Three of the Largest and Oldest Mackinac Bands groups unite.Without attorneys," proclaims Nathan Wright, Chairman of Consoliated Bahweting Ojibwa and Mackinac Tribe." Attorneys are important to helping us. It sure is nice to just get a group of people together without them. We all agree to work together. This is the Mackinac Bands way"
The three groups met in St. Ignace on March 2, 2011 to discuss unification . The next day all groups met with their Council and all decided unanimously to unite together.
"This will bring an end to the era of Mackinac Bands turmoil. We are all together now. This is the base for all groups to be a part of. We have shown we can unite on all of our terms not just one group," says John Dutcher Chairman of Michilmackinac.
Vada Wait, Chairperson of the Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians says, "this is a historical event for all of our people". "It has been a long time in the works to unify all of our groups as we go forward in gaining our Federal Recognition".
The Council has many hurdles ahead of them. Much of which is already in play. Uniting the groups together only increases the speed for all groups to gain Federal Recognition.
We invite all of our brothers and sisters to join us. Let us all work together as we go forward in obtaining our goals.
5 comments:
That's great news! As someone who has worked on over 30 federal acknowledgment petitions, it is a must that all factions of a petitioning tribal group come together. Your chances of being Federally Recognized as a separate group have improved greatly. Especially since you are already Federally Recognized as members of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe.
Ahhhhhhhh...Common sense..It's a beautiful thing.
It was certainly interesting for me to read that blog. Thank you for it. I like such topics and anything connected to them. I definitely want to read a bit more on this blog soon.
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Too bad it's not going to happen Anytime in the near future! According to 1 of Those 3 chairman I spoke to, it's on the account of in Fighting amongst each other. Well hopefully they can resolve their problems and put more concentration toward what really matters! "The Members of there band". For instance,the members need to be more informed of what's going on, anybody can go through their blogs and see there hasn't been anything posted for months at a time. I mean come on! it's just common sense if I was the B.I.A Assessing the Mackinac Band for federal recognition I would want to see accounts where they are doing things as a separate tribe having their own public powwows, having gatherings for their members,an up to date web page listing public board meeting times exedra, you don't see none of that . Well I sincerely hope the best for all of mackinac band people and hopefully someday they get recognition, they do deserve it. 8-24-11
As usual all these self appointed chairmans and boards do a stunt like this with nothing to follow!! what a bunch of RETARDS!!
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