To Honor & Respect November 24-25, 2015
11/17/2015 3:00:00 PM
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Ziibiwing Cultural Center
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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