Bay Mills Indian Community

Tribal Sovereign Nations continue to push for the pipeline’s decommissioning. Dozens of them — including in northern Michigan — blasted Canada for its continued support of the project in a report to the U.N. last month.

The Department of Justice announced more than $246 million in grants nation-wide on Sept. 21. At Bay Mills, $2 million will be used to enhance mainstay programs that help victims heal after traumatic events.

Nearly two weeks ago, vandals tore the center apart, throwing food on the floor, destroying medicines and artifacts, and leaving graffiti on the walls.

Damage reaches into the thousands of dollars and cultural artifacts were likely destroyed.

The effort aims to collect the stories of those who survived boarding schools run by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, as recently as the 1980s.

Bay Mills Indian Community is challenging a decision by Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) to allow Enbridge to disturb wetlands and bottomlands in the Straits for its Line 5 tunnel project.

Bay Mills Indian Community recently elected a new President. Whitney Gravelle started her two-year position as Chairperson last week. Tribal leadership is…

The nationwide shutdown was especially ill-timed for fishers in the Great Lakes. Many deal in lake whitefish, a species that dwells in cold waters. The…

A Michigan judge granted four tribes the right to participate in Enbridge’s Line 5 permitting process last week. The Canadian energy company is looking to…