Saving the World Nick Vander Puy

Sgt. Pat Herbig (USMC) suffered from PTSD after fighting in Vietnam. He went to treatment after his return to the States but didn't get healthier until he entered  the Sweat Lodge. 

Crystal Brown is a wounded healer. When she was a young woman she was shot three times by her brother. She suffered other abuses in her family. A few years ago she left a job as a psychiatric  nurse and administrator to follow her heart. Nick Vander Puy with News from the Front walks with her in a bog near the Flambeau River to connect with medicine plants. 

Walter Bresette (July 4, 1947 – February 21, 1999) was a prominent Ojibwe activist, politician, and author most notable for work on environmental issues and Ojibwe treaty rights in Northern Wisconsin and the Lake Superior region. He founded or co-founded several organizations including Witness for Nonviolence, the Midwest Treaty Network, and the Wisconsin Green Party.

Keith Secola is an Anishinaabeg musician probably best known for his upbeat song "NDN Car" Some critics say he's the native version of Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young. Nick Vander Puy from News from the Front visits with Secola after his performance at the Water is Live event August 19, 2021 in Duluth Minnesota, right near Lake Superior or Gichigami

Nick Vander Puy travels to Cass Lake, Minnesota to visit with Grandmother Anne Dunn about Enbridge building a giant pipeline to carry filthy, tar sands oil across the Minnesota ceded territory wild rice gathering district.

In early July, 2021 Nick Vander Puy visited  the Shell River Enbridge pipeline Resistance Camp southwest of Walker, Minnesota. He talked with a White Earth Anishinaabeg about Enbridge drawing down the water and impacting the wild rice.