Native Americans

Missing and Murdered Unit with the Bureau of Indian Affairs was established in 2021 to investigate cases of missing and murdered Indigenous People. A special agent located in Mount Pleasant continues work on a cold case from 2007.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs Missing and Murdered Unit agent is asking public to report any information that can lead to the discovery of Augustine Floyd, who went missing in Mount Pleasant in 2007.

The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts is hosting a screening of "Bodewadmi Ndaw" Thursday, which covers the near death and current revitalization of the Potawatomi language.

The rhythmic pounding of the drum echoed through Open Space Park on Tuesday, voices ringing out from the large tent housing the Kchi Wiikwedong Anishinaabek Pow Wow.

The United States government promised the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation about 1,280 acres of Illinois reservation in an 1829 treaty. Instead, the U.S sold all of it illegally to white settlers. The Prairie Band is now the latest tribe in the Midwest and Great Plains to get some of their ancestral home back.

The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe is looking into a five to 10-year plan to renovate and restore the remaining buildings of the Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial School (MIIBS) in the hopes of opening the campus to the public and honoring those affected by its dreadful history.

Michigan’s Attorney General is joining Indigenous tribes to better understand and reduce violence against Indigenous people.

The event comes after bishops from around the U.S. wrote a letter apologizing for the church’s role in abusing children and suppressing Native American culture.

An $11.9 million NOAA grant puts the tribe and its partners one step closer to regaining ownership of the former Timber Shores site.

For 30 years, the Kchi Wiikwedong Anishinaabek Pow Wow has been part of the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City. Their goals: happiness and visibility.