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

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, which is based in West Michigan, has been seeking federal recognition, and the social service benefits the designation carries, since 1994.

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

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

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

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

In 2016, the DNR, in partnership with the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, announced an initiative to reintroduce Arctic grayling to the state, creating the Michigan Arctic Grayling Initiative ...