The Native American Heritage Fund (NAHF) has announced that six Michigan communities have been selected to receive grant funding, totaling $482,000. The following are the recipients:

• • Suttons Bay Public Schools was granted $20,000 to help develop a new land-based education curriculum.

• • Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College was granted $30,000 to partner with the Native Justice Coalition to offer and expand the Annual Anishinaabe Racial Justice Conference.
  • Petoskey Public Schools was granted $58,665 to help remove unacceptable Native American imagery on infrastructure, uniforms, and equipment across the school district.
  • Clinton Community Schools was granted $100,000 to help rebrand and adopt a new mascot, replacing existing imagery with a new logo.
  • Paw Paw Public Schools was granted $216,045 to help implement the new Red Wolves nickname and brand on signage, facilities, and athletic uniforms.

• • The City of Marquette was granted $57,5000to help develop an interpretive Anishinaabe Public Art Project and companion trail curriculum along the lakefront as part of the City’s larger Cultural Trail project.

The NAHF was approved in 2016 as part of the Second Amendment to the Tribal-State Gaming Compact between the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (an MLC client) and the State of Michigan. The tribe allocates a portion of their state revenue-sharing payments from its FireKeepers Casino Hotel to the fund. The NAHF grants resources to schools, colleges, universities, and local units of government to promote positive relationships and accurate information about the history and role of Michigan’s Indian tribes and Native Americans.

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