Figure 70. Photograph of the Waséyabek Development Company Headquarters in Downtown Grand Rapids, by F. N. Ruffer, 2018. Waséyabek Development Company, LLC (WDC) is a 100% Tribally-owned holding company that manages the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi’s...
Figure 69. FireKeepers Casino and Hotel, by JCJ Architecture, ca. 2021. 2008 NHBP secures bond financing for the development of FireKeepers Casino. NHBP’s FireKeepers Casino offering is the only casino project – tribal or commercial – to receive funding before the...
Figure 64. Photograph of the Pine Creek Reservation from the Pow Wow Grounds Looking Towards the Government Center, by J. Rodwan. The NHBP has accomplished a great deal since federal reaffirmation in 1995. The Pine Creek Reservation has become a secure homeland...
Figure 61. Signing of the 1995 Federal Reaffirmation Document in the White House Treaty Room. From Left to Right: Dale Kildee (U.S. Congressman for Michigan’s 9th Congressional District in 1995), Irene Wesley (Tribal Elder), Shirley English (NHBP Tribal Council...
Between 1980 and 1986, one major focus of HPI’s efforts was the preparation of the Federal acknowledgment petition for consideration under a new administrative process established under regulations adopted by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Those regulations...
Figure 58. Gerald R. Ford to David Mackety, 1973, January 18 [Letter]. Gerald R. Ford Library. In the spring of 1972, the NHBP decided to make their first concerted effort since 1934 at seeking federal reaffirmation. This effort continued for several years with little...
Figure 57. Huron Potawatomi Inc. Administration Building, ca. 1976. Reprinted from “Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi: A People in Progress,” by J. Rodwan & V. Anewishki, 2009, p. 31. The decade of the 1970s proved to be a pivotal period in the development...
Figure 55. Photograph of the Pine Creek Reservation, Pre-Reaffirmation. Reprinted from NHBP Historical Collection, 1961. By 1960, most of the group’s members were no longer living at Pine Creek but had moved to cities in southern Michigan that provided...
Figure 54. Photograph of a Gathering of NHBP Tribal Members, ca. 1950’s or 1960’s. Reprinted from NHBP Historical Collection, (n.d.). After World War II, the pattern of work off the reservation continued to grow. For many of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the...
Figure 52. A Group of Tribal Youth on the Reservation, ca. Early 1950’s. From Left to Right: Roger Day, Richard Bush, Henry Bush, Amos Day, Jr, Gordon Bush, Dawn Bush, and Cecil Day. Reprinted from “Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi: A People in...