The Northern Michigan University Center for Native American Studies is now in the midst of the implementation phase of the Decolonizing Diet Project. The DDP research subjects have been adhering to their meal and excercise plans since March 25, 2012. While we have put forth great effort to prepare for this phase, we realize that there may be some things that still need tweaking. The master food list is located on the DDP Group Site. We will continue updating food provider information as we go along, and will announce opportunities to join food consultants on various outings as they become available.

We would like to say chi-miigwech (many thanks) to those who have supported our project thus far including Northern Michigan University, the US Forest Service, the Cedar Tree Institute, the Kewenaw Bay Indian Community, and several businesses (please see the list of supporters at the DDP Group Site). If you or your organization would like to donate to this project (whether in the form of food, equipment, or cash), or if you have any questions about the DDP, please contact Dr. Martin Reinhardt, principal investigator, at (906)-227-1397, or email: mreinhar@nmu.edu

We wish everyone the very best on this exciting adventure.


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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Upcoming DDP Research Subjects Gatherings

We will be holding a DDP research subjects gathering on Jan 27th and again on Feb 10th from 1-3pm in the fellowship hall of the Grace United Methodist Church at 927 W. Fair Ave. in Marquette. This is just up the hill from the Cener for Native American Studies. Click here to see map. Please rsvp by emailing me at: meinhar@nmu.edu Please indicate in your email if you plan on attending or not. We will discuss planning our daily diet and exercise at the first gathering, and will discuss data collection at the second meeting. If you are unable to make these meetings, I can meet with you individually at some other time, just email me and we can try to come up with a time convenient to both of our schedules.

We are hoping to be able to use the fellowship hall on a regular basis for two indoor gatherings per month during the DDP implementation phase, but we will have to wait and see if we get approved. We will also be looking to schedule two outdoor activities per month on the alternate fridays. We realize that not everyone will be able to make it to all of the gatherings, but fridays are usually pretty open on most people's schedules. There will of course be other times that some of us get together and do things DDP related, but we thought it was important to have some regularly scheduled days and times to help us plan out our yearlong adventure.
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Smithsonian Mammals Database

After we realized that we had forgotten to include bison, elk, and moose on our mammals list, we went back to the Smithsonian database and tried to figure out why they didn't come up in our search. We have since updated the master food list, but we found some issues with the Smithsonian database. I contacted them about the issues, and here is their reply: 

Dear Martin,

The GIS mapping interface allows you to go from the range map of a species to the species page (small icon to the right of a checked species name), but the reverse is not an option as each species range map does not have a unique URL on the GIS map. We are updating the site to add the remaining mammals of Mexico, and we will add the range maps to every species page. I cannot give you a date certain when that will happen, though we are perhaps only a month away.

Best,

-robert

Robert Costello

National Outreach Program Manager
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History
Washington DC
202-633-1101
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