little traverse bay bands of odawa indians

1) Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (Harbor Springs/Petoskey, MI) Prosecutor’s Office is seeking one unpaid summer law clerk funded through your school or other external sources.

2) Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (Harbor Springs/Petoskey, MI) Tribal Court is seeking two unpaid summer law clerks funded through your school or other external sources.

3) Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (Harbor Springs/Petoskey, MI) Domestic Violence Court is seeking one summer law clerk; funded through the Justice for Families (JFF) grant awarded to LTBB Tribal Court.

Please email cover letters and resumes to Human Resources at hr@ltbbodawa-nsn.gov and state your GPA in your cover letter. We will request transcripts and writing samples for people we are interested in interviewing.

Fred Kiogima: “Guest commentary — Tribe’s lawsuit is not about taking property”

January 31, 2017January 30, 2017Matthew L.M. Fletcher

In the Petoskey News-Review here.

An excerpt:

In closing, Mr. Carlson, as you are a former mayor of Petoskey and a contributing columnist for the Petoskey News-Review, you should be well aware that facts are the most important detail. Mr. Carlson, I can assure you that the Odawa are a resilient people. We have been here for tens of thousands of years. We are Anishinaabek (the original people). Our language is Anishinaabemowin and we strive every day to not forget who we are and pass it on to our binoojiinhak (children).

As Americans, we have just witnessed a divisive and racially charged presidential election. We in Northern Michigan should strive to be more neighborly, inclusive and understanding of each other. We work together, pray together, suffer together, our children even play together. The Odawa language is taught in high school and at North Central Michigan College.

Yes, we are family, and if we all strive to be good and better neighbors, listen and learn from one another without judgment, then we all win.

Mino-biimadziwin.

News Profile on Little Traverse Odawa Treaty Rights Suit

January 27, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Michigan Public Radio on Anishinaabemowin and the Boarding Schools

September 28, 2015Kate Fort

Here.

Deleta Gasco Smith works for the Little Traverse Bay Band. She attended Holy Childhood for three years of elementary school.

“When we were in the school we were actually completely forbidden to speak the language, and if we were caught, the punishment was swift and it was severe,” Gasco Smith says.

Gasco Smith’s father was fluent in Anishinaabemowin, but he was careful not to teach his daughter the language. Gasco Smith says her Dad went to the same boarding school and knew she would be beaten for speaking Anishinaabemowin.