind, when his minister grabbed his arm and told him the pink panther ads were the funniest thing in advertising.That campaign went on to capture 70 percent of the Canadian insulation market.Every story Terry O'Reilly tells in this conversation is a campaign like that.A group of nuns who lost their habits and got an ad on the ceiling of a Sault Ste. Marie city bus. A Maine brewery that launched by promising never to mention its own name again, and trained a city to order beer by whistling. None of them would have survived a focus group.All of them built businesses.That's the spine of the episode: the work we remember almost never comes from the data. It comes from the moment a marketer trusts a calculated risk.Terry has hosted CBC's Under the Influence for two decades and directed roughly 14,000 commercials before that. He argues that the marketing industry has quietly traded its instincts for dashboards, and that the cost is most of the advertising we now scroll past without noticing.The episode lands on a single ask for any CMO listening: sit down with your agency tomorrow and tell them you want work that makes your palms sweat.Chapters00:00 - The Art of Advertising: Creativity vs. Data09:59 - Learning from Early Failures: A Journey in Advertising19:51 - Creative Campaigns: Success Stories and Lessons Learned29:58 - The Power of Distinctive Brand Assets40:04 - The Evolution of Advertising: From Jingles to Modern Mnemonics33:03 - Navigating Bureaucracy in Big Brands35:16 - The Importance of Effective Presentations41:15 - Creativity vs. Conventional Wisdom47:38 - Encouraging High Creativity in MarketingReferences• Under the Influence (CBC): https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/203-under-the-influence• Apostrophe Podcast Network: https://www.apostrophepodcasts.ca• Pirate Group: https://www.piratetoronto.com• Terry's books (Against the Grain, My Best Mistake, This I Know, The Age of Persuasion)• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/terry-o-reilly• Website: terryoreilly.ca• Under the Influence: Available on CBC Listen, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever podcasts are found

Welcome to the Nothing Shocking Podcast episode 331 with our guest John Ondrasik of Five for Fighting - Part II.  We discuss his upcoming co-headline tour with Edwin McCain; update on Music Matters Challenge; and more!    For more information: https://www.fiveforfighting.com/ https://letmusicfillmyworld.org/challenge/ https://johnondrasik.com/   Please like our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/nothingshockingpodcast/  Follow us on X at  https://twitter.com/hashtag/noshockpod.   Libsyn website: https://nothingshocking.libsyn.com For more info on the Hong Kong Sleepover: https://thehongkongsleepover.bandcamp.com Help support the podcast and record stores by shopping local at   Big Stricks Vinyl Records and Sports Cards - https://www.facebook.com/p/Big-Stricks-LLC-61560351678007/   Five For Fighting + Edwin McCain Tour Dates: June 4 in Paducah, KY at The Carson Center* June 5 in Memphis, TN at Graceland Soundstage At Elvis Presley's Memphis  June 6 in Bowling Green, KY at Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center* June 7 in Lexington, KY at Lexington Opera House  June 9 in Nashville, IN at Brown County Music Center  June 12 in Sault Ste. Marie, MI at Kewadin Casino  June 13 in Northfield Park, OH at MGM Northfield Park* June 14 in Cincinnati, OH at Taft Theatre  June 16 in Morgantown, WV at Metropolitan Theatre  June 18 in Des Plaines, IL at The Des Plaines Theatre* June 19 in Green Bay, WI at EPIC Event Center June 20 in Morton, MN at Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel* June 21in Omaha, NE at Steelhouse* June 23 in Des Moines, IA at Val Air Ballroom June 25 in Arlington, TX at Arlington Music Hall  June 26 in Tulsa, OK at Chapman Music Hall* June 27 in Salina, KS at The Stiefel Theatre  June 28 in Colorado Springs, CO at Pike's Peak Center* June 30 in Denver at Paramount Theatre* July 1 in Layton, UT at Edward A. Kenley Centennial Amphitheater   *Five For Fighting Closes These Shows 

Sara Maurer's debut, A Good Animal (St. Martin's Press, 2026). Staying is his dream. Leaving is hers. One secret threatens them both. In the farm country outside Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan—a border town where life moves slow and dreams run fast—most kids want out. Not Everett Lindt. He's set on staying put, rebuilding his family's sheep farm, and carving a future from the land he loves. Then he meets Mary, a new girl in town with restless energy and bigger plans. When their relationship reaches a crossroads, Everett sees a life together. Mary, however, is desperate to find a way out. Together, they make an impulsive choice—one that could change everything. Tense, lyrical, and deeply felt, Sara Maurer's unforgettable debut breathtakingly captures the ache of first love, the beauty and brutality of rural life, and how one decision can echo through generations and shape who we become. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Sara Maurer's debut, A Good Animal (St. Martin's Press, 2026). Staying is his dream. Leaving is hers. One secret threatens them both. In the farm country outside Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan—a border town where life moves slow and dreams run fast—most kids want out. Not Everett Lindt. He's set on staying put, rebuilding his family's sheep farm, and carving a future from the land he loves. Then he meets Mary, a new girl in town with restless energy and bigger plans. When their relationship reaches a crossroads, Everett sees a life together. Mary, however, is desperate to find a way out. Together, they make an impulsive choice—one that could change everything. Tense, lyrical, and deeply felt, Sara Maurer's unforgettable debut breathtakingly captures the ache of first love, the beauty and brutality of rural life, and how one decision can echo through generations and shape who we become. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Welcome to the Nothing Shocking Podcast episode 330 with our guest Edwin McCain.  We discuss his upcoming co-headline tour with Five For Fighting, his latest album Lucky, the Masked Singer, and more!    For more information: https://edwin.com/ https://www.facebook.com/theedwinmccain/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNz1rXbD-0yfGBX5sTrRTIg   Please like our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/nothingshockingpodcast/  Follow us on X at  https://twitter.com/hashtag/noshockpod.   Libsyn website: https://nothingshocking.libsyn.com For more info on the Hong Kong Sleepover: https://thehongkongsleepover.bandcamp.com Help support the podcast and record stores by shopping local at   Big Stricks Vinyl Records and Sports Cards - https://www.facebook.com/p/Big-Stricks-LLC-61560351678007/   Five For Fighting + Edwin McCain Tour Dates: June 4 in Paducah, KY at The Carson Center* June 5 in Memphis, TN at Graceland Soundstage At Elvis Presley's Memphis  June 6 in Bowling Green, KY at Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center* June 7 in Lexington, KY at Lexington Opera House  June 9 in Nashville, IN at Brown County Music Center  June 12 in Sault Ste. Marie, MI at Kewadin Casino  June 13 in Northfield Park, OH at MGM Northfield Park* June 14 in Cincinnati, OH at Taft Theatre  June 16 in Morgantown, WV at Metropolitan Theatre  June 18 in Des Plaines, IL at The Des Plaines Theatre* June 19 in Green Bay, WI at EPIC Event Center June 20 in Morton, MN at Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel* June 21in Omaha, NE at Steelhouse* June 23 in Des Moines, IA at Val Air Ballroom June 25 in Arlington, TX at Arlington Music Hall  June 26 in Tulsa, OK at Chapman Music Hall* June 27 in Salina, KS at The Stiefel Theatre  June 28 in Colorado Springs, CO at Pike's Peak Center* June 30 in Denver at Paramount Theatre* July 1 in Layton, UT at Edward A. Kenley Centennial Amphitheater   *Five For Fighting Closes These Shows 

The year was 1969.  I was a month shy of my ninth birthday.  It was way past my bedtime, though it was only 10pm.  In my memory of the event, it was the middle of the night.  Along with my family, gathered around the black-and-white television in my parent's bedroom, we watched the broadcast of the Apollo 11 moon landing.  At 10:56pm EDT time we witnessed, along with the rest of the world, a grainy, gray-scale image of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the lunar surface and say, “That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”  Neil left out a single syllable,  word, “a”.  He had meant to say “That's one small step for A man.” That man being him.  Still, it didn't matter to anyone watching or listening at the time.  The universe had changed.  Humans from earth had stepped foot onto another world.   Thousands of kids at the time wanted to become astronauts and join the space program. I wasn't one of them. Yes, I loved all things space, watched Star Trek, and followed every NASA launch.  I remember Skylab and Mir, the Space Shuttle and Hubble.  I geek out on videos from the International Space Station and have followed the Artemis program for years, finally seeing Artemis II launch, orbit the moon and splash down safely this April, nearly 55 years after Apollo 17, splashed down in December of 1972, ending human missions to the moon for over half a century.   My life took a different path in 1969, having watched the Miracle Mets win the World Series and see them celebrate on the field, on that same black-and-white television in my parents bedroom, a couple of months later.  I chose to pursue a life that would eventually get me on the field at some nebulous future date, when a team I was involved with won a World Series.  I made it to that dreamed of future from my childhood in October of 1992, as I ran onto the field when the Toronto Blue Jays won their first World Series.  Today's guest, on the other hand, did everything in her power to become an astronaut and earlier that same year, flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery, mission STS-42, as the first neurologist and Canadian woman in space.  I even crossed paths with Roberta Bondar when she threw out the first pitch at a Toronto Blue Jays baseball game, soon after her shuttle flight. Two people from very different walks of life, with two very different goals, take different paths and end up in the same place all those years later.  But it didn't end there.  In 2022, when I was up in Sault Ste. Marie, I discovered that Dr. Bondar was born there and they had celebrated her shuttle mission with a flower garden built into a scale model of the Space Shuttle Discovery.  The following year I heard she was giving a talk about her new book, "A Space for Birds", and I knew I had to go.  This time it was two birds, not Blue Jays, that brought us back into the same space.  After the talk, I spoke to her agent and we made arrangements for this very podcast. I've come a long way from that kid who loved space but wanted to live a childhood dream of winning a World Series, and Dr. Bondar has travelled to exactly where she wanted to be.  To fly in space.  Each of us, in different ways, didn't just wish and hope for these things to happen. We focused our lives and energies toward our goals.  My mother used to say, “if wishes were horses, we would all ride.”  That was an important lesson to learn as a kid.  Don't wish, do.  In an era when young people think that “manifesting” a dream will just make it happen, the people who are successful at achieving their goals, like Dr. Bondar, put in the hard work.  Me, I just got lucky. Stop the presses!  In a wonderful bit of serendipity, just days before this episode was due to air, with Dr. Bondar on the podcast to talk about Whooping Cranes, an actual Whooping Crane showed up in Northern Ontario.  The next morning I hopped in the car and drove 6 hours north to the small town of Bruce Mines, and along with a who's-who of Ontario birders, waited until sunset to see this intrepid young female.  She was born of wild parents at the International Crane Foundation in Wisconsin. After being released, Sinclair,(yes they get names and band codes), she joined a group of adults who migrated to Florida for the winter.  Her spring migration home to Wisconsin went slightly of course and she has joined a flock of Sandhill Cranes in Northern Ontario.  I was lucky enough to share the experience with many of my birding friends who also made the trek to see this intrepid traveller, who will hopefully contribute to the future of this endangered species.    So join me, along with Doctor Roberta Bondar, as I live my life long dream to talk to a real, live astronaut about space, birds and A Space for Birds.         Extro.  

Mark interviews Matthew del Papa and Andy Taylor, editors of SUPERCANUCKS: An Anthology of Small Town Canadian Superheroes. Prior to the interview Mark shares a brief personal update and a word from this episode's sponsor. This episode is sponsored by an affiliate link to Manuscript Report. Use code MARK10 at checkout and save 10% off your own personalized report. During the interview Mark, Matthew, and Andy talk about: Andy and Mat's writing background and how they got into editing an anthology like Super Canucks How editing is a new experience for Andy The consist "what if?" that has been a part of Andy's writing for most of his life Matthew's background and the various genres he has written What the appeal of writing fantasy and non-science-filled fiction is for Mat The origin story of the Supercanucks anthology and how it relates to the "brain drain" to larger cities How far the call-out for stories for this anthology went The submissions and the whittling-down process Having six stories set in Northern Ontario, but needing to ensure the stories were from across the country The locales across Canada that made the cut for this anthology The process of reading and selecting and editing the stories Deciding who was going to edit which story and work with which authors The uniqueness for some of the contributors with being able to use Canadian pop culture references and spelling The sudden need for an aspect of the "Elbows Up!" motif into the anthology Mat's learnings when it came to working with a traditional publisher rather than the previous self-publishing experience he'd had before Some of the things they experienced editing this anthology that they hadn't expected Advice Matthew and Andy would offer to writers who are interested in submitting to an anthology After the interview Mark shares a few reflections about the value of understanding the process that editors use when selecting stories for an anthology, an admission of a goof-up he made in a recent submission, and his own experience with "brain drain" and "Elbows Up!" Links of Interest: Matthew del Papa's Website Andy Taylor's Website Latitude 46 Publishing EP 298 - Honesty, Humor, Poetry, Essays, and Disability with Matthew del Papa and Vera Constantineau EP 224 - Being An Independent Publisher and Bookseller with Heather Campbell EP 439 - Rambling Reflections From The Road to CanCon Manuscript Report (Mark's affiliate link - use MARK10 to save 10%) Buy Mark a Coffee Patreon for Stark Reflections Mark's YouTube channel ElevenLabs (AI Voice Generation - Affiliate link) Mark's Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing Newsletter (Signup) An Author's Guide to Working With Bookstores and Libraries The Relaxed Author Buy eBook Direct Buy Audiobook Direct Publishing Pitfalls for Authors An Author's Guide to Working with Libraries & Bookstores Wide for the Win Mark's Canadian Werewolf Books This Time Around (Short Story) A Canadian Werewolf in New York Stowe Away (Novella) Fear and Longing in Los Angeles Fright Nights, Big City Lover's Moon Hex and the City Only Monsters in the Building Once Bitten (Novella) The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and Automobiles Yippee Ki-Yay Motherf*cker: A Trivia Guide to Die Hard Merry Christmas! Shitter Was Full!: A Trivia Guide to National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation I Think It's A Sign That The Pun Also Rises   Matthew D. Del Papa spent every Tuesday of his youth crisscrossing his hometown of Capreol in search of newly arrived comic books. He wore superhero-themed Underoos to a truly worrying age and still has his Batman (and Robin) lunchbox, backpack, and wrist-watch. A graduate of Laurentian University, Matthew is a writer, editor, and self-publisher, and has released ten titles to some modest local acclaim. He joined the Sudbury Writers' Guild in 2009 and his writing has appeared in Spooky Sudbury, Nothing Without Us Too, Mighty, and Sudbury Superstack: A Changing Skyline. His collection of humorous essays titled Jerry Lewis Told Me I Was Going to Die, was released in 2023 through Latitude 46 Publishing.   Andy W. Taylor has been a reader and writer of speculative fiction from an early age thanks in no small part to his mother's frequent trips to the public library with her kids. Andy is a member of The Writers' Union of Canada, past president and member of the Sudbury Writers' Guild, a graduate of the Viable Paradise writing workshop and Playwright's Junction workshop, and a member of CODEX.   Originally from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Andy currently resides in Sudbury, Ontario with his family. His fiction has appeared in Nature: Futures, Polar Borealis, On Spec, FictionVale and on the streets of Sudbury. Visit him at www.SooGuy.com or on BlueSky at @sooguy68.bsky.social   The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast ("Laser Groove") was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Behind the Mitten - Michigan's premier radio show and podcastEpisode 746On this weekend's Behind the Mitten show, Amy and Gonzo go on a road trip from St. Ignace to Sault Ste. Marie with stops along the way, including:St. Ignace at the Boardwalk Coffee House, where they talk about things to do in St. Igance this summer, including all the popular bridge crossings.King's Fish Market & Restaurant in Moran, where they talk to a fifth generation family that runs this popular smoked fish destination. (Owner Theron King also operates a boat engine museum and repair business that raises money for charity. Check out the video.)Pure Country Restaurant in Rudyard, where Amy and Gonzo learn more about one of Michigan's Best Breakfast spots.And then at the new Black Rock Bar & Grill at Kewadin Casino in Sault Ste. Marie, where this newest location of this Michigan-based steakhouse group is elevating the dining experience and giving visitors another reason to visit Da Soo. (Yes, the freighters are already crossing the Soo Locks.) We also spend time with our friend Linda Hoath, executive director of the Sault Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.Learn more about Behind the Mitten on Amy and Gonzo's Substack page at amyandgonzo.com.

Greg Brady spoke to Matthew Shoemaker, Mayor, Sault Ste. Marie about 1,000 layoffs at Algoma Steel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

☕ Episode 48: Great Lakes Geek Fest Subtitle: Selling at the Con This week, we take Have Coffee Will Travel on the road—well… to a convention hall here in Sault Ste. Marie for the very first Great Lakes Geek Fest, put on by Kanto Kreations. And yes—we had a booth. Why? Because Shawn is turning […] The post Great Lakes Geek Fest appeared first on The ESO Network.

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA • LIVESTREAM: youtu.be/-LNDKvPcgG0 Witnesses Panel one Darrell G. Seki Sr. Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Michael Fairbanks Chairman, White Earth Nation Virgil Wind Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person] Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community Panel two Bruce Savage Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Austin Lowes Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Winnay Wemigwase Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians John Johnson President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Panel three Jason Schlender Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person] President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Aja DeCoteau Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Panel four Ashton Picard Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Donna Thompson Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Chief Allan Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Panel five and seven Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person] Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe Kristina Andrew Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council Vivian Korthuis Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents Panel six Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person] Chief, Catawba Nation Panel seven [Note: See panel five] Panel eight Duane Clarke Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona Derrick W. Leslie Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe Duane Jackson Jr. Council Member, Gila River Indian Community More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2026/03/16/video-american-indian-and-alaska-native-public-witness-hearing-day-1-morning-session-2/

We are set for the final week of the regular season. Kyle Grimard and Mike Stubbs recap games against Windsor and Guelph, talk with Ryan Brown about where the stick of Quinn Beauchesne hit him and look ahead to the final three games that both London and Sault Ste. Marie will play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a hill above the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Fort Brady stood guard for more than a century. It never became a battlefield. It rarely made national headlines. Yet for decades, it shaped the lives of soldiers and the community around it.In this episode of The End of the Road in Michigan, we step into the years between wars — when Fort Brady functioned less like a combat outpost and more like a northern town in uniform. Soldiers drilled at dawn, shoveled heavy snow in winter, played baseball in summer, and performed in post bands that echoed across Ashmun Hill.We examine how routine shaped readiness. How winter training prepared troops for global conflict. And how the fort's steady presence supported Sault Ste. Marie survived the Great Depression and World War II.When the Army closed Fort Brady in 1944, its buildings did not fall silent. They became classrooms and dormitories, forming the foundation of what is now Lake Superior State University. This episode explores a different kind of military story — one defined by patience, discipline, community, and endurance in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.The End of the Road in Michigan is a production of Thumbwind PublicationsThis episode includes AI-generated content.

We've all waited in an online queue to get a table at a busy restaurant or buy concert tickets for our favourite big artist. But what about waiting to see a doctor at the emergency room? A hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, ON., is offering their patients just that --and staff say it's cut their patient wait times in half. We speak with Dr. Stephen Smith, an ER physician and the vice president of medical affairs at the Sault Area Hospital, who came up with the idea after a family vacation at Disneyworld.

Listener Brian from Sault Ste. Marie called in to play the Morning North Mystery Game. He was hoping to win some CBC Olympic swag. Find out if he did.

The European Union and the United Kingdom are presenting a united front, saying U.S. President Donald Trump's goal of taking over Greenland goes too far. E.U. ambassadors held an emergency meeting to strategize on how to respond to Trump's latest economic threats on the bloc.Also: Prime Minister Mark Carney is considering sending soldiers to Greenland for military exercises with NATO allies. Two senior Canadian officials have told CBC News that a set of contingency plans were drawn up last week and presented to the federal government. Prime Minister Mark Carney was asked about Greenland earlier Sunday after meeting with political and financial leaders in Qatar. And: In Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario - there's a frontline view of the effects of the U.S. government's tariff on steel. In a few months, Algoma Steel, the city's biggest employer, will layoff a thousand workers - more than a third of its workforce. We'll take you to Sault Ste. Marie to meet some of the people affected. Plus: Quebec's governing party sees another resignation, Grandparent scam in British Columbia, Celebrity cases of Lyme disease, and more.

State House Speaker Matt Hall's move to cancel $645 million in already-approved state funding is the political equivalent of a rug pull, and it has real consequences for projects and people across Michigan. This episode digs into what happened, why it matters, and what comes next for cities, nonprofits, and everyday Michiganders. This wasn't theoretical money on a spreadsheet. It hit projects that were already underway with contracts signed and local dollars already spent on the promise of state reimbursement. The cuts touch everything from Motown Museum improvements and the BAMF Cancer Center in Detroit to an emergency shelter in Sault Ste. Marie, RX Kids cash support for new parents, police infrastructure in Dearborn, Detroit Zoo funding, and Detroit's right-to-counsel program. To break down the facts, impacts, what could be next and what you could do about it is Steve Watson. He is a Partner and COO at Watson and Yates, a consulting firm here in Detroit that serves public sector and non-profit clients.  He knows his stuff. Formerly, Steve was budget director for the city of Detroit. His post, "Speaker Hall's How the Grinch Stole Christmas" took what I had seen in other outlets to another level with his in-depth understanding and I knew I just had to talk to him. https://watsonyates.substack.com/p/speaker-halls-how-the-grinch-stole Support the show on Patreon, get stickers: https://www.patreon.com/c/DailyDetroit Follow us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942  Or Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9?si=df538dae2e144431  

After years of discussions, Taos, N.M. decided to remove Kit Carson's name from a widely used park in the center of town. Carson's renown as a Western frontiersman grew from greatly exaggerated tales in pulp novels and newspaper articles. Only later did his violent exploits against Navajos and other tribes emerge. He was among the main figures in the Long Walk, the forced march of 10,000 captive Navajos. More than a third of them died. In Michigan, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers removed a Washington Monument-style obelisk commemorating the construction of shipping locks on Lake Michigan. The obelisk sat atop the remainder of a burial ground. Lock construction destroyed the main part of the sacred area but the Bay Mills Indian Community and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians continue to hold ceremonies there. We'll talk with tribal advocates about their years-long work to change how their histories are viewed by the public. GUESTS Jeremy Lujan (Taos Pueblo), Taos Pueblo tribal secretary Jesse Winters (Taos Pueblo), Taos Pueblo second sheriff Dr. Gregorio Gonzales (Comanche and Genizaro), tribal historic preservation officer for the Pueblo of Cochiti Paula Carrick (Bay Mills Indian Community), tribal historic preservation officer for Bay Mills Indian Community Break 1 Music: Take Your Troubles to the River (song) Vincent Craig (artist) Self-titled Release (album) Break 2 Music: She Raised Us (song) Joanne Shenandoah (artist) LifeGivers (album)