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By Linda Stephan

There's a new Indian-run casino in Vanderbilt north of Gaylord along I-75. It's a small facility with just a few dozen slot machines.

Its opening came as a...

By Linda Stephan

A major settlement between the state and the Saginaw-Chippewa Indian Tribe is being contested by Attorney General Mike Cox. The settlement is out for public comment...

By Linda Stephan

An Indian-run casino in Petoskey, The Odawa Casino Resort, could lower its gambling age from 21 to 19.

It's not unheard of to see gamblers under age 21 at...

By Laura Weber

A new law allows high schools to hire tribal elders to teach Native Americans languages, even if they are not certified teachers. Michigan already allows students to learn tribal...

By Nicole Walton, WNMU

Leaders of the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in the Upper Peninsula have been released from jail, on orders from an appellate judge. The tribal council...

By Nancy Kelsey

Some of the most common, mainstream forms of youth rehabilitation in corrections systems include community service, or punishment, or paying fines - paying some sort...

By Laura Weber

The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians has filed a motion to join Michigan and four other Great Lakes states suing the Army Corps of Engineers to close locks...

By Laura Weber

A bill approved by the state Senate would allow experts in native languages to teach, even without a teacher certification. It would also make clear that these courses...

By Nancy Kelsey

Only some American Indians in Michigan will qualify for a college tuition waiver this fall.

Until this month, any Native American student could waive tuition at...

By Bob Allen

Michigan Tribal fisheries shared young walleye with the state this week. 102,000 fingerlings reared by the tribes will go into Mullet Lake.

Last fall, the state...

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