Notes from Reservation River

Series produced by WTIP

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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.


24 Pieces

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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
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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
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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
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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