Johns Hopkins Center For Indigenous Health - Great Lakes Hub

08/19/2026

We see you, Rizal! 👀

JHU Great Lakes Hub summer intern Rizal Agaton Howes spoke eloquently and movingly at yesterday’s historic press conference to support Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s executive order to ban nonferrous mining in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA) area.

Miigwech, Rizal, for using your voice to protect nibi/water and the beautiful Boundary Waters. We are so proud of you and grateful for your advocacy, and thrilled to see this executive order come through!

Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health

06/26/2026

Check out Dr. Jill Fish and very our own Dr. Miigis Gonzalez talk about their podcast "Tending Our Roots" on KALW!

Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health

06/15/2026

Miigwech to the organizers of the Fond du Lac Mino Bimaadiziwin Health Fair!

We were grateful for the opportunity to table and represent Gii’igoshimong and the Great Lakes Hub overall, connect with community, and share information about our work.

Miigwech for the incredible support and engagement – over 600 of you visited our table! 😮

We’re excited for our next tabling event - more soon!

Gii’igoshimong is a research study looking to understand the role of ceremony in preventing substance use. Want to know more? Click here to see our Interest Form: https://redcap.link/ceremonystudy!

06/02/2026

We are so excited to welcome our newest member to the team, Rizal Agaton Howes!

Rizal recently joined the Great Lakes Hub as an Undergraduate Research Assistant. Rizal is studying sociology and Native American Indigenous studies at the University of Minnesota Morris. He is looking to improve his research skills and gain experience with cultural revitalization projects in Indigenous communities. Rizal proudly represents his Ojibwe-Anishinaabe (Fond du Lac), Muscogee Creek, and Filipino heritage. With his experience in sociological research, cultural revitalization, teaching in powwow groups, and teaching Ojibwemowin, he is very passion about powwow, Indigenous ceremonies, and connecting with community.

06/02/2026

🎙️🌱 NOW PLAYING! 🎙️🌱

𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗧𝘂𝗵𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗶 𝗦𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗵 — “𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱”

https://podcast.show/tendingourroots/

On this week’s episode of Tending Our Roots, we sit down with Māori scholar, Linda Tuhiwai Smith (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou) — the grandmother of Indigenous research.

Linda’s guided generations through her groundbreaking book, “Decolonizing Methodologies.” In conversation, she speaks with warmth, humility, and humor — reminding us that revolution begins in how we live our everyday lives. Rather than chasing grand gestures, she teaches us to nurture our relationships with family, land, and community, and to let our Indigeneity breathe through daily practice. Looking ahead, she imagines the next twenty-six years of Indigenous research shaped by care, balance, and joy.

05/22/2026

Boozhoo!
Are you interested in research, community, and science?
Check out our Independent Evaluator position and apply today!

https://redcap.link/ceremonystudy_ieapplication

04/29/2026

Youth Internship Opportunity!

We are launching an 8-week internship for 15-24 year-old Indigenous women and two-spirit youth to spend the summer immersed in canoe culture. This culturally-grounded, skills-based leadership development opportunity combines hands-on canoeing and bushcraft training with cultural learning, trip planning, and leadership practice.

Applications include a personal statement, reference and this registration form: forms.gle/YFey7QJmcfYThWTZ7
Reach out to [email protected] for more information.

Applications close Friday May 1st at 5pm Central.

04/29/2026

The trailer for Dr. Miigis Gonzalez's podcast is finally here. You don't want to miss it!

🎙️🌱 The official trailer for “Tending Our Roots with Indigenous Methodologies” is HERE!

https://podcast.show/tendingourroots/episode/153784436/

Join hosts Dr. Miigis Gonzalez (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe) and Dr. Jill Fish (Tuscarora Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy) every Friday as they discuss with guests how Indigenous Knowledges and ways of being address the structural limits of Western frameworks. This podcast is a living resource for those nurturing the health, healing, and futures of Indigenous communities.

Tune in this Friday, May 1st, to listen to Tending Our Roots’ first episode!

04/28/2026

Use this link to see our Interest Form: https://redcap.link/ceremonystudy!

04/27/2026

Our very own Dr. Miigis Gonzalez is co-hosting a new podcast 🌱🎙️

Make sure to listen to the first episode on your favorite podcast player this Friday, May 1st!

We’re proud to announce “Tending Our Roots with Indigenous Methodologies,” a brand new, 10 episode podcast that will explore Indigenous Methodologies in research, evaluation, and community practice 🎙️🌱

Join hosts Dr. Miigis Gonzalez (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe) and Dr. Jill Fish (Tuscarora Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy) every Friday as they discuss with their featured guest how Indigenous Knowledges and ways of being address the structural limits of Western frameworks. This podcast is a living resource for those nurturing the health, healing, and futures of Indigenous communities.

New episodes drop starting May 1st, 2026!