The first Anishinaabek Caucus of Michigan
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Win Awenen Nisitotung (Sault Tribe newspaper), 3/15/19
Anishinaabek Caucus Mission Statement
The Anishinaabek Caucus of the Michigan Democratic Party educates, empowers, and advocates on issues that Native Americans deem important to Indian Country, including but not limited to Treaty Rights and Tribal Sovereignty.
“The State of Michigan occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabek – Three Fires Confederacy, the Odawa (Ottawa), Ojibwe (Chippewa), and Bodewadmi (Potawatomi). The Michigan Democratic Party recognizes historic Indigenous communities in Michigan and those forcibly removed from their homelands. We further recognize the ongoing relationship of dependence upon, and respect for, all living beings of earth, sky, and water. In offering this land acknowledgment, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history, and experiences.”
BOARD MEMBERS
Andrea Pierce, Chair
Andrea Pierce is a citizen of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.
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Kyle White, Vice Chair
Kyle White is a professor of Environment & Sustainability & George Willis Pack Professor at the University of Michigan who is fighting Line 5.
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Teresa Magnuson Melendez is a Pokagon Band Potawatomi Nation citizen. She has worked for Blue Action Native Vote and Jacky Rosen for Nevada Senate 2024 and is a Tribal Policy, Advocacy, and Wellness Consultant.
Nancy Morehead, Treasurer
Nancy is a citizen of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.
Eva Menefee, Designated Bookkeeper