To Honor & Respect Anishinabe Ancestral Repatriation Observance
The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan and its Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways will recommit to the earth the ancestral human remains of 51 Native American individuals from Harvard University’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, in cooperation with five other Authorized Transfer Recipient Tribes (Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians – Gun Lake Tribe, Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians), will lead an effort for the disposition under 43 C.F.R. § 10.11 (c) (ii) from Harvard University’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and reburial of the physical human remains of 98 Native American individuals. The Native American ancestral remains originate from the Michigan Counties of Alpena, Berrien, Kent, Newaygo, Saint Clair, Washtenaw, and Wayne, as well as one Unknown site. The planned repatriation and reburials will be executed in collaboration with Harvard University’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and the Michigan Anishinaabek Cultural Preservation & Repatriation Alliance. The eight Notices of Inventory Completion posted to the Federal Register on October 3, 2016.
PREPARING FOR THE JOURNEY
Saturday, November 12, 2016 • 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
Saturday, November 12, 2016 • 12pm
Nibokaan Ancestral Cemetery
7525 East Tomah Rd., Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
The interested public is invited to attend.
JOURNEY FEAST
Saturday, November 12, 2016 • 1pm
Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways
6650 East Broadway, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
A Journey Feast will conclude the ancestral protocols.