November 21, 2023November 21, 2023 by Rachel Tilseth

People and Wolves, a Wisconsin story of coexistence.

A Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin Film

by Rachel Tilseth

Produced and Directed by Rachel Tilseth, Edited By Justin Koehler

Writer Rachel Tilseth

Co-producer Manish Bhatt

Co-producer Michael Waasegiizhig Price

Cameraman Tyler Grape

Wolf footage courtesy of Voyageurs Wolf Project

Cast

Edith Leoso

Michael Waasegiizhig Price

Peter David

Marvin DeFoe

Patrick Durkin

Sandy Gokee

John Johnson Sr.

And Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & Messenger of Peace

For centuries, the Ojibwe have lived alongside their brother Ma’iingan, who we know in English to be the wolf. In February 2021, a Brutal assault, a wolf hunt on their wolf relative, stirs emotion and grief for Ma’iingan as they know what happens to him will happen to them.

“What happens to the wolf will happen to us.”

“Our relationship with the wolf is giving us insight into the future, just as what happens to the water quality happens to us, and what happens to the wolf happens to us.”

“Fear of wolves has been handed down from generation to generation, reinforced by stories of Little Red Riding Hood and the big bad wolf.”

“A being like the wolf has spent thousands and thousands of years co-evolving with beings like the White-tailed deer, and has an important and valuable role here.”

“Universal law gives us specific instructions on caring for the earth. That’s a universal law; when you hunt the Mai’iingan, you are violating the universal law.”

“Wisconsin has this law, printed in 2012, that when hunting wolves is legal, we will hold a hunting season; it is in our statutes…should we be forcing that?”

“I remember exactly where I was when I read they had gone over their quota in a day.”

“We are trying to protect our rights and all these animals as we walk through life together.”

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