The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
has recently repositioned itself to cause more
positive community relations in and around the
greater Mount Pleasant area. The Tribes
goal is to be known as the developing community
that its gaming venture success has allowed
it to become. With improved police protection,
educational opportunities for its membership,cultural
preservation and community services such as
water, sewage, housing and housing development.
The Tribe enjoys an expanded full service court
system, fire and rescue, housing, as well as
Senior Citizen outreach programs just
to name a few of its efforts.
The only way to benefit from these efforts
is to education the people of Michigan that
we are a viable sovereign nation, and not just
a special interest group enjoying gaming revenue,
said Tribal Spokesperson Frank J. Cloutier.
We are poised to become leaders in and
around Indian country. Its up to us to
heighten the awareness of our efforts community
wide. This is a must before we can expect the
leadership of the United States to recognize
us for what we are, and that is a self-determined
minority who is now capable of affecting national
change.