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Reaffirmation Day – LRBOI Office Closure

September 21, 2022

Wednesday, September 21, 2022
In recognition of Reaffirmation Day, LRBOI Government Offices will be closed.

Pictured from the left; Frank Ettawageshik -Tribal Chairman of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Dale Kildee -U.S. Representative of Michigan, and Dan Bailey -Chairman of the board of directors for the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians.

On September 21st, 1994, then-President William Jefferson Clinton signed into law two bills that reaffirm the federal status of three tribes – one for the Little River Band and the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians and another for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, thus reaffirmed our tribal nations’ existence and position as a Native Sovereign Nation, a dependent sovereign nation within the United States of America.

The president was scheduled today to sign into law two bills that reaffirm the federal status of three tribes – one for the Little River Band and the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians and another for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians.


 

September 21st, 1994
Pictured from the right; is Dan Bailey -Chairman of the board of directors for the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Dale Kildee -U.S. Representative of Michigan, and Frank Ettawageshik -Tribal Chairman of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.

Dale Kildee -U.S. Representative of Michigan from 1977 to 2013
In 1997, Kildee founded the House’s Native American Caucus to advocate Native American issues.

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Date:
September 21, 2022
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Little River Band of Ottawa Indians – Government Center
2608 Government Center Drive
Manistee, MI 49660 United States
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Phone:
888.723.8288
Website:
https://lrboi-nsn.gov/