September 24, 2008...1:26 am

Grand River Band of Ottawas before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee

Jump to Comments

The SCIA will hold a hearing Thursday on several recognition bills, including the Grand River Band recognition bill (H/T Indianz).

Here is testimony from Grand River from last year.

3 Comments

Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Legislation, Michigan Indian, News, federal recognition

Tags: , , ,

3 Comments

  • Bill Moon
    May 24, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    I am told by my father that I am 1/8 Grand River Band Ottawa. I wisht to trace my ancestors; I can only go 2 maybe 3 generations today. There was a time that it was detrimental to be Indian and my grandfather did not register. Can you help?

    I am from Montana and will contact my senators and congressman to vote yes for recognition.

    Thank you!

    Reply
    • Lisa Wyzlic
      November 17, 2009 at 9:49 pm

      I don’t know if anyone answered you or not. You can see the Association on American Indian Affairs website at http://www.indian-affairs.org click on resources in the main tool bar and the link researching your ancestry on the right side bar. You can find some basic information there. You can also go to http://www.doi.gov, which is the Department of Interior. There is a link on the left side bar to researching your ancestry.

      Reply
  • yvonne
    December 8, 2009 at 8:11 pm

    what is the status of the bill to try and get Federal recognition for the Grand River Band of Ottawas?

    Reply

Leave a Reply