Members

Current constituent Tribes/Bands are:

• Bay Mills Indian Community

• Grand Traverse Band Of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians

• Hannahville Band of Potawatomi Indians
• Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
• Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
• Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
• Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians
• Match-E-Be-Nash-She -Wish: Band of Potawatomi Indians, Gun Lake Tribe
• Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi
• Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
• Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
• Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians

 

Tribal Elder Contact Information

Bay Mills Indian Community
Geraldine Parish
Ellen Marshall Memorial Building 
12124 W. Lakeshore Drive
Brimley, MI  49715
(906) 248-3204

geparish@bmic.net

Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa/Chippewa Indians
Pat Putney

Elders/Cultural Department Manager

845 Business Park Dr.
Traverse City , MI 49686

(231)-534-7762

Pat.Putney@gtbindians.com

Hannahville Indian Community
Gloria Wandahsega, Elders Coordinator
N 14911 Hannahville Rd. B-1
Wilson, MI, 49896
(906) 466-0300
gwandahsega@hannahville.org

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
Loretta Hugo
Ojibway Senior Citizens Center
Rte. 1, Box 7
Baraga, MI 49908
(906)-353-7691

ojibwaseniors@chartermi.net

Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Bobbi Jo Gosnell, Elders Coodinator
P.O. Box 249
Watersmeet, MI 49969

bobbijo.gosnell@lvdtribal.com

Little River Bands of Ottawa Indians
June Sam, Elders Coordinator
375 River St.
Manistee, MI 49660
1-888-723-8288
elders@lrboi.com

Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians
Tamela Okuly, Elders Coordinator
7500 Odawa Circle
Harbor Springs, MI 49740
(231) 242-1422

tokuly@ltbbodawa-nsn.gov

Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Potawatomi (Gun Lake)
Leah Fodor, Elderly Director
P.O. Box 218
Door, MI 49323

lsfodor@mbpi.org

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi
Tami Sprague, Elders Specialist

4415 Byron Center S.W.

Wyoming, MI  49519
(616) 249-0822

tsprague@nhbpi.com

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
Petey Boehm, Elders Coordinator
P.O. Box 180
Dowagiac, MI 49047
(800) 859-2717

petey.boehm@pokagonband-nsn.gov 

OR
Bonnie Parrish
214201 Carol Lane
Stevensville, MI 49127
(269) 429-1668

ptombon@juno.com

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
Gayle Ruhl, Senior Assisted Living Administrator
Andahwod “Where We Live”
2910 South Leaton Road
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
(866) 379-6780, 1-989-775-4305

gruhl@sagchip.org

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Sheryl Hammock, Elder Care Service Director
2076 Shunk Rd.
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
(906) 635-4971

shammock@saulttribe.net

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