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To Honor & Respect November 24-25, 2015
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The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan and its Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways will repatriate the ancestral human remains of 29 Native American individuals and 15 associated funerary objects from the University of Michigan’s Museum of Anthropological Archaeology in Ann Arbor, MI.

“PREPARING FOR THE JOURNEY”

Tuesday, November 24, 2015 • 10am

Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe

Culture & Lifeways

6650 East Broadway • Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

Witness the final preparations and

ceremonial protocols for the ancestors.

“RECOMMITMENT TO THE EARTH”

Tuesday, November 24, 2015 • 12pm

Nibokaan Ancestral Cemetery

7525 East Tomah Rd. • Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

The interested public is invited to attend.

“JOURNEY FEAST”

Tuesday, November 24, 2015 • 1pm

Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe

Culture & Lifeways

6650 East Broadway • Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

A Journey Feast will conclude the ancestral protocols.

 

The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan and the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish

Band of Pottawatomi Indians (MBPI) - Gun Lake Tribe will repatriate the ancestral

human remains of 2 Native American individuals from the University of Michigan’s

Museum of Anthropological Archaeology in Ann Arbor, MI for the MBPI’s first

Recomittment to the Earth Ceremony.

 

“RECOMMITMENT TO THE EARTH”

Wednesday, November 25, 2015 • 10am

Camp Jijak

2558 20th St. • Hopkins, Michigan

The interested public is invited to attend.

“JOURNEY FEAST”

Wednesday, November 25, 2015 • 1pm

Camp Jijak Dining Hall

2558 20th St. • Hopkins, Michigan

A Journey Feast will conclude the ancestral protocols.

 

For More Information Contact: Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways • William Johnson or Shannon Martin

Phone: (989) 775-4750 or (800) 225-8172 Ext. 1-54750 • Email: wjohnson@sagchip.org or smartin@sagchip.org

November 24-25, 2015

All activities supported by a grant from the Department of Interior, National Park Service, National NAGPRA Program

 


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