Calumet Art Center to host Fireside Chat on Ojibwe and copper Aug. 15

CALUMET -- The Ojibwe living in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan discovered outcroppings and float copper of a very pure form of copper ore, the most pure in the world. They forged tools from the copper to fit their life needs. Hear Jikiwe (Ed Gray) share the story of his ancestors, the Ojibwe, the Keweenaw’s first people, and Miskwabik.

A Fireside Chat, "First People of the Keweenaw with Jikiwe (Ed Gray)," will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Calumet Art Center, 57055 Fifth Street. For information call 906-281-3494.

Photo: The new Calumet Art Center, the remodeled community church at 57055 Fifth Street, is next to the Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne's. (Photo courtesy Ed Gray)