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The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, based in the eastern Upper Peninsula, has two powwows planned, including the ...
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - A 6.4-acre park in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids was once the site of an Indigenous village. Ah-Nab-Awen Park (pronounced ah-nob’-wen) translates to “resting place” in Ojibwe.
Other Michigan tribes, such as the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, gained federal recognition through legislation in 1994.
SAULT STE. MARIE — A group of tribes in Michigan are banding together to oppose the federal fast-tracking of what they call a dangerous project in the Straits of Mackinac. The Bay Mills Indian ...
Native American tribe and natural rights coalition fight Michigan fishing decree ... 2024 to explore a giant floor map of the Great Lakes as described with indigenous languages. (Dave Byrnes / ...
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – Twelve federally recognized tribes in Michigan are fighting for at least $23 million in federal grants clawed back by the Trump administration. The nonprofit Inter-Tribal ...
Michigan’s schools were primarily in the Northern Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula. It was previously publicly known there were only three such boarding schools in the state — the Indian ...
The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan is a nonprofit that represents the 12 federally recognized tribes in Michigan. The council worked with The Medical College of Wisconsin to develop the app ...
Michigan DNR provided 400,000 Arctic grayling eggs to three Native American tribes for reintroduction into state waterways. Arctic grayling, a freshwater fish once prevalent in Michigan ...
A new library system developed by the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe is reshaping how Indigenous knowledge and cultural perspectives could be shared in Michigan schools. Known as Gather Together or ...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Four Native American tribes have agreed with Michigan and federal officials on a revised fishing policy for parts of three of the Great Lakes.