Michigan SCT to Hear Case Involving Treaty Rights of Non-Federally Acknowledged Mackinac Tribe of Odawa and Ojibwe Indians

Here is the order in People v. Caswell.

Lower court materials here.

Application materials:

Sixth Circuit Materials in Koenig v. Keweenaw Bay Ojibwe Community College

Here:

Lower court materials here.

Grand River Band Chairman Ron Yob Speaking at the Michigan Tribal-State-Federal Judicial Forum

Living with Treaties Day 3

Blair Topash Morseau, Wenona Singel, Michael Witgen
Wenona Singel
Blair Topash Morseau
Annemarie Conway, Joe Erdmann, Kara Johnson, Eric Hemenway
Eric Hemenway
Joe Erdmann
Annemarie Conway
Bethany Hughes
Elizabeth Cole

Fletcher Comic Books for Water and Treaty Conferences

Link here.
Link here.

Living with Treaties Day 2, Afternoon Sessions

Maggie Blackhawk, Jim McClurken, Riyaz Kanji, Fletcher
Eric Hemenway, Mae Wright, Emily Proctor

Living with Treaties Day 2, Morning Sessions

LSA Dean Rosario Ceballos
Jay Cook, Jonathon Quint, Gabrielle Ione Hickman, Michael Witgen
Ned Blackhawk, Jon Parmenter, Mary Mount Pleasant
Augustin Hamlin

UM Inclusive History Project Symposium “Living with Treaties” Opening Events

Yesterday evening. . . .

Alphonse Pitawankwat
Stick City Singers
Bethany Hughes
Opening talk show guests: Fletcher, Michael Witgen, Greg Dowd, and Ned Blackhawk (Maggie Blackhawk arrived later)

Conference details here.

MSU ILPC Conference — Treaty Waters at Risk: Tribal Sovereignty and the Line 5 Challenge in the Great Lakes — April 17, 2026

Photo credit: Owen Singel-Fletcher

Registration here.

Join us at MSU Law for Treaty Waters at Risk: Tribal Sovereignty and the Line 5 Challenge in the Great Lakes, a one-day conference on Friday, April 17, 2026, examining the legal and environmental stakes of energy infrastructure in treaty-protected waters.

Featuring a keynote by Whitney Gravelle, MSU Law and ILPC alumna and President of the Bay Mills Indian Community, the program brings together leading voices to discuss treaty rights, co-management, and the ongoing Line 5 conflicts at Bad River and the Straits of Mackinac.