The Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians, which is based in West Michigan, has been seeking federal recognition, and the ...

Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians pursue US recognition for vital benefits. Senators support their historic journey, ...

Michigan Senators Elissa Slotkin and Gary Peters reintroduced legislation to grant recognition to the Grand River Bands of ...

The effort to gain greater legal status for a group of Native Americans in the heart of West Michigan has a renewed attempt ...

The Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians is now the last treaty tribe east of the Mississippi River that is not federally recognized.

The DNR provides 400,000 Arctic grayling eggs to Native American tribes to stock in rivers as reintroduction plan moves ahead.

If the bills are passed, tribal members will be able to access federal benefits like tuition, health care and housing assistance.

Known to the Anishinaabek as nmégos, they were an important food for Michigan’s northern Native American tribes. The city of Grayling, along the Au Sable River, is named after the Arctic grayling.