“We’re already getting answers,” said NHBP Environmental Director John Rodwan during the first in-person Tribal/Kalamazoo District Department of Environmental, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) meeting, held on October 26, 2022, hosted by NHBP. Staff members from...
“The auction is the highlight of the MIEA (Michigan Indian Elders Association) conference,” said NHBP Language Associate Jenniffer Wethington, whose handmade Ribbon Skirt was sold at auction for an astounding $340 during the four-day-long event in October 2022.
Pumpkin Spice Baked Oatmeal 3 cups old fashioned rolled oats1/4 cup brown sugar1 1/2 tsp baking powder2 tsp pumpkin pie spice1/4 cup dried cranberries2 eggs2 cups milk of choice1 cup pumpkin puree1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract1 tbsp olive oil3/4 cup finely chopped pecans...
Representing Traditional Lifeways Anishinaabe Culture Day at the Grand Rapids Public Museum delivered a full day of hands-on educational activities and demonstrations, all to represent what it means to be Anishinaabe accurately. “Representation is important,” said...
Food sovereignty can “be described as the ability of communities to determine the quantity and quality of the food that they consume by controlling how their food is produced and distributed,” according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
“In state government, because we fund a program, people might think that we have all the answers, but we’re really trying to flip that; so we in government can ask the right questions and let those experts who are doing the work answer these questions… but that’s going to take us a little while because it’s a big shift,” said Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Elizabeth Hertel to NHBP leaders and DHHS staff during a half-day tour of the Pine Creek Indian Reservation on Aug. 11.
The Native American Heritage Fund awarded $478,700 to the 2022 grant recipients at FireKeepers Casino Hotel today, bringing their total contribution to $2,390,400 to 37 of Michigan’s K-12 schools, colleges, universities and local units of government.
Velvety Mushroom Gravy & Lentils 8 ounces mushrooms1 cup lentils2 cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp dried thyme1/2 tsp dried sage2 cups broth of choice13.5 ounce can of unsweetened coconut milkolive oilpepper to taste Thinly slice mushrooms. Place a large skillet over...
A self-taught artist and teacher of traditional ways, NHBP Tribal Member AnungoKwé Alexandria Sulainis, 32, of Lac de Flambeau, Wisconsin, always knew she wanted to do something artistic. Sulainis trained as a licensed cosmetologist, but she felt compelled to do something that more directly tied her to her Culture and heritage as Neshnabé.
When Penobscot Elder and Army Veteran Charles Shay was drafted into the Armed Services in 1943 as a combat medic, he was doing his duty to his country – despite being denied fundamental rights. At just 19, Shay, like many other Native Americans at the time, did not have the right to vote in his family’s home state of Maine.