Native Americans

A state government study on Native American boarding schools could soon start taking applications for candidates to lead the research.

In Saginaw, community members and tribal leaders dedicated a new marker on Ojibway Island, honoring the history of the Anishinaabe people.

Supporters of the legislation have shared concerns over students being told they couldn’t walk at graduation or facing bullying because of their cultural expression.

Leaders from Michigan’s 12 federally-recognized tribal communities plan to discuss the proposed expansion of Camp Grayling with the Department of Natural Resources.

The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians hosted the Michigan-based segment of the “Road to Healing'' Tour this weekend.

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is expected to speak in northern Michigan this weekend, as survivors of Federal Indian Boarding Schools, and their descendants, share their stories.

Records from Indigenous boarding schools were recently uncovered by federal investigators. The Saginaw-Chippewa Indian Tribe say they’re hoping to uncover more of their past.

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has awarded the state's Wild Rice Initiative a $100,000 grant to continue restoration efforts.

The state could commission a study into a traumatic chapter of Michigan history, the governor’s budget recommendation includes money for a study on Native American children forced to attend boarding schools in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Activists gathered Friday in a Monroe, Michigan park near a statue of U.S. Army General George A. Custer. The crowd came together on the 145th anniversary…