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Biography
Biography: Donald L. ChosaDonald Chosa is a member of the Bois Forte Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe and he resides on the Bois Forte reservation located in Northern Minnesota along with his wife Karlene Drift (Chosa) who is a member of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa. Don and Karlene have six children. Don served in the USMC and is a veteran. Don has completed legal training in...
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1. www.indiancountry.com
www.indiancountry.com/content. - [Cached]Published on: 11/21/2007 Last Visited: 12/1/2007
Don Chosa, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, guides the students on the outings.
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Their guide, Don Chosa, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, knew that meant a protective mother wasn't far away.
"Remember what I said about respect," Chosa said - and the curious teens stopped in their tracks.
Chosa instructed the youth to give the cubs a wide berth.
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"Some of the teens were angry just to be there because it was something they had to do," said Chosa, a KBIC member who recently moved back to the International Falls, Minn., area where he also belongs to the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa.
"But as soon as we started and the teens started learning - they started to enjoy it," said Chosa, a former adjunct professor of Native American Studies at Northern Michigan University. "Those same teens contacted me the next year and wanted to participate a second time."
Fifteen-year-old Brooke Soeltner of Negaunee said she started sobbing when told her probation involved planting wild rice, but it turned out to be one of the most rewarding experiences of her life. -
2. A quest to restore wild rice to U.P.
www.miningjournal.net/stories/ - [Cached]Published on: 7/19/2006 Last Visited: 7/19/2006
MARQUETTE - In accordance with an old Ojibwa custom, Don Chosa removed the packet of tobacco from his pocket, took some out and placed it in the lake on a hot morning.
"We put tobacco down for anything that we take," said Chosa, a long braided ponytail peeking out from beneath his baseball cap.
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Chosa, a member of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and a professor of American Indian studies at Northern Michigan University, said ideal conditions for wild rice include shallow water about 1-3 feet deep with excessive vegetation on the bottom.
On Thursday, the group was looking for wild rice in the "boot" stage - when leaves push up to shield the stalk that will grow the rice seed. Some of the seeds, however, were still in the "floating leaf" stage, which looks like grass floating on the water.
The rice is native to the the Upper Peninsula and was once common, but has dwindled due to the damming of rivers and excessive logging, Chosa said. This will be the last year of the project, unless the organizations can find additional funding.
"It would be nice if they could keep planting wild rice," Chosa said. -
3. Contact Us
www.ojibwa.com/contacts.htm - [Cached]Published on: 10/17/2002 Last Visited: 10/17/2002
Don Chosa - Chief
