At the halfway place: The University of Michigan Biological Station leads international recognition effort as UNESCO biosphere region
"Obtawaing" is the Anishinaabemowin word for "at the halfway place." It was the name for the center of the Odawa village that used to stretch 16 miles along northern Lake Michigan, near the town of Harbor Springs and the hamlets Good Hart and Cross Village, says Frank Ettawageshik, currently the
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