Native Americans

State agencies said the pipeline tunnel construction would affect Native American burial sites, wetlands and threatened and endangered species but concluded the benefits of the tunnel outweigh the damages. The project remains tied up in court.

The Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi, or Gun Lake Tribe, announced the project as a collaboration between the tribe, the city of Kalamazoo and a native plants group.

The report claims there is a history of physical and sexual abuse at Michigan boarding schools which native American children were compelled to attend, as recently as the 1980’s.

In a series of statements, tribal leadership reminded their communities of their rights and offered recommendations to be prepared in the event they're confronted by ICE agents.

The Michigan Department of Attorney General announced they will be opening an investigation on criminal activity that took place in the eight state recognized Native American boarding schools and orphanages.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill into law Tuesday that will name the stretch of highway after Company K, a group of Native American soldiers who fought for Michigan in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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

Western and Indigenous knowledge can help revive the lake sturgeon population, according to a new study by researchers, including ones from the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and the Bay Mills Indian Community.

Mid-Michigan College hosted the event in partnership with the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe.

Indigenous Michiganders can compete for thousands of dollars of funding for a startup idea.