Little River Band of Ottawa Indians

Kenny Pheasant first became a teacher of Anishinaabemowin at 14 – from behind the meat counter at a grocery store. Now, it's his life mission to get more people speaking the Great Lakes’ original and endangered language.

Kenny Pheasant first became a teacher of Anishinaabemowin at 14 – from behind the meat counter at a grocery store. Now, it's his life mission to get more people speaking the Great Lakes’ original and endangered language.

After being known as the "Chippewas" for over 90 years, Manistee schools will move forward with either "Mariners" or "Whitecaps."

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.

In August, the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians passed a controversial resolution limiting enrollment of the Next Generation Learning Center in Manistee to Tribal children only. Now, the learning center is closed.

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