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The Michigan’s Public Service Commission approved a key permit for part of Enbridge Energy’s plan to rebuild Line 5 under the Straits of Mackinac

The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act, a 1978 law meant to prevent Native children from being adopted out of their tribal communities.

Earlier in the pandemic, health officials were worried Indigenous populations would be hesitant to get a COVID vaccine. Now, they’re among the most…

For the first time in the tribe’s history, the Bay Mills Indian Community will have a tribal council made up entirely of women. “For me, I really see that…

Michigan's Indigenous communities hold long-standing legal right to protect lands and waters.On any given day, Jacques LeBlanc Jr. spends as many as 14…

The nationwide shutdown was especially ill-timed for fishers in the Great Lakes.Many deal in lake whitefish, a species that dwells in cold waters. The…

This story was updated 8:00 p.m. August 19, 2020. Groups representing business, environmentalists, and Native Americans are calling on Governor Gretchen…

Indigenous governments and activists in the Great Lakes have been leaders in the movement to shut down the twin oil pipelines that run under the Mackinac…

Native Americans in Michigan have legal rights to fish and hunt established by centuries-old treaties between tribes and the federal government.These…

Another Native American tribe in the state has voted to legalize recreational marijuana, making them to second tribe in Michigan to do so.The Sault Ste.…