{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Take the Last Bite","title":"Maintaining a Healthy Boundary (Waters)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3977,"description":"On today’s episode, we take a bite out of the Super National Forest, Boundary Waters, and Voyageurs National Park. These sacred and beloved lands have been a major topic of concern and discussion this summer, with destructive wildfires raging across tens of thousands of acres of land for the umpteenth summer in a row in Northern Minnesota. \nWe talk to an educator, colleague, and friend who possesses an embodied knowledge about the interdependence of the water, land, wildlife and knowledge ways that face immense upheaval in light of a 20-year mining ban being lifted by Congressional decree and the threat it poses to the Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness, Superior National Forest, and nearby Voyageurs National Park. \nChanda Blesi-Geyshick (buleezi-geejick) is a gakijiwanong (gah-key-jee-win-ong) anishinaabe first nation educator, artist, and advocate hailing from International Falls, – a city that sits on the colonial Minnesota / Canada border and is located 11-miles West of Voyageurs National Park. Chanda sat down with me to recall some of her favourite memories of growing up and continuing to hold a relationship with her hometown; discuss some major concerns about the lifted mining ban; and reflect on other moments in modern history where indigenous nations and their treaty rights were not honored when it comes to money-making land grabs.\nRelevant Links: \n\nLetter from Gakijiwinong Anishinaabe Nation Chief Carrie Atatise-Norwegian about meeting with state legislators and a memorandum of understanding between tribes affected by potential BWCA mining: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18gARgx2QE/Letter from Voyaguers National Park superintendents regarding mining ban reversal: https://www.voyageurs.org/news/superintendents-letter  Official language and co-sponsors of House Joint Bill 140: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/140/cosponsors  Minnesota Governor Tim Walz issues executive order directing state agencies not to provide...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/NIb0I1DSKbssiufXm2c5LXl9PSBED0LiyRQkFn80tqw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzIzNDkzLzE2Mjkz/MzAwNDItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}