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Protecting Strawberry Island and Medicine Rock, sacred places for the Lac du Flambeau community
Medicine Rock and Strawberry Island are two of the most sacred sites on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation. Recently, there have been multiple reports of disrespectful and destructive behavior at both places by non-Native people. Medicine Rock, or Gichi Mashkiki in Ojibwe, has been held sacred for generations, since Chief...
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