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About Bay Mills Indian Community
Bay Mills Indian Community, known in Ojibwe as Gnoozhekaaning, the Place of the Pike, is a federally recognized Ojibwe tribe whose homeland lies along Whitefish Bay in Michigan.
Bay Mills Indian Community is a federally recognized U.S. tribe of Ojibwe (Anishinaabe) people. Its name in Anishinaabemowin is Gnoozhekaaning, meaning "Place of the Pike." For hundreds of years the Ojibwe have lived around Whitefish Bay, the falls of the St. Mary River and the bluffs overlooking Tahquamenon Bay. Congress established the community on June 19, 1860, and its original reservation land was bought under the Act of June 19, 1860.
In 1936, under the Indian Reorganization Act, the community adopted a constitution representing five of the original six Sault Ste. Marie Bands of Chippewa Indians. An elected President and Executive Council govern the tribe. Lucy LeBlanc, one of its early leaders, became the first woman to serve as President of a tribe in Michigan. Bay Mills is also a founding member of the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan.
Fishing is at the heart of life at Bay Mills, and the community has defended its fishing rights over the years. The tribe regulates its members' fishing, hunting and gathering within the 1836 Treaty ceded territory. Community programs and enterprises include:
- Bay Mills Community College, home of the Anishinaabemowin Pane language immersion program
- A language and culture program that works to preserve and revitalize the Anishinaabe language and culture of Gnoozhekaaning
- Health care, housing and Biological Services (natural resources)
- Bay Mills Resort & Casino
Learn more on the community's official website.
- People
- Ojibwe (Anishinaabe)
- Treaty
- 1836 Treaty ceded territory
- Tribal council
- Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan
- Headquarters
- Brimley, Michigan
- Province
- Michigan
- Nearest city
- Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
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