Surrounded by “first family” – the pines, fir, spruce and aspen trees of the Great Lakes region – members of the Ojibwe People are participating in a study that centers the Gii’igoshimong life course ceremony. Dr. Miigis Gonzalez, a member of the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Nation and an Assistant Scientist with JHCIH’s Great Lakes Hub, is leading the effort to build an evidence base that substantiates a long-held truth in many Indigenous communities: when people reconnect with […]