Native American Resources: Michigan Resources

The Three Fires Confederacy is an alliance of the Chippewa (Ojibwe / Ojibwa), Ottawa (Odawa), and Potawatomi / Pottawatomi (Bodéwadmi / Bodowadomi). Tribal Nations in the Great Lakes region are also known as the Anishinaabe, Anishinaabeg, Anishnabek, Neshnibek, Neshnabek, Original or True People, or Spontaneous Beings. Anishinaabemowin language resources.

The Ojibwe are known as the Keepers of Tradition, the Odawa as the Keepers of the Trade, and the Potawatomi as the Keepers of the Fire.

We have kept to the bands' spelling below.

• Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan

  A consortium of Michigan's federally recognized tribes.

   

• Bay Mills Indian Community

  Chippewa (Sault Ste. Marie Band, Bay Mills Reservation, Upper Peninsula).

• Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians

  historically known as the Cheboiganing Band (Lower Peninsula)

• Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians

  Ottawa bands who live along the Grand River and other waterways in southwest Michigan (Lower Peninsula)

• Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians

  Ottawa and Chippewa (Peshawbestown, Lower Peninsula)

• Hannahville Indian Community

  Potawatomi (Upper Peninsula)

• Keweenaw Bay Indian Community

  Ojibwa (Upper Peninsula)

• Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians

  Chippewa (L'anse, Upper Peninsula)

• Little River Band of Ottawa Indians

  Odawa (Manistee, Lower Peninsula)
  Gaaching Ziibi Daawaa Anishinaabe

• Little Traverse Bay Bands

  Odawa (Harbor Springs, Lower Peninsula)

• Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band / Gun Lake Tribe

  Pottawatomi (Bradley, Lower Peninsula)

• Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi

  Potawatomi (Pine Creek Indian Reservation near Athens, with additional offices in Grand Rapids, Lower Peninsula)

• Pokégnek Bodéwadmik / Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians

  Potawatomi (Dowagiac, Lower Peninsula)

• Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe

  Chippewa (Mount Pleasant, Lower Peninsula)

• Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians

  (Sault Ste. Marie between Lakes Superior & Huron, Upper Peninsula & Canada)

• Ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby

  Citizen of the Gichi Wiikwedong Odawa Anishinaabek (Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians) and GVSU alumnus

• ngiiwe: Shaping Narratives

  by GVSU’s Lin Bardwell (aka Lin Thomas). 26 minutes, full of humor about trying to connect with Native food ways from the perspective of a woman teaching her daughters.

• Filmmakers Adam & Zack Kahlil

  Ojibway brothers from Sault Ste. Marie
  Film: Inaate/Se