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

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

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - A 6.4-acre park in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids was once the site of an Indigenous village.

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

The Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians continue the fight for federal recognition crucial for accessing benefits.

Some Michigan tribes gained recognition through the administrative process, including the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians in 1980. Others took the legislative route to recognition.

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

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — After 28 years, the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians is still fighting for federal recognition, waiting patiently while the cogs of government turn slowly.

“The Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians has made Michigan a better place and is worthy of full recognition from the federal government. This legislation will cut through the red tape the tribe ...

The agency and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians introduced this ongoing initiative in 2016. Previous attempts to establish a self-sustaining wild grayling population have failed, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians, whose ancestors first settled along the Grand River, continue their decades-long quest for federal recognition.

U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin reintroduced legislation to grant federal recognition to the Grand River Bands ...