Photo and Story By Mark St. Germaine
Lac Courte Oreilles, Wisconsin (NFIC)
Recent Ojibwe high school graduates carried shovels full of dirt from huge piles of excavated soil and poured them into screened boxes, then sifted the dirt onto the ground, revealing tiny objects left atop the screen.
The young workers became excited as they gathered together to examine the little pieces of rusted metal, glass, rock, or bone fragment.
Lac Courte Oreilles, Wisconsin (NFIC)
Recent Ojibwe high school graduates carried shovels full of dirt from huge piles of excavated soil and poured them into screened boxes, then sifted the dirt onto the ground, revealing tiny objects left atop the screen.
The young workers became excited as they gathered together to examine the little pieces of rusted metal, glass, rock, or bone fragment.