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October 26 2006

Negake Descendents Incorporated, a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation, has registered with the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth, Bureau of Commercial Services, and announces its pledge to the Indigenous Peoples of the Grand River and Great Lakes Region. The purpose of NDI is as follows:

To preserve the history and cultural identity of the Negake Family and to continue the family's tradition of dedication and service to promote the general welfare of the people of the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians of Michigan.

The current officers of NDI are:

Henry L. Negake

Scott A. Wyzlic

Geoffrey L. Hinman

Forest H. Kraus

Many people have contacted us with regard to the Docket 58 situation, and we are working diligently on a plan to address your concerns. Please e-mail us and we will help your voice be heard in any way we can. We have added contact information for Senators Levin and Stabenow below, and suggest that you contact them with your concerns as well.

Currently we are working on dialogue which we will present to Senators Levin and Stabenow, and the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs with regard to your concerns. Together we can accomplish what our ancestors could only dream of. Holding the U.S. Government to their fiduciary duty with regard to treaties signed between two sovereign Nations.

October 25 2006

NOTICE: This coming Friday, October 27 2006, will be the final day to give notice to the BIA in Sault Ste. Marie of your current address for the dispersing of Docket 58 monies. This, according to Jinny Gillette, is only for those who have submitted an application for this docket. Dispersing of funds will be March 15, 2007 and checks should be received no later than the end of March 2007. According to Gillette approximately ten thousand applications were sent in 1997 and 1998 and about five thousand applications were returned. Those who did not file an application WILL NOT be getting an allotment check from the BIA. You can contact the BIA in Sault Ste. Marie at 877.659.5028 x 3131 and speak to Ms. Gillette. To update your mailing address with the BIA you can fax it to 906.632.0689

Concern over the application process lingers in my mind, because the BIA did in fact send out applications. In one instance that I am aware of the application was sent to an address which was 20 yeas out of date. When the person called the BIA earlier this week she was informed that she would not be getting any part of the Docket 58 monies, which she is entitled, because she never returned the application which was sent to her. This in my mind is ludicrous. Ms. Gillette told me that the BIA had sent news releases and ran articles in local news papers, and if you didn't see it it was not the fault of the BIA. In my estimation the BIA, GRBOI, INC., Senators Levin and Stabenow, and the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs owes it to the Indigenous People of the Grand River, and Great Lakes Region to rectify this horrid error and ensure that those who are eligible to receive funds be added to the allotment list. I would like to hear your thoughts and comments on this injustice and will post them appropriately.

Senator Levin

124 West Allegan
Suite 1810
Lansing, MI 48933-1716
Phone: (517) 377-1508
Fax: (517) 377-1506
9:00a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

269 Russell Office Building
U.S. Senate
Washington, DC 20510-2202
Phone (202) 224-6221
Fax (202) 224-1388
8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

524 Ludington Street
Suite LL-103
Escanaba, MI 49829-3949
Phone (906) 789-0052
Fax (906) 789-0015
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Senator Stabenow

Washington, DC Office
Senator Debbie Stabenow
133 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4822
TTY: (202) 224-2066
e-mail: senator@stabenow.senate.gov

Mid-Michigan Office
Senator Debbie Stabenow
221 W. Lake Lansing Road, Suite 100
East Lansing, MI 48823
Phone: (517) 203-1760

Southeast Michigan Office
243 W.Congress Suite 550
Detroit, MI 48226
Phone: (313) 961-4330

Western Michigan Office
3230 Broadmoor St., Suite B
Grand Rapids, MI 49512
Phone: (616) 975-0052

Flint/Saginaw Bay Area Office
2503 South Linden Rd.
Flint, MI 48532
Phone: (810) 720-4172

Upper Peninsula Office
1901 W. Ridge
Marquette, MI 49855
Phone: (906) 228-8756

Northern Michigan Office
3335 South Airport Road West Suite 6B
Traverse City, MI 49684
Phone: (231) 929-1031

State Representative Bart Stupak

http://www.house.gov/stupak/contact.shtml

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