Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians

The hearing on Michigan’s tribal boarding schools included accounts of physical and sexual abuse, including at a school in Harbor Springs that was open as recently as 1983. Some tribal leaders urged state funding for mental health and substance use disorder.

John James Witherspoon was 28 when he died while fighting Russian forces in January of 2025. His remains were recently released and returned to the United States.

John James Witherspoon, a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, died while fighting for Ukraine on Jan. 17, 2025. It took a year for his family to receive his remains, and today he will be laid to rest.

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

A federal judge agreed with the groups that a local fruit processor is polluting groundwater, a wetland and a creek that connect to Elk Lake.

The release follows years of planning and months spent carefully raising the fish, from which the City of Grayling got its name.

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

The Grand Traverse Band is turning the waste into a compost and fertilizer, cutting down on landfill waste and helping with food sovereignty efforts.

It’s rare for the species to show up in the river. Sturgeon haven’t been able to spawn there for 150 years.

Tomorrow, the school's Native American Student Organization will host its annual graduation pow wow, open to the public.