native american tribes

Federal legislation would compensate the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for thousands of acres that were taken, without compensation, and transferred to the state of Michigan, between 1855 and 1932.

We check in on how the 2024 deer hunting season is going, and what it means to those who still find time in the woods to do it. Also, carving out a place for Detroit as design students to launch into fashion.We’ll remember Michigan’s first Native American state legislator. And sorting through the avalanche of unknown heritage apple varieties in Northwest Michigan.

A new handbook prepares Michigan legal practitioners for work with Tribes, and aims and to demarginalize Tribal communities in legal education.

We talk to Meredith Kennedy- Fisher, executive director of Miigwech Inc., about how her organization helps make sure tribal citizens can vote.

We talk to Hadassah GreenSky about her work, Detroit's musical energy, and an upcoming event.

The Native American Heritage Fund has awarded $484,000 to 10 schools, a college and a university to replace offensive mascots and create more accurate educational curricula about Indigenous people in Michigan.

Today, a conversation with Melissa Isaac, head of the Indigenous Education Initiative for the Michigan Department of Education, who discovered a ballot error for voters living on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Indian Reservation while running as an incumbent for a school board position.

An update on Michigan’s reforms to no-fault auto insurance, a two-day festival advocating for environmental conservation and preservation through the sense of sound, and a $2-million grant awarded to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for housing development and upkeep for its members.

Increasing demands on food banks, tribal reaction to Line 5 tunnel plan, and Ride of Passage continues into the Midwest.

More flooding expected in Michigan as climate continues to warm, a new book centered in Detroit's former Chinatown, accessing resources for tribal businesses, and then Michigan voices from this past weekend's Middle East peace rallies.