Research, part of a special feature on Collaborative Management, Environmental Caretaking, and Sustainable Livelihoods ABSTRACT Giizhik (gee-zhick; Northern white cedar; Thuja occidentalis) maintains essential roles in Anishinaabe teachings, ceremony, and lifeways. Anishinaabeg at Bahweting and Gnoozhekaaning have adaptively gathered Giizhik through millennia of change. Over the last century, Giizhik have declined in abundance across their