Notes from Reservation River
Series produced by WTIP
Writer Jess Koski is a Grand Portage tribal member and dispatches his “Jessays,” from his home on the shore of Lake Superior, in Chi Oni Gaming.
Writer Jess Koski is a Grand Portage tribal member and dispatches his “Jessays,” from his home on the shore of Lake Superior, in Chi Oni Gaming.
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Anishinaabe writer Jess Koski explains why Grand Portage and a number of other reservations are now issuing tribal license plates that raise awaren...
- Added: Apr 12, 2023
- Length: 05:00
Grand Portage writer Jess Koski follows wolf tracks along a snow-covered reservation road, and has an encounter with a mystical PistenBully.
- Added: Apr 12, 2023
- Length: 04:30
In this December dispatch, writer Jess Koski ruminates on the Ojibwe tradition of assigning descriptive moon names for each full moon. He proposes ...
- Added: Feb 15, 2023
- Length: 04:44
In this episode Grand Portage writer, runner and adventurer Jess Koski takes a new approach to categorize, measure and qualify his daily exercise a...
- Added: Feb 15, 2023
- Length: 04:30
Grand Portage writer Jess Koski goes out into the world looking for his clan. Is it Ajijak, the Crane? He discovers that sometimes all you have to ...
- Added: Feb 15, 2023
- Length: 04:50
“So, what have you been up to?” Jess ponders where writing fits into the three types of fun, with type one being enjoyable, type two being less enj...
- Added: Nov 11, 2022
- Length: 05:30
Grand Portage writer Jess Koski tells us about the life and times of Hansi, (a.k.a. Pup D, Puppenhauser D, chnock Du, Buddy Boy or Mr. Handsome), h...
- Added: Nov 11, 2022
- Length: 07:01
Grand Portage writer (and non-cold-water swimmer) Jess Koski ponders the size and scope of Lake Superior’s gifts, from humans to hummingbirds.
- Added: Nov 11, 2022
- Length: 04:45
A retired English professor, Jess reflects on the circular nature of reading books, as it relates to life at Reservation River.
- Added: Nov 11, 2022
- Length: 04:09
Writer Jess Koski reports from a community pow wow at Grand Portage, where he finds a steady drumbeat and a shift in his to-do list for the day.
- Added: Nov 11, 2022
- Length: 04:38
Jess asks the question: What is living the good life–mino bimaadiziwin? A few of his neighbors share what living a good life means to them, in this...
- Added: Apr 30, 2022
- Length: 05:20
In this late-winter episode of Notes from Reservation River, Jess sets some personal goals ahead of the warm season, makes resolutions and breaks t...
- Added: Apr 30, 2022
- Length: 04:31
Writer Jess Koski shares his views on the gift of nibi (water) and how tribal treaty rights enter into the bigger conversations about land, hunting...
- Added: Apr 30, 2022
- Length: 04:30
Running the backroads of the Rez with Jess Koski. Plus, news about his next attempt at a 100 mile run!
- Added: Jan 29, 2022
- Length: 05:12
Winter berry picking and the story of the Bear Berry tree, from the perspective of Grand Portage writer Jess Koski.
- Added: Jan 09, 2022
- Length: 04:18
Travel the highways and byways with Jess Koski, from Big Bend to Reservation River Road and back again.
- Added: Jan 09, 2022
- Length: 05:00
Jess visits Minong (Isle Royale), and ponders the ancient migration routes of Monarch butterflies.
- Added: Oct 02, 2021
- Length: 04:45
Jess asks about the condition of birch trees on the Shore and explains what it means when a friend has a case of birch envy.
- Added: Sep 26, 2021
- Length: 04:49
Jess ponders the history and cultural value of an old, iron pot.
- Added: Sep 26, 2021
- Length: 04:38
In this segment, Jess returns home from an East Coast visit, avoiding a plane crash and following the migration route of the Lake Superior Anishina...
- Added: Aug 01, 2021
- Length: 04:59
