Lake sturgeon are the largest and oldest fish in the Great Lakes. A typical adult female is 6-foot-long, weighs over 100 pounds and can live for more than 100 years. Native Americans call lake sturgeon, Nmé meaning grandfather fish. Like buffalo to the Plains Indians, lake sturgeon are sacred to the Great Lakes Peoples. And…
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How do you count sturgeon?
Researchers at the Michigan DNR fisheries station in Mt. Clemens wanted to determine how many lake sturgeons lived in the St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair. Thomas said knowing how many fish are in a system is critical for management. If there are lots of fish then the DNR can open up a fishing…
Changing Moons
“The climate is changing fast,” said Lee Sprague an elder member of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawastomi Indians. Native Americans traditionally used moons rather than Gregorian months. “Instead of October, we say it’s the time of the Leaf Moon,” he said. But, because moons correspond to local conditions, Tribes in other areas might refer to…