Native Americans

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.

"Honoring, Healing and Remembering" is the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe annual event that marked the 90th anniversary of Mount Pleasant boarding school closing. The community remebering the suffering Native American people went through and celebrated their loved ones.

A lawsuit over state and federal water quality violations in Antrim County will move forward after a federal judge denied a motion to dismiss it.

The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians could soon be the first tribal nation in Michigan to formally grant legal rights to nature.

The DNR's Michigan History Center will be working with the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians to expand the history displayed at the St. Ignace memorial.

The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would settle land claims by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and clear the titles of current landowners.