Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
With insight from Ojibwe elders, biologists and artist Rabbett Before Horses Strickland, this film captures enduring spiritual connections with Brother Wolf, the lasting bonds and responsibilities shared between native people and the wolf species, and the opportunities and challenges presented by the reintroduction and protection of the animals across reservation lands.
Chapters
0:00 Origin Story: Anishinaabe and Ma'iingan
3:14 The Frozen River: A Story of Sacred Debt
6:54 Rabbett Strickland Paints the Manidoo
8:58 Trail Cameras Capture the Red Cliff Pack
16:49 Bad River's Wolf Protection Plan
19:31 Passing Down the Ma'iingan Story
24:54 Mapping and Protecting Bad River's Packs
33:15 Wolf Awareness Week: Teaching Kids
35:55 Confronting Myths About Ma'iingan
38:39 Joe Rose Shares the Seven Fires Prophecy
40:18 Marvin Defoe's Encounters With Ma'iingan
46:02 Rabbett Strickland's Vision of a New World
47:37 The Seventh Fire: A New People Returns
51:17 Izhichigewin: Living the Teaching
54:48 Credits and Where to Learn More
Watch this program on YouTube anytime online and on the free PBS app on all streaming devices: pbswisconsin.org/watch/pbs-wisconsin-documentaries
Support programs like this: pbswisconsin.org/donate
With insight from Ojibwe elders, biologists and artist Rabbett Before Horses Strickland, this film captures enduring spiritual connections with Brother Wolf, the lasting bonds and responsibilities shared between native people and the wolf species, and the opportunities and challenges presented by the reintroduction and protection of the animals across reservation lands.
Chapters
0:00 Origin Story: Anishinaabe and Ma'iingan
3:14 The Frozen River: A Story of Sacred Debt
6:54 Rabbett Strickland Paints the Manidoo
8:58 Trail Cameras Capture the Red Cliff Pack
16:49 Bad River's Wolf Protection Plan
19:31 Passing Down the Ma'iingan Story
24:54 Mapping and Protecting Bad River's Packs
33:15 Wolf Awareness Week: Teaching Kids
35:55 Confronting Myths About Ma'iingan
38:39 Joe Rose Shares the Seven Fires Prophecy
40:18 Marvin Defoe's Encounters With Ma'iingan
46:02 Rabbett Strickland's Vision of a New World
47:37 The Seventh Fire: A New People Returns
51:17 Izhichigewin: Living the Teaching
54:48 Credits and Where to Learn More
Watch this program on YouTube anytime online and on the free PBS app on all streaming devices: pbswisconsin.org/watch/pbs-wisconsin-documentaries
Support programs like this: pbswisconsin.org/donate
