6650 E. Broadway • Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
Phone: 989-775-4750
Fax: 989-775-4770


Historically

In December of 1997, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan established its Historic Preservation Office. As appointed by the Tribal Council, the Ziibiwing Center will locate, preserve, protect, and maintain the tribe’s historic and cultural resources and handle all Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) related issues including disposition and reburial.

Presently

The Ziibiwing Center works collaboratively with the Michigan Anishinaabek Cultural Preservation and Repatriation Alliance (MACPRA) to protect and preserve all tribal and cultural resources of the past, present, and future. MACPRA consists of all the federally-recognized American Indian tribes and the two state historic tribes in the state of Michigan.

The Ziibiwing Center currently maintains and utilizes six cemeteries throughout the central Michigan area. Recently (on November 7, 2008) ancestral remains from the property of Keith Cook of Portland, Michigan were repatriated from the Portland City Police Department and ancestral remains in the possession of Mott Community College in Flint, Michigan were repatriated and reburied at the Saginaw Chippewa’s Nibokaan Cemetery with George Martin officiating. These cemeteries are used to preserve and honor the remains of our ancestry.

Action for the mitigation effort to rebury ancestral remains began on August 13, 2009 and continues today. Volunteers work at the site Mondays-Saturdays from 8am - 5:30pm. The Ziibiwing Center is always looking for more volunteers. For more information contact us at (989)775-4750.