The first Anishinaabek Caucus of Michigan
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Win Awenen Nisitotung (Sault Tribe newspaper), 3/15/19
MISSION STATEMENT
We will educate, empower, advocate and promote issues important to Native Americans, as such we will support Tribal Sovereignty, Treaty rights and equal opportunity amongst the Federally Recognized Tribes in Michigan.
MDP Land Acknowledgement
“The State of Michigan occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabek – Three Fires Confederacy, the Odawa (Ottawa), Ojibwe (Chippewa), and Bodewadmi (Potawatomi). The Michigan Democratic Party recognizes historic Indigenous communities in Michigan and those forcibly removed from their homelands. We further recognize the ongoing relationship of dependence upon, and respect for, all living beings of earth, sky, and water. In offering this land acknowledgment, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history, and experiences.”
OFFICERS
Andrea Pierce, Chair
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
T. J. Stephens, Vice-Chair
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Julie Dye, Secretary
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Brandi Nehila, Treasurer
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians