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Muskrat Coffee is Roasted by Native American coffee roasters on the White Earth Reservation.
Coffee roasted to perfection in small batches from us to you.
Coffee roasted to perfection in small batches from us to you.
CHIEF HOLE IN THE DAY BLEND
“Although it may cost me my liberty, I will continue to speak and act...until the wrongs of my people shall be righted”
- Hole in the Day, Ojibwe Patriot. 1828-1868.
Living from l828 until his assassination in l868, Hole in the Day, or Bug o ne giizhig the Younger was an Ojibwe leader who used his political skills to negotiate and speak on behalf of his people, insuring a land base, and challenging that the Ojibwe not be treated as second class citizens in our homeland of Anishinaabe Akiing. A member of the Bear Clan, he lived in a time when Ojibwe lands were under intense pressure by mining interests and lumber barons, complicated by bribery, theft, starvation and relocation in our communities. Using his political skills, Hole in the Day traveled to Washington four times to negotiate treaties and rights for the Ojibwe people. He had six wives, including a white woman, with whom he returned from Washington. At all times he resisted being treated as a second-class citizen, at one point challenging Treaty Commissioner Dole: “Are you the smartest man our Great Father could send in a trying time like this?...You have been talking to me as if I was a child. I may not be as smart as you are, but your talk to me sounds like baby talk…You said the treaty reads so and so, but that is a lie and you know it is…”
Hole in the Day was one of the negotiators of the l867 treaty which created the White Earth Reservation, and most of his descendants came to live on this reservation. He was never allowed to live out his life in peace on White Earth, but was assassinated on the Gull River, near Crow Wing, in l868.
“I am willing to sacrifice myself for my band and die for them…”
HOLE IN THE DAY BLEND
Muskrat Coffee memorializes Hole in the Day’s tireless advocacy with a unique blend, balancing the Ethiopian Yergachaffe’s mellow citrus notes and hints of apricot with a dark-roasted Sumatra for intensity, bold spice, and clean finish. We round it off with Central American beans for a smooth, full taste.
Welcome to Muskrat Coffee Company
We provide excellent, small batch specialty roasts from the White Earth Anishinaabeg Reservation in northern Minnesota. Our coffee comes from a worldwide market of indigenous communities who grow their coffee sustainably. We specialize in fair trade and organic varieties that are carefully roasted to perfection here on the reservation. We are dedicated to our trade.
We know good coffee, enjoy it, and want you to enjoy it as well. We offer roasts to suit every kind of coffee drinker: from the morning sipper looking for a smooth wake-me-up to the dedicated all day dark-roast slugger, and even the weekend, at the cabin, relaxed and "kicked back" daydreamer. We are all about attention to detail, quality and good coffee!
Waazhask - The Story of the Muskrat
Posted June 8th, 2007 by Reed AubinIt’s said that a long time ago, the original people became out of balance. To cleanse the earth, a great flood came and washed away all the evil. Nanaboozhoo and the other animals saved themselves by resting on a giant log floating in the water. “I’ll swim to the bottom” exclaimed Nanaboozhoo, the trickster, “there I will find some earth, and create a new land for us all, with the help of the four winds and the Creator.” Deep he went, but only to return gasping for air. Great swimmers volunteered: Maang (Loon), Zhingibis (the Hell-diver), Nigig, the Otter, all tried and failed. At long last a soft muffled voice was heard: “I will try.” said Waazhask, the Muskrat. Many of the animals laughed, seeing that the Waazhask was puny and pitiful. But the little muskrat dove deep and was gone for a long time, until the animals gave up hope. Finally, his limp body came to the surface. Nanaboozhoo said, “Our little brother has gone too long without air and he is dead.” Only then did Nanaboozhoo looked inside the paw of the Waazhask and found was a small amount of Earth. Mikinak, the turtle, said, “Place this earth on my back and we will make a new land.”
So it is, that even if you are feeling pitiful you may do a great thing. And for those of us who may need that extra help in the morning or mid-day, the Muskrat, Waazhask, is one to consider as a good friend and example.
