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The Michigan Indian Tuition Waiver Comes Under Fire by the Michigan Department of Civil Rights

NOTE: You can download the MDCR application and Memorandum regarding this decision here.

The Michigan Department on Civil Rights (MDCR) has taken the initiative to include PL174 the Michigan Indian Tuition Waiver (MITW) under prop 2 amendments making the MITW a race based issue instead of a treaty issue. The short and skinny of it is that the tuition waiver is based upon the Comstock agreement of 1934 whereas the State of Michigan accepted the federal government's treaty responsibilities to "educate all Indians" in exchange for the land at the Mt.Pleasant boarding school. Between 1934 and 1976 when Governor Mike Milliken signed PL174 there was virtually no education right for Indians in Michigan. Since then Governor Engler has line item vetoed the tuition waiver from the state's budget but being a treaty right the Colleges and Universities understood that they were required to honor this agreement and have been "eating" the waiver from their bottom line. This move by the State of Michigan, in my estimation, is an attempt to get the state budget under control.

We here at GRBOI.com and Negake Descendant's Incorporated are working towards rectifying this situation on behalf of our fellow citizens and would like your input. If you are a student who is affected by this action and are a citizen of the GRBOI please contact us and let us know your situation so we can include you in our correspondences with the MDCR. scott@grboi.com scott@grboi.com

 

MITW Interviews By Nancy Kelsey Interlochen Public Radio

 

For McCain and Team, a Host of Ties to Gambling ...“One of the founding fathers of Indian gaming”

NOTE: An annoying advertisement loads on the NY Times page for about 15 seconds then the article will appear. Be patient, it's worth the read.

On the Senate floor after the bill's passage, Mr. McCain said he personally opposed Indian gambling, but when impoverished communities “are faced with only one option for economic development, and that is to set up gambling on their reservations, then I cannot disapprove.”

 

GRBOI Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA) hearing transcripts

TESTIMONY OF RON YOB, CHAIRMAN GRAND RIVER BANDS OF OTTAWA INDIANS
Hearing on S. 1058
The Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians of Michigan Referral Act
Before the
SENATE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS
September 25, 2008...

 

Senate committee to take up four recognition bills

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will take up four tribal recognition bills at a hearing on Thursday.The hearing focuses on S. 1058, the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians of Michigan Referral Act; S. 724, the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2007; S. 514, the Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act; and H.R. 1294, the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2007.



Grand River Band of Ottawas before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee

The SCIA will hold a hearing Thursday on several recognition bills, including the Grand River...

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