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Earth Day Celebration & Concert

The Honorable Distillery

Friday, April 24nd

Concert by Deux Saisons at 6pm

Support local conservation efforts while you sip on locally sourced spirits from The Honorable Distillery in Downtown Marquette all day on Friday, April 24th.

At 6pm, enjoy live music from classical voice and guitar duo: Deux Saisons

Support local sustainability efforts by donating to UPLC or our friends at Partridge Creek Compost

and be entered for a chance to win exciting prizes from local conservation groups!*

Learn more

*No purchase or donation necessary to enter the drawing. Limit one entry per person.

Center for Native American Studies x UPLC

2026 Sugar Bush Series Iskigamizigan

Each spring, as the days grow longer and the sap begins to run, communities across the Upper Peninsula gather around a tradition that connects generations to the land. Sugar Bush Iskigamizigan 2026 invites NMU students and Marquette community members to step into this seasonal rhythm — to learn, share, and experience maple sugaring as both a cultural practice and a living relationship with place.

Through time spent outdoors, around the fire, and in conversation, this series offers opportunities to deepen understanding of Anishinaabe traditions while building connections across communities. Together, we celebrate the knowledge, stories, and stewardship that continue to shape this region and inspire care for the lands we call home.

Chi miigwech big thanks to Center for Native American Studies, KBIC Promise Neighborhoods, Sault Tribe Language and Culture, and MSHS Title VI as partners who have gathered us together in a good way for sugar bush 2026.!

Check out the Iskigamizigan Sugar Bush Zine that CNAS student employee Presley Wyatt and director Tyler Detloff created to help guide our time shared together in community with the ininaatigwag maple trees and each other.