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<div>Thanks to all of you for your support of Carrie!  The fundraiser at the South Shore Brewery Taphouse in Washburn was an amazing success and a great time!  So fabulous to see our community rally around Carrie, Sam and her mom Mary.  The place was packed, the music was rocking, the food was tasty and the beverages cold and satisfying.  We appreciate everyone who helped make this a success!  
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<div>Many of you know Carrie Linder through the countless ways she shows up for her community. Over the years, she has worn many hats—Bad River Elder Program Coordinator, partner in Pasture Perfect Poultry, the “Lettuce Lady,” Mason EMT, Ashland County Aging Unit Director, and Bayfield County Aging and Disability Services Manager. Others know her as a Women on Water (WOW) kayaker, Northland alum, adventure traveler, soccer mom, daughter to Mary Linder, and loving mom to Sam. She was also a devoted wife to her late husband, Jay of Jay’s Tree Care.
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<div>No matter how you know Carrie, one thing is certain—she gives deeply, lives fully, and brings kindness and energy into every space she enters.
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<div>In June 2024, Carrie received the difficult diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. While her cancer appears to be slow-growing, the journey has required weekly chemotherapy and tremendous strength. Recently, her oncologist recommended a targeted therapy involving KRAS inhibitors, offering new hope when chemotherapy is no longer effective. She has been accepted into a trial through the START Clinic in Grand Rapids, MI and placed on a waiting list.
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<div>The financial burden of her ongoing healthcare costs, including periodic trips to Mayo Clinic, etc. is significant. When she enters into the trial these costs will become even more significant. It is a heavy burden—but one that carries the possibility of more time and hope. Carrie has spent her life caring for others. Now it’s our turn to care for her.
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<div>On May 15, 2026, at the South Shore Taphouse from 6 to 9 PM there will be a live benefit for Carrie. The evening will include opportunities to donate, bid on silent auction items, and dance the night away to a band sponsored by North York Carpentry.
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<div>Let’s help Carrie keep moving forward with hope and strength. Please give what you can, attend if you’re able, and <strong>share her story </strong>to support this incredible person on her journey
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Supporting Carrie Through Her Cancer Journey

<div>Hello friends, this is Mangue Sylla, Guinean Dundun player in New York, and former member of Le Merveilles de Guinée. I am writing because I need your help, again. Most of you already know, but for those of you who do not, <strong>I received a diagnosis for a life-threatening disease 2 years ago.</strong> I go for bi-weekly infusions and have had 3 major surgeries so far. There is no cure, only treatments, and this has been a massive blow to me and my family.

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<div>Many of you have been there for me and my family throughout this time. We are extremely grateful for all of the love and financial support we have received. Thank you! But as my medical bills keep coming, we are in need of more support. Additionally, <strong>I am desperately trying to see my elderly mom and my family in Guinea, and I need to receive some traditional treatments from 3 specific elder healers in Guinea and Guinea Bissau in the next month.</strong>

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<div>Would you be willing to help me? I have set this campaign for $10,000, which would make my trip back to Africa happen, and would help me start to get caught up on our living expenses for my children.

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<div>Thank you. Thank you for considering giving to me and my family at this difficult time. No amount is too small, and I would be forever grateful.

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Aid Mangue Sylla's Healing and Family Visit

<div>Many of you may not know the health journey my father has been on the past couple of years, but we have come to a huge hurdle as far as his health and ongoing recovery.

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<div>On 12/31/2023, my father suffered a retinal stroke and lost almost all the vision in his left eye. He spent several days in the stroke ward at WakeMed and was discharged with little explanation as to what had caused this. He has been vigilant about his health and taking better care of himself for the past few years and has lost over 200 lbs and completely changed his lifestyle. He had a medical device placed in his chest to shock his heart back into a life-sustaining rhythm just in case something was to happen in July of '24 when he was diagnosed with V-Fib (a serious heart condition). He recovered from his surgery and continued on his path of healthy living.

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<div>This past July, he collapsed in his backyard while mowing his yard and was shocked back to life. His recovery over the past month has been tremendously difficult, and regaining his stamina and energy has been challenging. Somehow, he has kept working through all of this and kept his spirits up as much as he can.

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<div>On Friday morning, 8/29/25, my father woke up and lost the vision in his right eye and is now legally blind. He is still at Duke and has been in and out of their hyperbaric chamber 3 times this weekend. They have run countless tests and labs but have no idea what is going on or a true root cause as to why he lost his vision one eye at a time.

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<div>Up until this point, we thought we could handle this as a family, but we are desperately asking for any support you can offer to this incredibly difficult situation<strong>.</strong> He can no longer work or drive and is still trying to recover from such a big cardiac event. We all know bills keep coming in, and life doesn't slow down. We are trying to find all services available and figure this thing out, but this is an uphill battle at the moment. The number seems astronomical, but with some love and support, I know we can scratch the surface and help my father on his journey upward.

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Support for Mark's Vision and Heart Recovery

<div><span>We are a group of Indigenous women hand drum singers from Gaa-Miskwaabikaang (Red Cliff, Wisconsin) and the surrounding area. We believe in healing through drum and song. We sing for the healing of ourselves, our families, and our communities.</span>


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<div><strong>Wiikweyaang Nagamo Ikwewag </strong>(“women singing from the bay”<strong>) was formed in Spring 2025 after a hand drum making workshop at the Ginanda Gikendaasomin (“We seek to learn”) Red Cliff Tribal Library.</strong> Several women expressed interest in coming together to sing on a regular basis, and we hit the ground running!




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<div>We have been invited to sing at the Many Winters Gathering of Elders in San Pedro, California, October 9-12, 2025, and are raising funds for 14 women to travel and sing together! We have also been invited to play for folks at a local Native American residential treatment center, perform ant the renowned Idyllwild Arts Academy, and participate in a full moon ceremony at the Pacific Ocean.




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<div><strong>Our goal is to raise $12,000 through donations and fundraising events to cover travel costs for our group.</strong> Funds raised will cover airfare, luggage costs, ground transportation, lodging, and food for 14 women to travel and sing at the gathering. We are also hosting multiple food sales and fundraising events at Red Cliff. We will keep everyone updated on our events and progress.




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<div><strong>Goal 1 - raise $4,000 by August 22.</strong> This will cover the airfare and luggage costs for 14 Sun Country tickets from Minneapolis to Los Angeles. This is an ambitious goal, but purchasing tickets sooner is cheaper.




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<div><strong>Goal 2 - reach $8,000 by September 12.</strong> This will cover deposits for our Airbnb, vans to travel to and from the Minneapolis airport from Red Cliff, and a 15-passenger van to get around California.




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<div><strong>Goal 3 - reach $12,000 by October 3.</strong> These funds will cover gas, groceries, and food. It will also cover the remaining costs of lodging and vans.




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<div>Miigwech! We raised enough funds to cover our costs, and are now able to bring four additional members with us (18 total). We also covered hotel rooms in Minneapolis the evening before our flight, and for hotels near Sequoia for one night. Remaining donations will cover food and incidentals.
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<div>We appreciate your support and will keep you updated on our progress and share photos and experiences from our adventure! We will add fundraising funds and offline donations here to track our progress. Please share with anyone who might want to be a part of our journey and story. Thank you for considering!




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<div>Our local canine caretaker extraordinaire, Sarah Mather, has encountered a road block in the construction of her grooming, daycare and boarding facility, aPawstle Islands Dog Care. She is in need of a financial bridge to get from no windows, doors or well to installed windows, doors and well for the new building. When these are in place, aPawstle Islands Dog Care will be that much closer to opening. Sarah has a very special way with dogs - and people. Her clients range from grandmothers, gardeners, potters, painters and jewelers to doctors, retired professors, restauranteurs, lawyers and visitors. Sarah works to take care of our dogs so that we can work to take care of our community.
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Bring aPawstle Islands to Life with Love

<div>As many of you may know, Darcy got what's likely the toughest news of her life on Wednesday, May 29th. She received a breast cancer diagnosis after having a biopsy done on a suspicious lump.
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<div>In the time since, Darcy and her family's life has been a whirlwind of figuring out next steps, doctors visits, developing a treatment plan, and just trying to process this news and what it means for them.
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<div>After many weeks of further consulting with her medical team, another biopsy, and other testing, Darcy has settled on having a double mastectomy. She will be going into surgery on the 22nd of August, where they will do the procedure and at that time check her lymph nodes to see if the cancer has traveled. After the surgery she will know if she needs radiation or chemo. Then, she will be going through an eight week recovery before being able to fully return to work.
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<div>Where the Schwerins can really use some help is getting through the financial hurdles that lay ahead. They will also need lots of support from our local community with anything from meals (sign up to bring a meal to the Schwerins <a href="https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/475o56" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>here</strong></a>) to encouraging words to supporting Darcy's business, and everything in between.
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<div>Of course with something like this, medical bills are going to become rather significant, traveling to Duluth, and Darcy is self-employed. Her greatest concern during this time is that she will experience significant loss of income during her recovery and the business depends on her, and she simply will not be able to bring in revenue for a couple of months.
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<div>Money is the last thing they should be worrying about in a time like this, but unfortunately that is the way these things go. Any way that you can offer support, no matter how big or small, means so much to the Schwerin family. We all know they pay it forward and help out others in need, so here's to helping them in what lies ahead!
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Help Darcy and her family through a tough time with cancer

<div>Grumble is a long-time cook for the people and generously lent out his personal kitchen gear as part of Minneapolis encampment support over the last year. We've lost some of his equipment to the chaos of evictions and moves, and now we want to replace it.
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<div>$1000 will help us buy high-quality equipment so Grumble can continue feeding elders and large crowds from Anishinaabe and Dakota territories to Dine territories and beyond. If you've eaten Grumble's coleslaw, hand pies, or breakfast potatoes, you know what a difference his food makes when we're in the thick of it.
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Help Rebuild Grumble's Kitchen

<div>Hello, my name is Karen Kowalczyk.  I am humbling reaching out to you for monetary help. I have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Not only is this an emotional time me but also is becoming a financial struggle for my family. The area that I really need help in is with paying for the high deductible of my health insurance and non-covered items like getting my old car repaired so that it can safely take me to my appointments. Any amount is greatly appreciated. Much love to you all!
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Help needed for Karen Kowalczyk's Breast Cancer Journey

<div>Hi most people call me Grumble. As many of you know I have spent 30 plus years providing support for and engaging in communities of resistance. At age 60 I find myself with a host of incurable health problems that require care to deal with and maintain myself in a stable condition. I do not have a retirement fund, a steady income because of what i have chosen to dedicate my life too. In order continue to do support work I need your help. Just camping in a tent is no longer an option for example.
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<div>The 1854 Treaty Home embodies the difference between a house and a home. Our Home continues to be a lively hub of resistance - providing support to unhoused relatives, meeting space for indigenous water protectors, as well as a "Home". Watch for development of more activities to protect water as the Line 5 reroute across Northern Wisconsin and Michigan threatens us all. We pray for unity and healing. May the Home keep bringing Water Protectors together! 
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<div>In 2021, a group committed to praying for and with Water began to walk. With Indigenous leaders, they walked over 250 miles from the Mississippi River headwaters to the Minnesota capitol in St. Paul for a day to Honor Treaties and fight the Line 3 Pipeline.
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<div>The group of Water Protectors continued. Walking, grieving and praying for another 160 miles along the proposed pipeline route across Northern Minnesota and ending in Superior, Wisconsin where a refinery belches death into the air next to one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world - Gitchi Gami.
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<div>In 2022 they walked another 150 miles along Lake Superior from Duluth to Ashland uniting the fight against Line 3 and Line 5. Hundreds welcomed the walkers and celebrated at the Communities United By Water festival.
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<div>In 2023, the group gathered in Michigan for the Water Is Life festival and walked the Mackinac Bridge - a massive, 5-mile suspension bridge across the Straits of Mackinac. An old pipeline built in the 1950s lies through this same expanse of water - threatening to rupture by boat anchor or storm. A proposed rebuild would construct a tunnel under the stretch of water that connects Great Lakes Michigan and Huron. Known for its unique and variable currents that regularly change direction, this project flirts with an unprecedented oil spill disaster at the hands of the same corporation responsible for the Kalamazoo, MI and Grand Rapids, MN spills - Enbridge. 
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<div>This mobile Water Protector community is retracing the steps of Anishnaabe who migrated west in search of Manoomin - food that grows on the water - aka wild rice. The prophecies foretell a reverse migration to recover what was lost along the way. Your support lifts up Water Protectors to protect and heal Mother Earth.
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Support the 1854 Treaty Home in Duluth

<div>"We Stand" mural will join other Indigenous delegations on the National Mall, Monday, November 20th through Friday, November 25th-November 2022 NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH - Washington DC.---“We Stand” is a 6' x 48' mural, depicting Water Protectors from across Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan standing in unity with diverse allies protecting water. This exhibition piece captures iconic Indigenous leaders in the movement against the expansion of fossil fuels and other extractive infrastructure that is currently ravaging across sacred Indigenous ancestral homelands...<strong>With support, We Stand"mural will be exhibited Monday, November 21st through Friday, November 25th on the National Mall during the month-long Native American Heritage events. Indigenous delegations are arriving at the National Mall this November. “We Stand”, is a delegation on it's own. It was created with an ensemble of 80+ local and traveling artists. We all believe the "We Stand" mural deserves a national debut.</strong> Art can only fulfill its goal if shared and given away with humility. The "We Stand" mural comes forward as an example of grassroots community capacity building. Debut of the "We Stand" mural at the National Mall is a vital opportunity to put forth a unified Indigenous-led response that addresses the Global Climate Emergency by sending a clear message to national leadership demanding decisive action.
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We Stand mural - National Debut

<div>Hey everyone! So my best friend and I are on this really amazing adventure of starting our own small bakery and deli in Calumet, MI.  We are so excited to be doing this and we are finally making some progress with our commercial kitchen build.  We received a FREE oven from a very amazing individual, which we couldn't have been more happy about.  Unfortunately, we just found out that the oven won't work in our space, and we need to find a different one.  Because we had been given an oven, we did not budget for buying one, so we need your help!  We are so close to making this happen! Help us get closer to achieving our goal! Thankyou!
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Help us purchase an oven!

In 2014, Wolf Patrol was founded as a citizen monitoring effort whose intend was to highlight the then only hound hunt for wolves in America which took place in Wisconsin that year. Our members were the only advocacy group to witness the use of hounds to hunt wolves that winter and report on it to the world. Later that year, wolves were returned to federal protections and in the following seven years, Wolf Patrol continued to focus on the plight of wolves in Wisconsin, specifically the conflict caused by bear hunters who bait and train hounds in known wolf areas.<br /><br />From 2015 until the present time, Wolf Patrol has monitored bear baiting and hound training activities which are responsible for dozens of deadly conflicts between gray wolves and bear hunting hounds. We have also uncovered illegal practices and reported numerous incidents of noncompliance to hunting regulations by hound hunters in Wisconsin. <br /><br />In 2016, Wolf Patrol began monitoring wildlife killing contests in Wisconsin that targeted coyotes, foxes and other wildlife. It was at one of these contests outside of the town of Laona that we discovered and reported a series of illegal baits intended to kill wolves or any other predator that discovered them. Since then, our citizen monitors have gone undercover at numerous killing contests to expose these barbaric activities to the public with the hope that our evidence would contribute to efforts to end wildlife killing contests.<br /><br />In 2017, Wolf Patrol began a campaign which continues today, to expose the practice of hunting coyotes with hounds. We launched a "cybercrime unit" which gathered evidence of illegal hound hunting practices such as the use of hunting hounds to attack, maul, fight and kill wildlife and in 2018 our effort led to criminal investigations that resulted in charges against known offenders Since then, our campaign to expose the inherent cruelty involved with hunting not only coyotes, but bobcats, foxes, raccoons and other wildlife has resulted in criminal investigations of hound hunting practices in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Illinois.<br /><br />In over seven years of monitoring hound hunters, trappers, bear baiters and other wildlife offenders Wolf Patrol's crew has never been cited for any criminal activity. This despite the fact that in 2016, then Governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker signed into law the "Right to Hunt Act" which specifically targeted Wolf Patrol and attempted to make illegal our practice of monitoring controversial hunting practices. We challenged the law and continued going into the field to expose wildlife atrocities and to this day, no county in Wisconsin has chosen to charge our members with violating this unconstitutional law.<br /><br />In February 2021, Wisconsin wolves again lost federal protections and the state organized a poorly planned hunt that resulted in the legal quota being exceeded by almost 100% by mostly hound hunters. Again, Wolf Patrol was the only organization in the field monitoring the hunt and our presence resulted in more criminal investigations of illegal hound hunting and trapping practices that we discovered during the legal slaughter.<br /><br />In February 2022, Wisconsin wolves were again returned to federal protections and Wolf Patrol will continue monitoring threats caused by conflicts with bear hunters and illegal hunting. We also remain committed to exposing cruel hound hunting practices not only in Wisconsin, but all over the United States. Towards that end, Wolf Patrol is currently working in Vermont investigating the hound hunting of coyotes in support of proposed legislation which would outlaw the practice.

Wolf Patrol: Exposing Wildlife Atrocities

We are a group of middle school students from the Oredocker Project School in Ashland, WI.  Some local tribal members and filmmakers gave a talk about their experiences at Sacred Stone Camp and we were inspired to study the situation. Now we want to experience it firsthand to learn about indigenous cultures, environmental issues and how communities come together to change the world,<br /> We need funds to cover our expenses: $150-$300 for gas, $100-$200 for food, $300 to cover the cost of a substitute, so our teacher can go with us, $200 for entrance fees at parks, monuments and museums along the way. The first draft of our trip proposal has been approved by the principal, but, with winter coming soon, we can't wait to raise money! Anything that we can't spend on this trip will be used to support the water protectors or saved for future trips.<br />Here we are with some classmates picking up garbage around Lake Superior...doing what we can to protect the earth and water!<br /><br /><img class="not-resizable" src="https://2dbdd5116ffa30a49aa8-c03f075f8191fb4e60e74b907071aee8.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/15275285_1476327229.4437_funddescription.jpg" alt="" width="100%" />

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