The Associated Press HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) \u2014 On a twilight so calm the red and white pines are reflected in the waters of northern Wisconsin’s Chippewa Flowage, John Baker plans to go spearfishing \u2014 a traditional Ojibwe method of harvesting walleye. But before he sets out, he detours his boat to land on a sandy shore, hops out and crosses the tree line, crunching through dead leaves. \u201cThis is my sanctuary,\u201d he says, recalling childhood visits in his dad\u2019s rowboat. He points out divots in the earth \u2014 former graves, once behind a church, whose occupants have since been moved. But the burial sites of many Native people in the area were not. When a local power company created the Flowage by building the Winter Dam in the 1920s, it… <\/p>\n
The Associated Press HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) \u2014 On a twilight so calm the red and white pines are reflected in the waters of northern Wisconsin’s Chippewa Flowage, John Baker plans to go spearfishing \u2014 a traditional Ojibwe method of harvesting walleye. But before he sets out, he detours his boat to land on a sandy shore, hops out and crosses the tree line, crunching through dead leaves. \u201cThis is my sanctuary,\u201d he says, recalling childhood visits in his dad\u2019s rowboat. He points out divots in the earth \u2014 former graves, once behind a church, whose occupants have since been moved. But the burial sites of many Native people in the area were not. When a local power company created the Flowage by building the Winter Dam in the 1920s, it... <\/p>\n