Elder Teachings

Bill LeBlanc's Wonderful Words of Wisdom:

Importance of Speaking our Language

The soul of the tribe and the sovereignty of the Indian nation is in its adherence to culture and its language, while at the same time becoming attuned to the educational and economic values in the predominant social system. In the 1920s, Bay Mills Indian Community as it’s now knows, was subjected to a certain amount of isolation and segregation from communities as close as Brimley. Brimley was only occasionally visited to take advantage of slightly bigger markets available there. Many of the Bay Mills people walked to the store and carried their purchases home in a pack usually made out of a burlap bag....

Connection between Bay Mills and Sault Tribe

The impact of modernism on federal recognition of tribes, economic development and the reinterpretation of history and historical rights.

As a member of the Bay Mills Indian Community and the St. Mary’s band of Chippewa Indians who comprise the membership of this historical tribal entity since my birth in 1922, I feel qualified and obligated to enter some commentary regarding conflicts over land and casino locations. I'd also like to try and correct some obvious errors in interpretation of historical facts.....