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Laurie Harper, director of education for the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School, a K-12 tribal school on the Leech Lake Band Indian Reservation in north-central Minnesota, never thought that a class of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, would be an issue for her community.
As the EPA begins to crack down on PFAS contamination, Indigenous communities like Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School are getting left behind.
Banham Zoo has unveiled more details of its controversial plans to shift its focus from exotic animals to species from the British Isles.
While other school districts have faced a marathon of obstacles during the pandemic, Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School Director Dan McKeon said his school has endured an ultramarathon.