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In the United States, tribal disenrollment is a process by which a Native American individual loses citizenship or the right to belong within a Native American tribe. [ 1 ] Banishment and ostracization have historically been a means to punish wrongdoers and maintain social cohesion in Native American tribes. [ 2 ]
The territorial effects of the Treaty of Saginaw. The Treaty of Saginaw, also known as the Treaty with the Chippewa, was made between Gen. Lewis Cass and Chief Mash Kee Yosh, Chief John Okemos, Chief Wasso and other Native American tribes of the Great Lakes region (principally the Ojibwe, but also the Ottawa and Potawatomi) in what is now the United States, on September 24, 1819, proclaimed by ...
The tribe operates the Saginaw Chippewa Academy (an elementary school). They also have Native American advocates and tutors who work with students in the local public schools. In 1993, the tribe elected their first female Tribal Chief, Gail George, who served until 1995. [3] In 1998 the tribe established Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College. Since ...
Okemos and the other Native American chiefs signed the treaty with General Lewis Cass, giving up six million acres (24,000 km 2) of land in what is now southern Michigan to the United States government. Gravesite of Chief John Okemos. By the 1830s, Okemos was recognized as a leader not only of the Saginaw Chippewa, but of many other Ojibwa bands.
The 106-page Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report released on May 11 provides a glimpse into the deliberate intention of the federal government to disrupt the Native ...
The Isabella Indian Reservation is the primary land base of the federally recognized Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation, located in Isabella County in the central part of the U.S. state of Michigan. The tribe also has some small parcels of off-reservation trust land in Standish Township , Arenac County , near Saginaw Bay and southeast of the city ...
But in 2016, the families were among more than 300 people disenrolled from the Nooksack Indian Tribe — a decision made by a council that was considered illegitimate by the federal government at ...
Gail Lorraine George (born Gail Lorraine Kahgegab; May 18, 1946 – December 11, 2020) was a healthcare professional and leader within the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation. She served as the tribe's first female Tribal Chief from 1993 to 1995.