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Conversations with Commerce - Food Sovereignty (10/20/26)

 Join us for our monthly 1-hour town hall meeting

(Begins at 7:30pm ET)

The Commerce Department hosts a monthly, evening, online townhall meeting to publicly share updates on program activities, economic development, and facilitates dialogue on critical development issues. This month the conversation will cover what food sovereignty, food production, food distribution and access to nutritious food mean to our community.

Film screening of Aanikoobijigan

Trapped in museum archives, Ancestors bend time and space to find their way home. History, spirituality, and the law collide as tribal repatriation specialists fight to return and rebury Indigenous human remains, offering a revealing look at the still-pervasive
worldviews that justified collecting them in the first place.

Candidate Packet Drop Off (in Person with the Election Board)

Election Board office hours for Candidate Packet Drop off (in Person with the Election Board) are:

Manistee: 

October 5, 2026, from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Government Building - Center 2608 Government Center Drive, Manistee, MI 49660 
Election Board Office
  
Muskegon: 

October 5, 2026, from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Ellis Building - 1478 E. Ellis Road. Muskegon, MI 49444
Inside the Main Door

Another method to return a Candidate Packet:

Candidate Packet Pick-up (in Person with the Election Board)

Election Board office hours for Candidate Packet Pick-up (in Person with the Election Board) are:

Manistee: 

September 15, 2026, from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Government Building - Center 2608 Government Center Drive, Manistee, MI 49660 
Election Board Office
  
Muskegon: 

September 15, 2026, from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Ellis Building - 1478 E. Ellis Road. Muskegon, MI 49444
Inside the Main Door

Other methods to obtain a Candidate Packet:  

Regular Election Day

Regular Election Day

The Regular Election will be conducted by secret mail in ballot as well as in person voting.  The homes of registered voters shall be designated as polls for mail-in voting purposes. Ballot counting for the Regular Election will begin at 12:30 pm, on Friday, April 30, 2027. The ballot counting will be held in the Lodge at the Tribes Government Center, 2608 Government Center Drive, Manistee, MI. In person voting for the Regular election is available from 3:00pm to 6:00pm. Voting in person requires a valid Tribal ID to be presented.