"UMN initiatives could improve relationships with Indigenous groups" by MN Daily

May 04, 2023


Forest Resources Associate Professor Mike Dockry was interviewed for Minnesota Daily's recent article "UMN initiatives could improve relationships with Indigenous groups." The article describes the benefits and opportunities of the proposed Cloquet Forestry Center land transfer as well as the good work the department is already doing with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

By returning land to the Fond du Lac, "our research and education can actually get better because we will potentially form better relationships with the tribe," Dockry says. He also shares that it's "one of those things that can really set an example of how we lead and work with our tribal partners in a just manner."