Native Americans

The Michigan Department of Attorney General announced they will be opening an investigation on criminal activity that took place in the eight state recognized Native American boarding schools and orphanages.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill into law Tuesday that will name the stretch of highway after Company K, a group of Native American soldiers who fought for Michigan in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The top prize went to Nokomis Everstory, a startup that preserves Native storytelling traditions with modern technology.

Western and Indigenous knowledge can help revive the lake sturgeon population, according to a new study by researchers, including ones from the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and the Bay Mills Indian Community.

Mid-Michigan College hosted the event in partnership with the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe.

Indigenous Michiganders can compete for thousands of dollars of funding for a startup idea.

The state's highest court will reconsider the Michigan Court of Appeals' decision in favor of the permit back in February.

The course is called "Native Ways of Knowing", which focuses on Indigenous culture in the community.

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.