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In accordance with policy, the following Land and Reservation Committee phone poll shall be posted for 24 hours.

Reason for Phone Poll: Motion to reschedule the Land and Reservation Committee meeting dated 05/13/2022 at 9:00 am. To 05/12/2022 at 1:00 pm.

Voting may begin at the time that Committee members are notified of the proposed phone poll, and shall continue until the phone poll is closed.

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The Election Board is seeking two community members to serve as official Poll Sitters for the 2022 Recall Election Day.

Dates and hours would include:
Friday, June 3, 2022, 10 am - 7 pm.

Qualified applicants must be at least 18 years of age, and cannot be LTBB Tribal Members or related to any subjects of the recall.

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Join Petoskey District Library and Good Hart Artist Residency for a National Endowment for the Arts Big Read event: an evening of poetry and discussion of boarding schools and healing justice with poet Cecelia LaPointe on Wednesday, April 20 at 7:00pm in the Petoskey District Library Carnegie Building, located at 451 E Mitchell St.

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Prior to conducting a Tribal Council phone poll, the following shall be posted for 24-hours per Policy.
Reason for Phone Poll: Motion to approve the *Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians COVID-19 Financial Impact Relief Payment Program Policy V.
(*To remain consistent with previous COVID funding programs, Tribal Council Resolution titled Payment III, will be referred to as payment V in this policy.)

Policy for $1000 ARP Citizens payment 031522

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The Mzinigangamik Cultural Library is seeking an artist to paint a community Little Free Library. Open to LTBB community members, and supplies and honorarium for your time is included.

Submissions will be accepted through Friday, April 29th. Send art examples to culturalprogramming@ltbbodawa-nsn.gov

Miigwech!

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The following motion was made by Tribal Council on 03/17/22 to give notice of a Special Meeting:

Motion made by Councilor Tamara Kiogima and supported by Councilor Aaron Otto to schedule a Tribal Council Special Meeting to discuss the operation plan for Odawa Economic Affairs Holding Corporation FY2022 for March 29, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. on Zoom. Vote: 8-yes, 0-no, 0-abstain, 1-absent (Secretary Marcella Reyes)

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Prior to conducting an Appropriations and Finance Committee phone poll, the following shall be post for 24 hours in accordance with policy.

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Tribal Chairperson Regina Gasco-Bentley has released a statement regarding the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa’s reservation litigation.

On Monday, February 28, 2022 the Supreme Court of the United States denied review of our case in Federal Court in which we sought affirmation of the reservation boundaries in the 1855 Treaty of Detroit. In legalese, the U.S. Supreme court ordered that “The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.” We sought review of the May 28, 2021 ruling of the Federal Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in which the Court held that the 1855 Treaty did not establish a jurisdictional reservation.

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