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Derek Bailey the bridge builder
By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor When I spoke on the phone recently with Derek Bailey, current chair of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and now Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress,...
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Woman between worlds: Lois Beardslee on why the turtle crosses the road
By F. Josephine Arrowood Sun contributor Each summer, while traveling through Michigan’s lake country, I notice a wide and depressing variety of roadkill, evidence of creatures not equipped for...
View ArticleThe Passage of Time at The Homestead
At the mouth of the Platte River a young Odawa girl carries her paddles to shore. Photo by Minnie Wabanimkee By Kathleen Stocking Sun contributor This essay originally appeared in Stocking’s book...
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Living legacy: Hank Bailey’s relationship to the land
Photos by Grace Johnson By Kathleen Stocking Sun contributor About a block up the road from the old Cannery down on the shore in Glen Haven, Henry “Hank” Bailey gets out of a white Lexus in front of an...
View ArticlePygmalion on the Frontier
Henry and Jane Schoolcraft met at a “sugaring-off party” in Sault Ste. Marie in 1822 and were married the following year. Maple syrup photo by Minnie Wabanimkee By Kathleen Stocking Sun contributor...
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Ruby John, Native Fiddler
Photos by Minnie Wabanimkee By Kathleen Stocking Sun contributor This profile is part of our series on the living legacy of Native Americans in the Leelanau region. Ruby John, 26, is a jewel of a girl....
View ArticleWhy we honor the living legacy of “Leelanau” Native Americans
Kathleen Stocking interviews Hank Bailey, a great-grandson of the famous Odawa orator Cobmoosa. By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor This summer season of flags billowing in the breeze, we Americans should...
View ArticleLeelanau Historical Society features “History of the Odawa people”
Photo by Minnie Wabanimkee From staff reports JoAnne Cook of the Grand Traverse Band will speak on the “History of the Odawa Anishinabek people from the Grand Traverse Region” on Tuesday, July 25, at...
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Photo of Huston Cradduck and Bouncer by Minnie Wabanimkee By Kathleen Stocking Sun contributor Reprinted from Stocking’s book Letters from the Leelanau (U-M Press 1990), this essay is part of our...
View ArticleRemembering Archie Miller
Photo of Archie Miller by Minnie Wabanimkee Story by Gabriele Shaw Sun contributor Part of our series on the living legacy of Native Americans in Leelanau County. The Manitou Islands—splitting the...
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