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Grand Traverse tribe amps up community sugarbush

By • Apr 11, 2019
Two men in conservation officer uniforms smile and eat pancakes in a steamy barn
Kaye LaFond / Michigan Radio

 

Maple sugaring season is just wrapping up in northern Michigan. This delicious tradition of boiling maple sap to make syrup is practiced in the state on many scales.

But indigenous communities in the area were tapping trees long before settlers arrived.

Northern Michigan tribe hosts candidate forum; Republicans fail to show

By • Oct 29, 2018
Three men and one woman sit at a table on a stage.
Kaye LaFond / Michigan Radio

A northern Michigan Indigenous tribe hosted its own political town hall in preparation for the upcoming elections.

The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians invited Michigan candidates at the U.S., state and local levels to discuss environmental issues in a moderated forum last Friday evening in Peshawbestown.

MSU student to represent Michigan nations at Miss Indian World competition in New Mexico

By • Apr 23, 2018
COURTESY OF MISS INDIAN WORLD / FACEBOOK

This week brings the Gathering of Nations Powwow in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

A highlight of the powwow includes the Miss Indian World competition, a chance for 35 young women from across the United States and Canada to represent their tribes and nations and share their talents.

Indian man's skull turned over to tribe

By Associated Press • Apr 20, 2014

SUTTONS BAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A skull that was passed down through generations of a northern Michigan family has been turned over to an Indian group. 

Leelanau County Sheriff Mike Borkovich tells the Traverse City Record-Eagle that the family doesn't want its name known. He says the family gave the skull to his office in Sutton's Bay Township.

Deadline looms for major gaming compact between the state of Michigan and tribal governments

By • Nov 24, 2013
gambling.addictionblog.org

A big deadline looms on November 30th that may affect the state’s casino industry.

Since 1993, six Native American tribes (The Bay Mills Indian Community, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, the Hannahville Indian Community, the Lac Vieux Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa) have had deals in place with the state of Michigan to operate gambling facilities. The tribes operate 13 casinos.