“It seemed they were just going through tribes that were really small and getting rid of them.” The Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma has roots in present-day Canada, Michigan and Ohio, but through a series of ...

Miami city leaders honored the late Ottawa ... tribe’s history and was elected to the top spot in May 2011. In 2019, the ...

Michigan’s two U.S. Senators are backing yet another bid to grant federal recognition to the Grand River Bands of Ottawa ...

U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) have introduced legislation aimed at granting federal recognition to the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians (GRB). The Grand River Bands of ...

U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) have introduced legislation aimed at granting federal recognition to the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians (GRB).

The bill, known as the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians Restoration Act, was introduced in the Senate and seeks to acknowledge the GRB's long history in Southwest Michigan, where most of their ...