United Tribes ) Michigan - Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians

United Tribes fMu ligan
5453 HuiThston Road. Harbor Staino, 49740
Phone: 517-802-8650 Eiwith fettawaikenarer.net Fes: 23 1-24%0958
Frank Eilawagi ,:qiik, Executtre Director
animals with whom we share this world, Since ifie oriuinal designation the Headlands
there has been a movement in Northern Michigan 1.0 enlarge this area to other lands in the
region,. This cifforthas culminated with the introduCtion of HB 54liA in. tire Michigan
House by Representative Frank Foster from Entine.: County. This bill, i'passed, would
expand the area desgriated to protect die nig.ht- sky to several. thousands of acres or stale
Park lands and State Forest lands on the Lake Michigan side Tif the tip of the lower
peninsula,
Hu] Laws: I ANW.; incited to speak. on burial and historic preservation issues at 1
Michigan Anishinabok Cultural Preservation Lind Repatritoior, A] fiance meeting in Bay
Mills at the end of October. The Lac Vieux. Desert Band k having an ongoing and
increasingly cl.il1ictrlt t me in keeping one of their cemeteries free from vandals and
dese,:..rat I on,
IVIeetirtgs: The December 2011 MAST II weting in. Iowa was cancelled due to a
e.,!iniliet with the meeting between President Ohm na and Tribal 1...taciers-, 1 atten.d.ed. the
11.1.30,1 AST consultation meeting held Odawa tic IL'i i i Petoskey on February 1.6 and
17, 2.012. The next MAST meeting will be the Impact Week in Washington DC in
March,
Tribal Leaders INeteetir12-: I arranged and attended a meeting at the request. of the tribal
leaders on February 2, 2012 that was homed by Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians at Odawa ilotel in Petoskey. 'fwo proposed resolutions to be considered at
today's meeting Testified from discussions at .that meeting
I .qovst. from Bill Lart&eirif: I've attach communications Hhat I received the last two
days from. Bill I...argent. His letter explains that his company bid on. an: R.. ftorit the
MEDC and lost. is thinks the process was not fail and he would. like us :ft weigh in on
this issue.
NCAI .Executive Board:
I participated in the monthly NCAI Executive l orrd phone conferences, 'file
officers and directors for each t f.1he iraer-tribal Organizations in Indian Country are
invited to attend these calls of the Executive Hoard, There will be a lunch rileCi.ltm rarthe
inter-tribal organizations in DC at the NCAI Winter Executive Session in early March, 1.
plan on attending at least of the NCAI session tlhs
In November, I at-tem:lei:I the NC A1 Annual .Meetifig in Portland, Oregon. The
resolution on HR. 1505 was dis• cussed and adopted but this issue has faded from the radar
screen lately, The throat to Indian Country, jurisdiction still exists from the potential
adoption of this act,
ii-mtber Working Group:. The DOI. has conic out with their proposed new rule.
It is not What we were hoping for. I've cirenlated these documents to the LITM ernail list
Executive Director's R c)-2012, Page 2 of 3