Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians 2019 Annual Report

Mong (Ojibwe for Loon) The Loon Clan is one of the Anishinaabe leader clans together with the Crane clan, providing balance.

Debwewin— Truth —Be faithful to reality Gwekwaadziwin— Honesty —Tell the truth Aakdewin— Bravery —Choose with courage Nbwaakaawin— Wisdom —Use good sense Minadendmowin— Respect —Act without harm Zaagidwin— Love —Practice absolute kindness Dbaadendizwin— Humility —Treat all life equally

Win Awenen Nisitotung Special Section

Inside ... 2019 Executive Overview...... 2 Natural Resources - Wildlife...... 9 Housing Authority...... 16 Board of Directors...... 3 Language and Culture...... 10 Education...... 17 Financials 1...... 4 Elders Services...... 11 Recreation...... 18 Financials 2...... 5 Health 1...... 12 EDC...... 19 Tribal Court...... 6 Health 2...... 13 Tribal Buildings...... 20 Law Enforcement...... 7 ACFS 1...... 14 Natural Resources - Fisheries...... 8 ACFS 2...... 15 Page 2 2019 Annual Report Aug. 26, 2020 • Win Awenen Nisitotung Tribe’s significant and historical events of 2019 Access Program, as awarded to Sault Tribe (Tribal Court, ACFS, Tribal Prosecutor’s Office) from the U.S. Department of Justice. In August, we were able to fully implement and “go live” with this program which allows our tribe to obtain criminal and civil background information from databases and input information such as active bench warrants, protection orders, bond conditions and orders of conviction. ACFS received a kiosk to run background checks. For the first time ever, they are able to directly Executive Director fingerprint foster parents, rather Christine McPherson than having to wait and access the There were many new projects information through the State of Michigan. begun in 2019, from a substance The governmental and EDC team On July 11, tribal governments abuse recovery hospital to exper- building event held across the gained the ability to directly input imental whitefish stocking, our tribe’s service area was a spe- data and gain access to the FBI’s team members worked hard to cial event for everyone involved. National Sex Offender Registry bring more services and resources Above, Employee Team Building to the tribal community. (NSOR) using the Tribe and Territory Sex Offender Registry Workgroup, back row, from left, Waiver begins recovery Jeri Eby, Leo Chugunov, Linda hospital project System (TTSORS). The system connection will be available to Grossett, Michael Guillmete, The development of a Annette Thibert, Tammy Henning, much-needed drug and alcohol all tribal governments already participating in the Tribal Access Tammy Bumstead, Stephanie recovery hospital in the eastern Sprecker, Andrew Lane; front Upper Peninsula took a signif- Program (TAP), which allows row, from left, Jennifer Bouschor, icant step forward in January, information sharing between tribal Brandi MacArthur, Melissa Killips, 2019 when the Sault Tribe Board and federal government criminal Regina Rolstone, Heather Smith, of Directors approved a waiver information systems. Providing Christine McPherson. At right, allowing Health Division Director direct connection to the FBI from left, Sault Ste. Marie site Leo Chugunov to negotiate National Sex Offender Registry terms for entering a Patient Care gives tribal law enforcement the cooks Doug Goudreau, Jake Network agreement with the information they need to investi- Sillers, Leo Chugunov, Jeri Eby. Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation gate and prevent heinous sex vio- was created. More positions is being done in the hatchery to teachings for operating the recovery hospi- lence offenses in Indian Country. were created to help the depart- see if large scale stocking could 2. Sovereignty tal. A 160-acre parcel of land, four Employee recognition ment in its mission to rekindle make an impact. Biologists are 3. Programs and services miles west of the I-75 interchange luncheon Anishinaabemowin and help rees- hoping whitefish assessment work 4. Inherent rights on M-28, is the planned future site The second annual employee tablish our culture. will show that when whitefish go 5. Representation, advocacy of the recovery hospital. The facil- recognition luncheon was held Tribe has successful walleye through a diet change at a cer- and leadership ity will include living quarters for on April 23 in the DreamMakers stocking season tain life stage they may be able 6. Workforce those in extended recovery, walk- Theater at Kewadin Casino, 238 Sault Tribe stocked 910,000 to survive. If whitefish in nature 7. Appropriations ing paths, pond and trails. The employees were recognized for summer walleye fingerlings to cannot get past this point, then 8. Economy aesthetic of the place is planned to their service. Carol Pages-Montie, area waterways from its three maybe a hatchery can raise white- The intent of this strategic plan be relaxing and healing. Placement former Contract Health certifier, walleye rearing ponds in the east- fish beyond this point and stock is to provide the membership, of the facility on the site will had the most years of service at ern Upper Peninsula. This year’s large enough numbers to make an team members and other collabo- allow for a discreet traffic flow. 40 years, followed by Deborah fingerlings went to their new impact. rators a clear picture of where our Aside from the assortment of Ailing, Kewadin Casinos cashier, homes in the St. Marys River, Tribal Census conducted tribe is heading. As the various construction and landscaping jobs and Gregory Keway, health supply Bay de Noc, Epoufette Bay, The Sault Tribe Census divisions and departments of the to build the facility, the recovery technician at 35. St. Martin’s Bay and the lower was sent out December 2019. tribe work on their individual hospital would employ at least 100 The event began with a wel- Cheboygan River. Designed by the Planning and strategic plans, they will look people year-round in a variety of come, honor song and opening In the spring, the program Development Department, the at this Master Strategic Plan for well-paying jobs. prayer followed by the luncheon. stocked 0.5 million walleye fry in census collected information on guidance. The tribe joined the Hazelden Members of the tribal board of the lower Tahquamenon River and tribal homes, including the num- Day of Awareness for Missing Betty Ford Patient Care Network directors were present to shake Millecoquins Lake near Engadine. ber of people per household and and Murdered Native Women in February, followed by a site hands and present certificates with MITW fully funded pertinent facts about each home. and Girls visit from the foundation and area Chairperson Aaron Payment. The After 25 years of chronic fund- In particular, the census asked In 2019, our board of direc- governmental representatives. tribal board passed a longevity ing shortages, the Michigan Indian about education, income, mili- tors approved May 5 as the Day Behavioral Health Program policy that rewards the team mem- Tuition Waiver program became tary service and participation in of Awareness for “Missing and re-accredited for three years bers for years of service. After fully funded in 2019. Governor treaty rights for each adult in the Murdered Native Women and The Sault Tribe Health the first five years there is a gift, Gretchen Whitmer signed the surveyed home, as well as similar Girls.” This day will help raise Division’s Behavioral Health thereafter each subsequent five- 2020 budget on Oct. 1 providing questions about each minor child. awareness for the high homicidal Program was re-issued a three- year increment will be compen- full funding for the state’s obli- The tribal Census asked about rate that American Indian women year accreditation, the highest sation increase in their base pay. gation to pay tuitions for eligible home costs, types of heating, face in comparison to the national achievable standard, in 2019. The This is a small token of the tribe’s members of federally recognized sources of water, sewage facilities average (10 times greater). Commission on Accreditation appreciation of its workforce. American Indian tribes attending and major appliances. Question Homicide is the third leading of Rehabilitation Facilities, or Governmental and EDC team public colleges and universities in topics also included child-care cause of death among American CARF, an independent, nonprofit building event Michigan. The 2020 state budget services, health insurance and Indian and Alaska Native women accreditor of health and human The first annual governmental allotted $12.7 million to fund the housing assistance, should any be between the ages of 10 and 24 and services programs provided the and EDC team building event program. used in the home. the fifth leading cause of death accreditation. Congratulations and took place on Aug. 14. There Experimental whitefish Approval for new childhood for these women 25 and 34 years thank you to all Behavioral Health were four locations: Pines Park in project initiated education facility of age. team members who were involved Manistique, Tribal Health Center The Sault Tribe Natural In August, the board approved Tribal PRC eligibility in helping our Health Division in Munising, Sherman Park in Resources Fishery Program began a new Early Childhood Education policy member employees and achieve this accreditation. Sault Ste. Marie and Bridge View a study to figure out when young facility to be constructed next dependents Sober Living homes open Park in St. Ignace. whitefish in the wild are disap- to the Chi Mukwa Arena. ACFS In August, the board directed In April, “Home of Hope” tran- The day was a success and pearing, and if raising them in a received a $1.3 million grant to that Sault Tribe members who sitional housing needs for sober meant to serve as a reminder hatchery might help them survive. build this facility and the board of are also employees and reside living opened. The much needed to our employees that they are In the Great Lakes, invasive mus- directors will secure funding for in the Contract Health Service services and Home of Hope is a appreciated for their dedication to sels have changed the ecosystem the remaining cost. Construction Delivery Area and enrolled par- place to go to support sober liv- our tribe. Team building games so much that whitefish popula- began in 2020. ticipants in the Tribal Health and ing after release from substance were coordinated and food was tions are starving. What started Master Strategic Plan Vision Benefits Plan, shall also be abuse rehabilitation. By opening prepared for the attendees. It was in lakes Michigan and Huron In June, the board of direc- enrolled in the Purchased/Refered this transitional home, we are now a great event for staff to become with zebra mussels has now been tors’ Master Strategic Plan was Care (PRC) program without able to respond to the needs of our more familiar with one another. amplified with quagga mussels. approved which contributes to the requirement of enrollment or tribal members and community Culture Department The mussels are absorbing all the well-being of our tribal members completion of forms. Dependents more effectively by expanding restructured and expanded nutrients that are needed by young and the long term sustainabil- of those employees shall also be services to support their pathway In June, The Culture fish and their food. ity of our tribal resources and enrol1led in the PRC program, to recovery. Department was restructured The Fishery Program is hatch- rights. This plan highlights eight provided that the dependents are Tribal Action Plan updates into the Language and Culture ing and raising whitefish. As areas where our tribe focuses our eligible members of the tribe and Throughout 2019, Tribal Court Department, and a new position, work moves forward on whitefish efforts: enrolled in the Health and Vision worked to implement the Tribal director of Language and Culture, assessments in the lakes, work 1. Culture and traditional Benefits Plan as dependents. Aug. 26, 2020 • Win Awenen Nisitotung 2019 Annual Report Page 3 Tribe’s Governing Body: Board of Directors

Aaron Payment, Bridgett Sorenson, Catherine Hollowell, Darcy Morrow Denise Chase, Chairperson Director, Unit III Director, Unit II Director, Unit IV Director, Unit IV

Austin Lowes, Kimberle Gravelle Keith Massaway, lana Causley-Smith, Michael McKerchie, Director, Unit I Director, Unit I Director, Unit III Director, Unit II Director, Unit I Board Information The Sault Tribe Board of Directors is the governing body of the tribe. There are 12 board members and one chairperson, elected to four-year terms. The board members represent the five units of the tribe’s service area in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Five board members represent Unit I, two board members represent Unit II, two board members represent Unit III, two board members represent Unit IV, and one board member represents Unit V. The chairperson is elected at large. Regular meetings are held twice a month, usually on Tuesdays. See www.saulttribe.com/ government/board-of-directors for meeting schedule, live meeting link, board votes and minutes, reports and more.

DJ Hoffman Charles Matson Betty Freiheit Director, Unit I Director, Unit V Director, Unit I Tribal Board Contacts Aaron Payment, Chairperson (906) 322-3818 1716 Shunk Rd. [email protected] Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 (906) 440-5937 Catherine Hollowell, Unit II [email protected] 1125 S. Tassier Rd. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Cedarville, MI 49719 Michael McKerchie, Unit I (906) 430-5551 Seven-County Service Area 410 Dawson St. [email protected] The tribe’s seven-county service area consists of the seven easternmost counties in Michigan’s Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 Upper Peninsula: Marquette, Delta, Alger, Schoolcraft, Luce, Mackinac and Chippewa. (906) 322-7768 Bridgett Sorenson, Unit III [email protected] 2334 Shore Dr. St. Ignace, MI 49781 DJ Hoffman, Unit I (906) 430-0536 1309 Park St. [email protected] Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 (906) 203-0510 Keith Massaway, Unit III [email protected] 702 Hazelton St. St. Ignace, MI 49781 Kimberle Gravelle, Unit I (906) 322-3802 1607 W. 4th Ave. [email protected] Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 (906) 203-6083 Denise Chase, Unit IV [email protected] PO Box 161 Manistique, MI 49854 Austin Lowes (906) 203-2471 1405 Bingham Avenue [email protected] Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 (906) 203-2545 [email protected] Darcy Morrow, Unit IV 102 South 5th St. Betty Freiheit Manistique, MI 49854 820 W. 28th Ave. Apt A-1 (906) 298-1888 Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 [email protected] (906) 379-8745 [email protected] Charles Matson, Unit V N6360 Atik-Ameg Dr. Lana Causley-Smith, Unit II Wetmore, MI 49895 Main offices are in Sault Ste. Marie and satellite offices with administration and health ser- PO Box 531 (906) 450-5094 vices are in Hessel, St. Ignace, Manistique, Escanaba, Newberry, Marquette and Munising. Hessel, MI 49745 [email protected] Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Management’s Discussion and Analysis December 31, 2019

OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

• Fiduciary funds – The Tribe is trustee, or fiduciary, for its employees’ pension plans. It is also responsible for other assets because of a trust arrangement – can be used only for the trust beneficiaries. The Tribe is responsible for ensuring that the assets reported in the funds are used for their intended purposes. All of the Tribe’s fiduciary activities are reported in a separate statement of fiduciary net position and a statement of changes in fiduciary net position. We exclude these activities from the Tribe’s government-wide financial Page 4 2019 Annualstatements because the Report Tribe cannot use these assets to finance its operations.Aug. 26, 2020 • Win Awenen Nisitotung

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE TRIBE AS A WHOLE

Sault Tribe organizationNet position. The 2019 Tribe’s combined financialgovernmental and business-type net positionhighlights was $171,079,947 for 2019. (See The tribe’s total governmen- — Launch - $24,100 Table A-1.) tal assets increased to $130.2 — Solid Waste - $81,000 Table A-1 million or 2.8 percent over the Government-wide statements Tribe’s Net Position course of 2019’s operations and The government-wide state- Governmental Business-type total assets from business-type ments report information about Activities Activities Total activities increased to $118.1 the tribe as a whole using 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 million or 1 percent. Total pri- accounting methods similar to Current and Other Assets $ 83,403,902 $ 80,193,677 $ 27,164,368 $ 27,261,418 $ 110,568,270 $ 107,455,095 mary governmental assets were those used by private sector Capital Assets 46,801,021 46,314,936 90,961,530 89,671,773 137,762,551 135,986,709 $248.3 million at 2019 year-end. companies. The statement of net Deferred Outflows of Resources 4,349 184,664 - - 4,349 184,664

Total liabilities in governmen- position includes all of the gov- Total Assets $ 130,209,272 $ 126,693,277 $ 118,125,898 $ 116,933,191 $ 248,335,170 $ 243,626,468 tal activities decreased to $51.7 ernment’s assets and liabilities. million or 5 percent and total All of the current year’s reve- SaultCurrent LiabilitiesSte. Marie Tribe$ 17,784,052 of Chippewa$ 18,912,826 Indians$ 9,827,173 $ 12,312,440 $ 27,611,225 $ 31,225,266 Noncurrent Liabilites 33,958,596 35,544,642 15,685,081 Management’s 9,768,201 Discussion 49,643,677 and Analysis 45,312,843 liabilities in business-type activi- nues and expenses are accounted Deferred Inflows of Resources 321 - - - 321 - ties increased to $25.6 million or for in the statement of activi- December 31, 2019 15.6 percent. Total primary gov- ties regardless of when cash is Total Liabilities 51,742,969 54,457,468 25,512,254 22,080,641 77,255,223 76,538,109 ernmental liabilities were $77.3 received or paid. Net Position FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE TRIBE AS A WHOLE (Continued) million at 2019 year-end. The two government-wide Net Investment in Capital Assets 40,050,021 46,314,936 88,488,767 85,346,774 128,538,788 131,661,710 During the year, the tribe’s statements report the tribe’s TheUnrestricted Tribe was able to cover the 38,416,282 current year’s 25,920,873 costs for programs 4,116,177 and services 9,505,776 of governmental 42,532,459 operations 35,426,649 through expenses and transfers were $4.1 net position and how they have lowerDesignated costs. Table A-2 and the narrative - that follows - consider 8,700 the operations of governmental 8,700 -type activities and - million less than the revenues changed. Net position – the business-type activities separately. Total Net Position $ 78,466,303 $ 72,235,809 $ 92,613,644 $ 94,852,550 $ 171,079,947 $ 167,088,359 generated by grants, taxes and difference between the tribe’s other sources for governmental assets and liabilities – is one way Governmental$40.1 million andof governmental Business-type assets Activities are invested in capital assets (land, buildings and equipment) with $88.5 activities. to measure the tribe’s financial million of business assets invested in the same manner. In the tribe’s business-type health, or position. • Revenues for the Tribe’s governmental activities decreased 4.3%, while total expenses increased 12.0%. activities, total revenues were — Over time, increases or • ChangeRevenues in net for position.the Tribe’s The business Tribe’s-type total activities revenues increased from primary 3.4%, while activities total expenses(excluding in creasedspecial 4.8items)%. was $186 $99 million while total expenses, decreases in the tribe’s net posi- million. (See Table A-2.) The Tribe’s revenue comes mainly from gaming revenues, charges for services, taxes taxes, gain on disposal of capital tion are an indicator of whether and federal sources. Table A-2 Changes in Tribe’s Net Position assets and transfers were $101.2 its financial health is improving The total cost of all primary activities was $165.5 million and included both governmental and member services million. or deteriorating, respectively. along with business-type operating costs excludingGovernmental transfers and Activities taxes. Business-type Activities The General Fund reported an — To assess the overall health 2019 2018 2019 2018 increase in expenditures of $1.5 of the tribe you need to consider Revenues million or 13.4 percent for the additional non-financial factors Program Revenues: year due to increases in general such as changes in the gaming Charges for services $ 17,275,512 $ 21,890,790 $ 99,137,074 $ 95,993,108 Operating grants and Contributions 47,954,062 46,011,545 - - government costs including a $1 industry regulations and changes Capital grants and Contributions 2,518,173 4,096,463 - - million lawsuit settlement. in federal law. General Revenues: The tribe implemented a The government-wide finan- Taxes 17,627,338 17,516,925 - - MERS Defined Benefit Pension cial statements of the tribe are: Interest/Dividends 1,216,633 737,206 104,850 16,456 Plan on Jan. 1, 2017. A net pen- — Governmental activities Other 89,850vi 298,889 (3,427) 53 sion asset has been recorded for – Most of the tribe’s basic ser- Total Revenues $ 86,681,568 $ 90,551,818 $ 99,238,497 $ 96,009,617 $45,471 in the government-wide vices are included here, such as Expenses financial statements for the plan. health and welfare, public safety, Gaming Authority $ - $ - $ 69,501,272 $ 68,479,761 Tribal external debt reduc- education, and recreation and Other - - 13,384,374 10,607,926 tion payments amounted to culture. Taxes, federal revenue, Judicial 1,218,296 1,112,080 - - $3,454,000. state revenue and charges for Education 10,148,294 9,824,830 - - Major capital projects includ- services finance most of these Health and Welfare 46,941,473 43,315,431 - - Recreation and Culture 3,201,112 3,095,922 - - ed: activities. Public Safety 4,507,093 4,052,738 - - — Health centers medical — Business-type activities – SaultGeneral Ste. Government Marie Tribe of Chippewa 11,269,708 Indians 8,195,599 - - equipment and software of The tribe charges fees to custom- Public Works 1,872,712 536,932Management’s Discussion - and Analysis - $341,540 ers to help it cover the costs of Interest Expense 3,428,586 3,589,124 - December 31, 2019- — 2019 Promaster Cargo certain services it provides. The Total Expenses $ 82,587,274 $ 73,722,656 $ 82,885,646 $ 79,087,687 Tradesman of $23,149 tribe’s Gaming Authority and — White Pine Lodge pur- businesses are included here. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE TRIBE AS A WHOLE (Continued) chase of $3,026,010 Fund financial statements — Management Information The fund financial statements Table A-2 System computer equipment of provide more detailed infor- Changes in Tribe’s Net Position (continued) $114,383 mation about the tribe’s most — Roads of $1,510,424 significant funds - not the tribe Governmental Activities Business-type Activities — JKL Bahweting School as a whole. Funds are account- 2019 2018 2019 2018 playground equipment and secu- ing devices that the tribe uses to rity upgrades of $648,548 keep track of specific sources of Excess $ 4,094,294 $ 16,829,162 $ 16,352,851 $16,921,930 — Demawating RV Trailer funding and spending for partic- Gain (loss) on Disposal of Capital Assets 4,720 (11,000) (3,511) (50,450) Park, trailers and vehicles of ular purposes. Transfers 974,461 (157,585) (974,461) 157,585 $547,060 — Some funds are required Taxes - - (17,613,785) (17,518,661) — Law Enforcement vehi- by federal law and by bond cov- vii cles and computer equipment of enants. Change in Net Position 5,073,475 16,660,577 (2,238,906) (489,596) $482,817 — The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe — Tamarack Business Center of Chippewa Indian’s Board Net Position - Beginning 73,392,828 * 55,575,232 94,852,550 95,342,146 renovations of $227,530 establishes other funds to control Net Position - Ending $ 78,466,303 $ 72,235,809 $ 92,613,644 $94,852,550 — Properties in Chippewa and manage grant money for County, Delta County and particular purposes (Head Start,

Rabitts Back of $768,382 fisheries, sanitation, etc.) *The Tribe’s January 1, 2019 net position was increased by $1,157,019 for the adoption of Statement No. 84 — Building improvements of The tribe has three kinds of (“GASB 84”) Fiduciary Activities. $700,466 funds: — Vehicles of $25,447 Governmental funds – Most government-wideGovernmental Activities statements, we and additional information, such statement of fiduciary net posi- New grants in 2019 consisted of: of the tribe’s basic services are provide additional information as cash flows. We use internal tion and a statement of changes — SAMSHA supplement - included in governmental funds, at theTable bottom A-2 presentsof the governmen the cost of- eachservices of the Tribe’sfor the fivetribe’s largest other programs —inhealth fiduciary and welfare,net position. public We safety, tal recreationfunds statement, and culture, or oneducation, the andprograms general government and activities, as well such as its judicialexclude services, these public activities works and from interest $120,235 which focus on (1) how much expense. subsequent page, that explains as the Management Information the tribe’s government-wide — SAMHSA STOPR Grant cash and other financial assets • The cost of all governmental activities this year was $82.6 million. the relationship (or differences) Systems, Human Resources, financial statements because the Year 2 - $313,627 that can readily be converted • The cost of those services was paid from the following: — ITC Perinatal Opiod - to cash flow in and out and (2) between- them.Taxes of $17.6 million. Accounting, etc. tribe cannot use these assets to $90,600 the balances left at year end Proprietary- Charges funds for services – Internal of $ 17.3 million Fiduciary. funds – The tribe finance its operations. — Saving Lives Project - that are available for spending. services- forOperating which the and tribe Capital Grantsis of trustee, $50.5 million or fiduciary,. for its $27,000 Consequently, the governmen- charges- internalInterest, customers dividends aand fee other revenuesemployees’ of $ 1.31pension million. plans. It Financial analysis of the — TRP Fire - $109,230 tal funds statements provide a are Thegenerally increase reported in governmental in the gen net -positionis also for responsible2019 was $5.1 for million other. tribe as a whole – The tribe’s

— Frogbit- $21,066 detailed short-term view that eral fund. Proprietary funds, like assets because of a trust arrange- combined governmental and the Businessgovernment-wide-type Activities statements, ment – can be used only for the business-type net position was — Trails and sidewalks - helps you determine whether $650,000 there are more or fewer financial provideRevenues both of long the andTribe’s short business term -typetrust activities beneficiaries. were $99.2 The million tribe andis expenses$171,079,947 were $82.9 for million 2019.. (Refer to — Industrial warehouse - resources that can be spent in the financialTable Ainformation.-2). Business In-type fact, activities provideresponsible all of forthe ensuringgovernmental that tax the revenues See, and Tablethe decrease A-1. in net position $1,000,000 near future to finance the tribe’s the fortribe’s the businesses enterprise in funds2019 was (one $2.2 millionassets after reported taxes. in the funds are $40.1 million of governmen- — MEDC warehouse - programs. Because this infor- type of proprietary fund) are the used for their intended purposes. tal assets are invested in capital $250,000 mation does not encompass the same as its business-type activ- All of the tribe’s fiduciary activ- assets (land, buildings and

— Thrive - $246,371 additional long-term focus of the ities, but provide more detail ities are reported in a separate Continued on page 5.

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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE TRIBE AS A WHOLE (Continued)

As the Tribe completed the year, its governmental funds reported, on Page 9, a combined fund balance of $9.6 million, an improvement in combined fund balance of $2.7 million from 2018. The primary reason for the increase in fund balance is highlighted in the analysis of governmental activities. In addition, these other changes in fund balance should be noted:

• Debt service expenditures were $3.1 million. • $19.3 million net was transferred out to other activities from the General Fund, an increase of 22.8% from 2018.

General Fund Budgetary Highlights

Over the course of the year, the Tribe’s Board made several changes to the Tribe’s budget. The budget process falls into three categories:

• Original budgets are approved by the Board prior to the beginning of the program’s fiscal year. • Amendments and supplemental appropriations are approved as needed by the Board of Directors during the course of the fiscal year. • Year-end modifications are made during the calendar year as needed for programs with non-December year ends.

Even with these adjustments, actual expenditures were $1.1 million less than the final budgeted general fund amounts. The actual excess of revenues over expenses and other uses was $2.4 million more than the final budget anticipated. This is due, in part, to higher other and interest revenues, less debt service costs, and more transfers in than the final budgeted amounts.

The most significant variances were as follows:

• Other revenues and interest revenues were significantly higher. • Debt service costs were less. Aug. 23, 2019 • Win Awenen Nisitotung • Other financing sources of funds were higher. Page 5 2019 Annual Report CAPITAL ASSETS

At the end of 2019, the Tribe has invested $137,762,551 in a broad range of capital assets, including land, Sault Tribe 2019 financialmachinery and equipment, highlights buildings, roads, and vehicles. (See Table – A -3.)continued equipment) with $88.5 million higher. of business assets invested in the — Debt service costs were Table A-3 same manner. less. Tribe’s Capital Assets – at Cost

Change in net position. The — Other financing sources of Governmental Business-type Governmental Business-type tribe’s total revenues from pri- funds were higher. Activities Activities Activities Activities mary activities (excluding spe- CAPITAL ASSETS 2019 2019 2018 2018 cial items) was $186 million. At the end of 2019, the tribe (See Table A-2.) The tribe’s rev- had invested $137,762,551 in Land and improvements $ 21,229,440 $ 8,211,470 $ 20,011,982 $ 7,838,262 enue comes mainly from gaming a broad range of capital assets, Construction in progress 2,586,135 94,590 2,046,597 684,981 revenues, charges for services, including land, machinery and Buildings and equipment 90,395,905 232,498,375 88,257,831 222,986,402 taxes and federal sources. equipment, buildings, roads,Sault and Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians The total cost of all primary vehicles. (See Table A-3.) Less: Accumulated Depreciation (67,410,459) (149,842,905) (64,001,474) (141,837,872) activities was $165.5 million and Please see Table A-3. Management’s Discussion and Analysis included both governmental and The principal change in cap- Total s $ 46,801,021 $ 90,961,530 $ 46,314,936 $ 89,671,773December 31, 2019 member services along with ital assets consists mainly of business-type operating costs land purchases and equipment excluding transfers and taxes. purchases. More detailed infor- ix Please see Table A-2. mation about the tribe’s capitalOVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

The tribe was able to cover assets is presented in Note G to the current year’s costs for pro- the financial statements. Figure A-1 grams and services of govern- long-term debt Required Components of mental operations through lower At year end, the tribe had Tribe’s Annual Financial Report costs. Table A-2 and the nar- $18,373,979 in notes payable. rative that follows consider the There was no governmental debt operations of governmental-type at year end and internal service activities and business-type debt decreased by $514 thou- activities separately. sand. More detailed information Management’s Basic Required Other Governmental and busi- about the tribe’s long-term lia- Discussion Financial Supplementary Information ness-type activities bilities is presented in Note H to Statements Information — Revenues for the tribe’s the financial statements. and governmental activities eCONOMIC FACTORS Analysis decreased 4.3 percent, while AND NEXT YEAR’S total expenses increased 12 per- BUDGETS AND RATES cent. The COVID-19 pandemic — Revenues for the tribe’s has had a significant impact on business-type activities the tribe’s operations. Kewadin increased 3.4 percent, while total Casinos were closed effective expenses increased 4.8 percent. March 22, 2020, through June Please see Table A-2. 12, 2020. The tribe received As the tribe completed the approximately $61.3 million in year, its governmental funds CARES Act funds subsequent to reported a combined fund year-end related to COVID-19 balance of $9.6 million, an disaster relief. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Notes improvement in combined fund These indicators were taken Government-wide Fund Management’sTo the Discussion and Analysis balance of $2.7 million from into account when adopting the Financial Financial December 31, 2019 Statements Statements Financial 2018. The primary reason for General Fund budget for fiscal Analysis the increase in fund balance is 2020. The amount appropriat - Statements highlighted in the analysis of ed in the General Fund budget OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued) governmental activities. In addi- for operations is $5.7 million, tion, these other changes in fund which is a 1.2 percent decrease The financial statements also include notes that explain some of the information in the financial statements and balance should be noted: from final fiscal 2019 budget. provide more detailed data. The statements are followed by a section of required supplementary information that — Debt service expenditures The tribe will use its revenues further explains and supports the information in the financial statements. Figure A-1 shows how the required parts of this annual report are arranged and relate to one another. In addition to these required elements, we have were $3.1 million. to finance current and expected Summary Detail — $19.3 million net was future programs, program expan- included a section with combining statements that provide details about our governmental funds and internal service transferred out to other activi- sions into outlying areas, and the funds each of which are added together and presented in single columns in the basic financial statements. Figure A- ties from the General Fund, an expected impact of inflation• onThe first2 summarizes two statements the major arefeatures government of the Tribe’s-wide financial financ statements.ial statements The remainder that provide of this overviewboth long section-term of and short-term management’s discussion and analysis explains the structure and contents of each of the statements. increase of 22.8 percent from those programs. information about the Tribe’s overall financial status. 2018. The largest fiscal 2020 Figure A-2 General Fund budgetary budgeted expenditures are• for The remaining statementsMajor Features are fundof Tribe’s financial Government statements-wide and Fund that Financial focus Statements on individual parts of the Tribe’s highlights direct services, consulting and Fund Statements Over the course of the year, subcontracting, and expansiongovernment, Scopereporting the GovernmentTribe’s operat-wide ions Governmentalin more detail thanProprietary the government Funds Fiduciary-wide statements. Funds the tribe’s board made several of member services. If these Statements Funds changes to the tribe’s budget. estimates are realized, the tribe’s Entire Tribal The activities of the Activities the Tribe Instances in which the - The governmental funds governmentstatements tell howTribe thatgovernment are not operatesservices similar like to publicTribe safety is the trustee and orhealth and welfare The budget process falls into budgetary General Fund balance were financed in the short(except-term fiduciary as well as proprietarywhat remains or forpriva futurete businesses: spending. agent for someone three categories: is expected to remain steady by funds) and the Tribe’s fiduciary, such as Gaming Authority, else’s resources such — Original budgets are the close of fiscal 2020. component units public safety, health Midjim, and Northern as the retirement plan approved by the board prior to As for the tribe’s busi- - Proprietary fund statements offer short &and welfare, long and-term public financial Hospitality, information etc. for about Tribal theEmployees activities the the beginning of the program’s ness-type activities, we expect the government operates like businesses, suchworks as the Midjim’s. fiscal year. that the 2020 results will also Required • Statement of net • Balance sheet • Statement of net • Statement of Financial — Amendments and sup- improve based on these items: position • Statement of position fiduciary net - FiduciaryInformation fund statements• Statement provide of informationrevenues, about the• financialStatement ofrelationships position-like the retirement plan of plemental appropriations are — Reduction in operating the Tribe’s employees- inactivities which the Tribeexpenditures, acts solely and as a trustee revenues, or agent for• Statementthe benefit of of others, to whom approved as needed by the board costs. changes in fund expenses, and changes in of directors during the course of — Reduction in debt service. the resources belong. balances changes in net fiduciary net the fiscal year. — Increase in operating mar- position position — Year-end modifications gins. • Statement of cash are made during the calendar CONTACTING THE flows year as needed for programs TRIBE’S FINANCIAL Accounting Basis and Accrual accounting Modified accrual Accrual accounting Accrual accounting Measurement Focus and economic accounting and and economic and economic with non-December year ends. MANAGEMENT resources focus current financial resources focus resources focus Even with these adjustments, This financial report is resources focus actual expenditures were $1.1 designed to provide our mem- Type of Asset All assets and Only assets expectediii All assets and All assets and million less than the final bud- bers, grantors, investors and Liability Information liabilities, both to be used up and liabilities, both short- liabilities, both short- geted general fund amounts. The creditors with a general over - financial and capital, liabilities that come term and long-term term and long-term actual excess of revenues over view of the tribe’s finances and short-term and due during the year or long-term soon thereafter; no expenses and other uses was and to demonstrate the tribe’s capital assets included $2.4 million more than the final accountability for the money it Type of All revenues and Revenues for which All revenues and All revenues and budget anticipated. This is due, receives. Any questions about Inflow/Outflow expenses during year, cash is received expenses during year expenses during year in part, to higher other and inter- this report or need for addi- Information regardless of when during or soon after regardless of when regardless of when est revenues, less debt service tional financial information, cash is received or the end of the year; cash is received or cash is received or costs, and more transfers in than contact the Sault Ste. Marie paid expenditures when paid paid the final budgeted amounts. Tribe of Chippewa Indians goods or services have been received The most significant varianc- Administration Office, 523 and payment is due es were as follows: Ashmun, Sault Ste. Marie, MI during the year or — Other revenues and inter- 49783. soon thereafter est revenues were significantly

Page 6 2019 Annual Report Aug. 26, 2020 • Win Awenen Nisitotung Tribal Court 2019 accomplishments and plans Having a Tribal Court is one ing the opiate epidemic and of the hallmarks of a tribal gov- ACFS’ Family Fun Nights in St. ernment and an exercise of our Ignace and the Sault. tribe’s sovereignty. The court is — Tribal Court staff frequently the forum for dispute resolution presents at state and national-level for our tribe, where the commu- trainings regarding drug courts, nity can have the law and tribal including in 2019, presentations at Constitution interpreted and the U.P. Drug Court training spon- upheld. But more than that, the sored by the Michigan Association court can be a place of healing in of Treatment Court Professionals our community – where families (MATCP), the Michigan Healing can be reunified, where children to Wellness Court Refresher can obtain stability and where training, Bay Mills Indian community members are given Community’s VAWA/ICWA support while being held account- Conference, Noojimo-iwewin able. and the national Legal Aid and Our justice system has a tri- Defender Clinic annual confer- al-level court and an appellate ence. court. Our court is not a sep- — On Thursday, Sept. 26, arate branch under our tribal Tribal Court held the ninth annual Constitution, but rather was estab- Recovery Walk to celebrate and lished by the board of directors raise community awareness of within Chapter 80 of the Tribal those in recovery from addiction. Code. Chapter 80 provides that the — Please like “Sault Ste. Tribal Court has “the jurisdiction Marie Chippewa Tribal Court” on provided in the Tribal Code and in Facebook for current information any subsequent enactment of the on court events, jury duty, court board of directors.” Tribal Code Tribal Court staff with representatives from DOJ Bureau of Justice Assistance on-site for Tribal Access closures and other items of inter- §80.106. The Tribal Appellate Program implementation. est! Court has the exclusive jurisdic- Tribal Access Program provisions to implement Tribal tion to review the decisions of the vice to the community. our case statistics and being an The U.S. Dept. of Justice pre- Court jurisdiction over non-native Tribal Court and was established Gwaiak Miicon Drug Court active member of the Inter-Tribal viously approved Sault Tribe’s defendants under the Violence by the board of directors within The adult drug court program, Working Group (ITWG). The justice system’s application to Against Women Act (VAWA). Chapter 82 of the Tribal Code. Gwaiak Miicon, continued in ITWG meets monthly by phone receive the Tribal Access Program. These amendments recognized the In addition to criminal, child 2019. Gwaiak Miicon is a heal- with the Department of Justice, The Tribal Access Program will tribe’s inherent power to exercise welfare and juvenile cases, the ing-to-wellness court designed National Congress of American allow the court to access public “special domestic violence crimi- trial court hears a wide range to address substance use disor- Indians and Office of Violence criminal background information nal jurisdiction” over non-Native of civil cases including torts, der by creating structure and a Against Women and also attends in order to make release/detention defendants who commit acts of worker’s compensation, personal high degree of accountability for in-person meetings annually. and sentencing decisions for those domestic violence or dating vio- protection orders, garnishments, offenders whose addiction leads Tribal Action Plan individuals who have committed lence or violate certain protection enforcements of foreign judg- to their criminal activity. Gwaiak In 2016, Sault Tribe adopted a crime and will allow the court orders on our tribal lands. This ments, landlord/tenant matters and Miicon drug court involves com- a Tribal Action Plan (“TAP”) – a to enter criminal convictions, was significant, because in all conservation cases. At any given prehensive probation supervision, long-term strategic plan to com- warrants and personal protection other criminal matters, Tribal time, the court has approximately frequent and random drug testing, bat substance abuse within our orders, helping our tribe fill data Court only has jurisdiction over 700 open cases. required behavioral health treat- community. In 2019, Tribal Court gaps that currently exist. Tribal Native offenders. 2019 was the Tribal Court appoints attorneys ment services, immediate sanc- continued to make significant Court, ACFS and the prosecutor’s third full year in which the Tribal to eligible litigants appearing tions, incentives and therapeutic progress in achieving one of the office are now able to conduct Court exercised jurisdiction over before the court in criminal, child responses to behavior, team-based goals of the TAP: Incorporating name-based criminal background non-Native defendants in VAWA welfare and juvenile delinquency case management and team and tradition and culture into the checks and access all necessary cases. Nine new VAWA cases proceedings. The court maintains community support for the partici- justice system. The court collab- federal and state data systems. were filed in the court in 2019 and a roster of attorneys throughout pants. orated with Traditional Medicine In 2019, the court worked a total of 19 cases since imple- the service area to provide defense On May 6, 2019, the court cel- and the Cultural Department to to implement the Tribal Access mentation through the end of attorney services. Eligibility for ebrated the 20th anniversary of the make improvements in our pro- Program and the tribe was able 2019. these services is income-depen- Gwaiak Miicon program. Team grams and the court environment. to “go live” with the program Sault Tribe continues to be dent. members and participants past and The court regularly calls upon in August. Sault Tribe now has viewed as a national leader in In 2019, Tribal Court held present were recognized. Sault Traditional Medicine and Culture electronic access to national implementing VAWA jurisdic- 1,593 hearings. While the majority Tribe Law Enforcement’s Det. to perform blanket ceremonies at criminal and civil databases, as tion. Tribal Court and its justice of hearings take place in Sault Sgt. Mike Pins was recognized for adoption and permanent guard- well as input information, such system partners are continuing to Ste. Marie in the George K. Nolan his 20 continuous years of service ianship hearings. Staff from as active bench warrants, protec- strengthen our tribe’s response to Judicial Building courtroom, the on the drug court team. Traditional Medicine and the tion orders, bond conditions and violence against Native women court also travels throughout the VAWA implementation Culture Department are perma- orders of conviction. In addition, by advocating for changes to seven-county service area to hold In December 2016, the board nent members of the drug court ACFS received a kiosk to run federal legislation, presenting hearings in St. Ignace, Manistique of directors passed Tribal Code and family healing to wellness the background checks and was and Munising. The court also court teams and offer cultural able to begin doing fingerprint utilizes a video conferencing sys- opportunities like sweat lodges based background checks for fos- tem to allow litigants to appear to members of those programs ter parents, rather than having to for court remotely from locations In September 2019, Traditional wait and access the information within the service area and even Healer Gerard Sagassige began through the state of Michigan. The across the country, including from offering a weekly men’s group Tribal Access Plan allows the tribe jails and prisons. In addition, in for our Domestic Violence Court to more effectively serve and pro- 2019, 680 new cases were filed in participants. Traditional Medicine tects its citizens by being able to Tribal Court. and Tribal Court worked together prevent individuals from illegally Adult and juvenile probation to design a program for men that purchasing firearms and ensuring The court places the majority consists of talking circles and is its personal protection orders are of juvenile and adult offenders based on traditional teachings. The entered into federal databases, on probation and orders them to circles allow the participants to making their existence known, not complete rehabilitative services, receive the teachings and evaluate only in Indian country, but across rather than incarceration. In 2019, where they are. the nation. 22 adults and 5 juveniles served Other 2019 Accomplishments Tribal Court contacts terms of probation with the court. Throughout the year, Tribal 2175 Shunk Road The court also continued to use Court staff regularly participated Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 electronic monitoring devices in community events across the (906) 635-4963 like Soberlink, SCRAM and GPS service area in order to educate Jocelyn Fabry, Chief Judge tethers in lieu of placing offend- the public about Tribal Court and Traci Swan, Court ers in jail. In 2019, defendants issues affecting the justice sys- Administrator/Magistrate served 332 days on tether devices. tem and community. The judge Alicia Roy, Court Clerk Probationers are subject to random and other court staff participated Angel Dishaw, Specialty Court preliminary breath tests and drug in the Sault Tribe Community Coordinator screens as conditions of probation. Health and Families Against Denise Porter, Probation In 2019, probation staff conducted Narcotics addiction aware- Officer 371 drug screens and 390 PBTs. ness dinner, the Communities Nick DePlonty, Probation that Care Suicide Prevention In 2019, Tribal Court probationers Det. Sgt. Pins is presented an eagle feather and blanket in recognition Officer completed 631 total hours of ser- Awareness Walk at Lake Superior Becki Millier, Receptionist of his 20 years on the Drug Court team. State University (LSSU) regard- Aug. 26, 2020 • Win Awenen Nisitotung 2019 Annual Report Page 7 Law Enforcement 2019 overview, 2020 goals Sault Tribe Law Enforcement TRGP prepared and submitted all (STLE) manages and oversees required progress reports to the the general administration of DOJ. Continued working with IT Sault Tribe Law Enforcement Security to implement IT Project which includes police, con- that provides STLE the ability to servation, Sault Tribe Youth maintain/enhance security of all Facility (STYF), Sex Offender STLE data and systems thereby Registration and Notification maintaining compliance with all Act (SORNA) registration, federal and state regulations. verification and compliance — Grant 3: Adam Walsh activities, federal grants manage- Act/SORNA implementation. ment, budget development and Completed acceptance documents management, policy adherence, and submitted. Worked with development and implementa- SMART Office to obtain release tion of department procedures, — Completed and submitted of funding GAN and FY20. implementation and education of Schedule’s A, B and C budgets. Indirect application GAN. updated tribal policies and laws — Completed and submitted Developed tribal budget, pre- affecting the responsibilities of all required grant progress reports sented to the board of directors, STLE/STYF and so forth. by or on the due dates. budget approved. Posted SORNA Major accomplishments — Processed confirmations of project coordinator position. — Assisted at multiple com- staff recognized for years of ser- — All appropriate grant munity mobile food pantries host- vice. documents are supplied to the ed by JKL Bahweting School. — Hosted Department of Planning and Development — 2019 DOJ-SMART Office Health and Human Services Department for their repository. Assurance – Sault Tribe is in Michigan Youth Opportunity Goals and objectives for compliance with continued Initiative event for foster children 2020 substantial implementation of in the community – provided — Write for and submit 2020 SORNA. youth with law enforcement and Coordinated Tribal Assistance — Hosted the 20th annual conservation career insight and Solicitation (CTAS) grant. Junior Police Academy at Boedne information. Solicitation – Work with CTAS Bay. — Developed, completed, group to develop the comprehen- — U.S. mailed the Oct. 17 submitted and was awarded the sive grant application for submis- Chippewa-Ottawa Resource 2019 Adam Walsh Act SORNA sion. Authority notice re: temporary Implementation Grant. — Implement online reporting Michigan Department of Natural — Continued compliance with for all treaty licenses issued by Resources closure of Rockport Adam Walsh Act. STLE: inland harvest reports, State Recreation Area to all — Coordinated and hosted subsistence catch reports, com- active commercial captains. retirement luncheon for Sergeant mercial treaty fishing catch — Hosted the Criminal Daniel Grondin, August 2019. reports. Jurisdiction in Indian Country — Worked with Natural — Finalize the implementation training. Resources Department and of the IT Project. — Hosted the Law Communications Department to — Finalize implementation of Enforcement Committee meeting. update the Inland Harvest Guide. LiveScan equipment. — Participated in Sault High’s — Continued working with — Assist Tribal Court in the homecoming parade. IT Security and MIS to complete implementation of their Tribal — Provided assistance with the implementation of the Tribal Access Program. Sault Area High School prom. Justice System IT Project. — Enhance Community At the detention center, Officer Grove helps out with geography in the — K9 Officer successfully Grants Oriented Policing. classroom. completed K9 recertification — Grant 1: 2015 U.S. — Complete and submit training. Department of Justice (DOJ) monthly conservation articles to pliance with all awarded grant — Certify maintenance staff in — Finalized and implemented Community Oriented Policing tribal newspaper. requirements. BIA Maximo Maintenance sys- department policy for body worn Services Tribal Resources Grant — Continue developing, — STYF: Ensure all new tem. cameras. Program (COPS TRGP) pre- revising, and implementing the detention officer hires attend Contacts — Obtained new department pared and submitted all required Standard Operations Manual for and graduate from Federal Main office: George K. Nolan K9 dog. progress reports to the DOJ. front office operations (All Corrections Academy. Judicial Building, 2175 Shunk — Officers qualified with both Continued purchase of all grant treaty licensing, dispatch, LEIN — STYF: Re-integrate the Rd., Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 state and federal firearms stan- project funded supplies and responsibilities, etc.). second lead maintenance techni- Sault Tribe Law Enforcement/ dards. equipment. Grant will be ready — Ensure continued com- cian position. Conservation: 635-6065 — Officers completed annual for closeout at its expiration of pliance with Adam Walsh Act/ — STYF: Ensure all federal, For emergencies, dial 911. Michigan Commission On Law Feb. 29, 2020.. SORNA. state and tribal training require- Enforcement Standards recom- — Grant 2: 2018 COPS — Ensure continued com- ments are met. mended training hours. — Sault Tribe Youth Facility: – 100 Percent compliance with all State of Michigan licensing, rules and regulations. – Zero assaults, escapes or deaths. – All detention officers trained in Handle With Care Training. – Detention officers hired in 2019 completed and gradu- ated federal BIA Corrections Academy. – Second successful tour of UofM Scholars, they donated books for the youth. – Successful tours provided to local youth/parents in order to educate the youth who are misbe- having/breaking the law – All new cook staff who are doing a great job with many new ideas. – All detention officers training in Prison Rape Elimination Act. – Full staff, no vacancies. Major assignments — Staff worked with IT Security and the Communications Sault Tribe Police Department Sgt. Dan Grondin retired Aug. 1, 2019. At a celebration in his honor, he posed with some of his colleagues, from left Department to develop and to right, Officer Alan TenEyck, Officer Anthony Lester, Sergeant Daniel Grondin, Sergeant Michael Pins, Chief of Police Robert Marchand, Officer implement online reporting for Joshua Mayer, Rachel Lafaver (next to chief), Lona Stewart (behind LaFaver), Officer James McLeod, Officer Kassandra Kuemin (right of LaFaver), 2020. Amber Horner (behind Kuemin), former Sault Tribe Police Officer Albert Menominee, Sergeant Eric Rye, and Officer Travis MacArthur. Page 8 2019 Annual Report Aug. 26, 2020 • Win Awenen Nisitotung Natural Resources Fisheries 2019 Highlights The Fisheries Management Fisheries Committee. The 2000 Program is the biological program Consent Decree is different than that is charged with implementing the 2007 Consent Decree in the fisheries management aspects that Sault Tribe is a co-manager of the 2000 and 2007 Consent of the Great Lakes. This puts Decrees. The program has four the Tribe on equal footing with programmatic focus areas that the federal government and the are interrelated and all play an State of Michigan. Staff rep- important role in protecting and resents the Tribe on the Technical enhancing our member’s ability Fisheries Committee, Modelling to access treaty fishing rights: Sub-Committee, Lake Superior interagency fisheries manage- Technical Committee, Lake ment, harvest management and Huron Technical Committee, assessment, adaptive ecosystem and Lake Michigan Technical management, and public outreach. Committee, St. Mary’s River Assessment and Research Task Group, Lake Huron Lake Assessments and research are Sturgeon Working Group, and a major activity of this program. others. Assessments are conducted on Fisheries Enhancement the Great Lakes (Superior, Huron, In addition to the assessment and Michigan) and inland lakes activities, the FMP operates a and rivers. In 2019, 22,780 sam- fisheries enhancement program. ples were collected and analyzed, This program has operated for almost 17,000 miles driven, and nearly 30 years and has mainly 8,150 structures were studied to raised walleye to stock into waters determine the fish age. of the 1836 ceded territory. In this St Mary’s River Aquatic time span, the hatcheries have Invasive Species Survey Fisheries Aide Troy Lehre holds a lake sturgeon from the St. Mary’s River that will receive a tag so it can be stocked over 14,000,000 wall- Aquatic invasive species (AIS) tracked when released. eye. In 2019 alone, over 900,000 are a primary challenge in main- imethod for reducing the number surveys, we caught over 5,600 whitefish populations have been walleye were raised. These fish taining healthy fisheries in the of future invaders. In 2019, we fish from 19 different species. No drastically reduced through- were stocked at location in Lakes Great Lakes. Established invad- implemented an AIS monitor- invasive species were detected! out much of the Great Lakes. Superior, Huron (including the St. ers such as Zebra and Quagga ing program throughout the St. Lake Whitefish Bottleneck Sault Tribe has been conducting Mary’s River), and Michigan. Mussels, Spiny Water Flea and Mary’s River. We partnered with Recruitment research of the early life stages of Lake Whitefish Experimental Round Goby have caused con- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lake whitefish has long been whitefish to see if that is where Rearing siderable harm to the ecosystem. and Ontario Ministry of Natural an integral part of Sault Tribe’s the bottleneck is occurring. A bot- The Fisheries Management Early detection is likely the best Resources and Forestry. In these history. Due to invasive species, tleneck is a term used in biology Program started an experimental where a population is restricted project to rear whitefish. This through a limiting factor. Think project is funded by the Great of a small hole in a bucket where Lakes Restoration Initiative and only a little water gets out rather its goal is to rear whitefish to than pouring the water out from learn the best process to raise the top and you only have a very them in case research shows that short time to get the water out. large scale stocking could help the There is no way for all the water whitefish population. to make it through a small whole In November of 2018, white- in a short time. fish brood stock was collected The Fisheries Management from Lake Huron. These fish Program has been conducting were spawned out at the Nunns beach seine work looking for Creek Fisheries Enhancement whitefish during their first 60 Facility. The eggs were hatched days of life and monitoring the out on site and the fish were conditions at all sites. If condi- raised all winter and into the tions are seen (changes in water summer. These fish were raised temperature, predatory invasive using multiple methods to look at fish, nutrient levels, etc.) then we the feasibility of rearing whitefish may be able to narrow down the to different sizes and life stages. limiting factors keeping young This project is working closely whitefish from surviving. with the Whitefish Bottleneck Elder Meals Fish Donations Project. If we can figure out at In 2019, the Fisheries what life stage whitefish are Management Program took fish reaching that bottleneck then we that were caught in assessment may be able to rear whitefish past surveys to a HACCP certified that bottleneck in order to make Above, whitefish being raised by Sault Tribe. Below are Fisheries Technicians Dave Pine (left) and Rich facility to have the fish processed. sure they survive. This project Reining, hauling in a beach seine as part of the ongoing work looking at juvenile whitefish survival. This facility fillets, debones, will continue into 2020. scales/skins, vacuum seals, and 2020 Goals flash freezes the fillets. These — Continue the Whitefish fillets are then brought to the Recruitment Bottleneck Project Fisheries Management Program — Pursue external funding to to be donated to elder meal pro- assist with additional work grams that are put on by Elders — Continue conducting our Services. A total of 1,036 pounds yearly juvenile whitefish trap net of filleted fish were donated. assessment Harvest and Effort Statistics — Continue our beach seine Fisheries Management survey for whitefish Program staff collect harvest — Build on to already estab- reports (inland, subsistence, and lished assessment and commercial commercial), processes, and ana- sampling. lyzes the information to provide — Improve existing gillnet summaries of the harvest and surveys to include effort. This information plays a — More targeted species/sizes critical role in the management of — More locations the resource. Not only are sum- — Continue and expand aquat- maries of the data important but ic invasive species monitoring this data is also used in the mod- — Continue to expand els to help produce harvest limits. research partners (Federal, State, Representation and University and non-profit) Co-Management — Meet Fish Stocking Managing the fishery for two Numbers Across Ceded Territory consent decrees requires a lot Contact Information of representation on commit- (906) 632-6132 tees. Under the 2007 Consent 916 Ashmun Street, Sault Ste Decree, staff is on the Inland Marie, MI 49783 Aug. 26, 2020 • Win Awenen Nisitotung 2019 Annual Report Page 9 Natural Resources Wildlife 2019 Highlights Assessing Sault Tribe Wildlife Harvest In 2019, Sault Tribe issued over 50,000 individual licenses and permits to 4,514 members. Annually the Wildlife Program tracks harvest through the Inland Harvest Report process. In 2019, Sault Tribe members harvested 53 species of fish and wildlife with an estimated total harvest of over 108,000 animals. This harvest reporting and the data it provides is crucial to protection of the tribe’s treaty rights. Each year, the Wildlife Program publishes a harvest and effort summary as well as a variety of other harvest management related documents at www.saulttribe.com. One of the most popular species targeted by Sault Tribe hunters is white-tailed deer. In 2019, 4,149 Sault Tribe members harvested approximately 2,563 deer. This is slightly less than the 10-year average of 2,939. Center for Cooperative Ecological Resilience After a decade of close collaboration between the Sault Tribe Wildlife Program and the Applied Forest and Wildlife Ecology Laboratory at Michigan State University (MSU), in 2019 their working relationship was formalized by a memorandum of understanding, which created the jointly-led Center for Cooperative Wildlife Program Assistant Biologist Colton Hudak holding a ruffed Manoomin seed at Munscong Bay. Ecological Resilience. grouse fit with a GPS transmitter. Currently, CCER is co-led providing graduate education Wildlife Assessment and ly vulnerable to projected changes cattail, European frogbit and by Dr. Gary Roloff (MSU- opportunities for Sault Tribe mem- Habitat Restoration Projects in climate. purple loosestrife. The Wildlife Department of Fisheries and bers. The Wildlife Program has a The department’s work has Program, in coordination with Wildlife) and Eric Clark (Lead In its first year, the center con- variety of wildlife assessment and focused on using GPS transmit- university partners, has worked to wildlife biologist - Sault Tribe tinued its work on fire ecology, habitat restoration and manage- ters to collect precise information better understand effective man- Natural Resources Department). snowshoe hare and American mar- ment projects that are ongoing. about movement patterns of ruffed agement of invasive species as The over-arching goals of this ten. It received funding to begin Three wildlife program initiatives grouse. Staff is pairing this infor- well as explored using technology collaborative are to increase working on restoration in import- are focused on assessing ruffed mation with detailed information (i.e., drones) for detection and Sault Tribe Natural Resources ant lowland conifer complexes grouse habitat use in the face of about the vegetation from those monitoring of invasive species. Department capacity through stra- with a focus on regenerating north- climate change, understanding areas and information derived The purpose of this work has tegic engagement with academic ern white cedar as a culturally and ecological response to prescribed from satellite imagery to under- researchers while concurrently been to improve migratory bird ecologically important species. fire and St. Mary’s River coastal stand the relationship between and waterfowl habitat in order marsh restoration. ruffed grouse movement and forest to improve subsistence harvest Assessing Ruffed Grouse characteristics. The department opportunities for the Sault Tribe Habitat is in its second year of field data community. Since 2018, the Wildlife collection and the project will Building on past partnerships Program has been using a variety run through the end of 2021. This of methods to study habitat use of work is funded by the Great Lakes focused on invasive species man- ruffed grouse in the eastern Upper Restoration Initiative through the agement within the St. Mary’s Peninsula. Work has been focused Bureau of Indian Affairs and the River, the Sault Tribe Wildlife on understanding new ways to Tribal Wildlife Grant Program Program continued work to manage ruffed grouse given pro- through the United States Fish and restore coastal marsh habitat in jected changes in climate. Much Wildlife Service, in partnership the St. Mary’s River during 2019. of grouse habitat management in with the Hiawatha National Forest Following up on an initial seeding the Upper Great Lakes Region and MSU. effort implemented in 2018, the is focused on promotion of early Understanding Ecological Wildlife Program monitored a successional aspen stands. Aspen, Response to Fire pilot manoomin (wild rice, Zizania The Sault Tribe Wildlife Program has been working with American mar- however, is considered to be high- In 2018, Sault Tribe Wildlife palustris) restoration effort in ten since 2012. This marten was captured last fall. began working with the Hiawatha Munuscong Bay. During 2019, National Forest, the Inter-Tribal manoomin successfully germi- Council of Michigan and MSU to nated and matured in a majority develop an new adaptive manage- of small plots in which it was ment plan for prescribed fire that seeded. During the fall of 2019, a seek to integrate Sault Tribe pri- follow-up seeding of the pilot plots ories in to the Hiawatha National was conducted. The Sault Tribe Forest’s fire management process. Wildlife Program plans to seed The ITC-MI conducted interviews the openings for at least 3-7 con- with Sault Tribe community secutive years. In the future, the members to understand traditional Wildlife Program plans to expand knowledge regarding fire and fire manoomin restoration efforts management techniques. This across the 1836 Treaty Ceded information will be used alongside Territory. a variety of wildlife and vegetation The Wildlife Program information to develop fire prescriptions that will be implemented Launches Social Media Pages on the Hiawatha National Forest. In 2019, the Wildlife Program Coastal Marsh Restoration in launched a Facebook and the St. Mary’s River Instagram page to share infor- Since 2011, the Sault Tribe mation and stories related to its Wildlife Program has been work. See Instagram posts at engaged in collaborative invasive “saulttribewildife” and Facebook species management in the St. posts at “Sault Ste. Marie Tribe Mary’s River, specifically focused of Chippewa Indians - Wildlife Manoomin growing at Munscong Bay. on the management of invasive Program.” Page 10 2019 Annual Report Aug. 26, 2020 • Win Awenen Nisitotung Sault Tribe Language & Culture 2019 overview Aaniin, Boozhoo! Anishinaabemowin Guided Trail Night of Native Music in the The Language & Culture Walk, Oct. 5—28 attendees. Park: June 26 Department works to provide Fall Fasting & Release Camp, Sault Summer Powwow: July meaningful programming to tribal Oct. 10-14—30 participants. 4-9 members and interested com- Healing Stories Camp, Oct. Language & Culture munity members that promotes 25-27—13 story sharers and four Department attend Brady Park Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin (The community members attended Picnic Dedication: Sept. 26 Way of a Good Life) and our Administration Language & Culture beautiful Anishinaabemowin (the The administrative respon- Department attend Annual Sound of Ojibwe) language in sibilities include establishing, Recovery Walk: Sept. 26 order to protect and preserve our managing and overseeing the pol- Community Craft Nights: Oct. life ways that were handed down icies and procedures within the 9, oct. 23 and Dec. 4. by our ancestors that have come Language & Culture Department, Bahweting Jiibay before us. overseeing financial and human Wiikongewin (Spirit/Ghost The Language & Culture resource management, depart- Feast): Oct. 30 Department is comprised of mental operations and processes, Honoring our Veteran’s five parts: Anishinaabemowin development and management of Powwow: Nov. 9 (Language), Naadin departmental procedures, inter- Anishinaabe Kinoomaagewin Eshpendaagwak (Repatriation departmental communications, (Teachings)-St. Ignace: Nov. 5 and Historic Presesrvation), Above, a guided ’Nish Trail Walk in Fall 2019. Below, the annual winter financial and budgetary adminis- Anishinaabe Kinoomaagewin- Anishinaabeg Edinokiiwad survival camp in 2019. tration, grant management, stra- Marquette: Nov. 9 (Mary Murray Culture Camp), tegic planning, communications, Hosted Tea & Teachings with Administration, and the Ojibwe and daily administrative tasks. Joe Syrette: Nov. 14 Learning Center & Library Administration includes the Bahweting Dagwaagin (OLCL). director of Language & Culture Manidookewin (Fall Ceremony): In 2019, the Language & and the administrative assis- Nov. 16 Culture Department went through tant. The office processed 93 Anishinaabe Kinoomaagewin- a restructure where two new employee cultural leave requests, Escanaba: Nov. 18 positions were added to the which amounted to 1,336 hours Anishinaabe Kinoomaagewin- department: director of Language requested. Of those requested, Manistique: Nov. 19 & Culture and the administrative 837.25 hours were approved gen- Hosted Lunch & Learning assistant. Many job descriptions eral cultural leave, 402.75 hours with Gerard Sagassige: Nov. 20 were updated to better reflect were approved traditional funeral Anishinaabe Kinoomaagewin- responsibilities and the structure leave, and 96 hours denied by the Sault Ste. Marie: Nov. 21 of the department was updated. Cultural Leave Committee. Anishinaabe Kinoomaagewin- The department is most thank- Director of Language & Hessel: Nov. 22 ful for the honor of providing Culture attended quarterly Language & Culture meaningful language and cultural MACPRA meetings and various Department volunteered at Elders learning opportunities and pro- committee meetings throughout Christmas Luncheon on: Dec. 10 gramming for our communities. the year. Language & Culture depart- Please see some important high- Ojibwe Learning Center & ment created a livestream lights and exciting news from filmed and archived throughout and the Mackinac Island Library Christmas carol video all in 2019. the year. Cemetery Committee on a regular The purpose of the Ojibwe Anishinaabemowin as part of our Anishinaabemowin The Language Department basis. Learning Center & Library efforts to promote the language: Language (The Sound of the hosted the ninth Annual Baawting Conducted consultation (OLCL) is to provide meaningful Dec. 12 Ojibwe) Anishinaabemowin Conference with these major institutions: educational materials, and pro- NYE Sobriety Powwow held: Language Program June 6-8, 2019. University of Michigan, Karl mote the learning and preserving Dec. 31 The goal of this program Naadin Eshpendaagwak (to May Museum, Fort De Baude of traditional Anishinaabe ways. GOALS is to teach Anishnaabemowin get back what is sacred) Museum, Army Corps of The Ojibwe learning Center Ensure that language and cul- to our communities, provide Repatriation & Historic Engineers, Michigan State and Library features over 1,000 ture are available, welcoming, learning opportunities for those Preservation University, Ojibwa Museum, books focusing on Native and safe for each and every per- who would like to learn the lan- The Office of Repatriation & Michigan Department of Natural American traditions, customs and son who would like it. guage, to speak the language Historic Preservation is respon- Resources, Hiawath National more. The library contains over Continue to provide and and preserve sovereignty. The sible for representing our tribe Forest, City of St. Ignace, and 120 authentic pieces including increase the amount of meaning- Language Program staff provide on issues concerning the Native City of Traverse City. two birchbark canoes, baskets, ful language and culture program- in-person community language American Graves Protection and Anishinaabeg Edinokiiwad beadwork and many others. ming, projects and events. classes across our seven-county Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), (where the Anishinaabe work) OLCL also has numerous educa- Always acknowledge our service area, Livestream lessons, which includes the return of Mary Murray Culture Camp tional DVDs and videos, as well ancestors who have come before Facebook lessons, and assists ancestral remains, sacred items Provides meaningful camps, as Anishnaabemowin resources. us and those who will come after with many translations, projects, and items of cultural patrimony activities and events that focus on The OLCL includes a part- us and let that inherent connec- and events. Additionally, the removed from our homelands, Anishinaabe lifeways and tradi- time library aide at 12 hours per tion drive us forward in the work Anishinaabemowin Language past and present. Repatriation tions through the teaching of tra- week. that we do. Program provides a monthly lan- also deals with applicable historic ditional life skills and land based Besides direct access to cul- Continue to find new guage lesson in the Win Awenen preservation law, environmental education. This department also ture and traditions, the OLCL and exciting ways to offer Nisitotung, the tribe’s newspaper. laws, and applicable local, state, assists in the planning and imple- also serves as the location for Anishinaabemowin language les- The Anishinaabemowin tribal, and federal laws to protect menting of various community language classes (in-person and sons and programming. Department consists of four lan- our valuable cultural resources. events, projects and activities; online) and space to hold meet- Promote more land-based edu- guage consultants. The Repatriation & Historic including powwows, ceremonies ings, events, or classes. cation. The Anishinaabemowin lan- Preservation Department includes and cultural programming. The library had 327 guest sig- Move department to operating guage program provided the the repatriation & historic pres- The Mary Murray Culture natures in the sign in book for the at full capacity. following classes across the sev- ervation specialist and the main- Camp Department incudes the year of 2019. Create more resources and en-county service area: tenance technician. Additionally, cultural activities coordinator, A FY2020 Institute of make them available in a variety St. Ignace, Elders the director of Language & cultural activities assistant and Museum and Library Services of different ways to all of our Complex Culture serves as the NAGPRA/ the maintenance technician. Basic Grant was applied for and members. Newberry, Health Center MACPRA Designee and there is Mary Murray Culture Camp received. Apply for and receive grant Munising, Health Center an elder advisor for all NAGPRA hosted nine youth and communi- Other Highlights monies that will enhance pro- Manistique, Health related matters. ty camps throughout the year of The Language & Culture gramming. Center The Niigaanagiizhik 2019: Department has implemented Contact Information Escanaba, YEA Building Ceremonial Building hosted a Winter Survival Camp, Feb. a department-wide directive to Main Office: (906) 635-6050 Sault Ste. Marie, “lunch total of 116 events and/or cere- 9-10—10 youth attended. speak Anishinaabemowin in the Niigaanagiizhik Ceremonial bunch,” Ojibwe Learning Center monies in 2019. Sugar Bush Open House, April workplace as much as possible Building: (906) 632-0239 & Library Repatriation staff attends and 13—30 attendees. within daily correspondence. Mary Murray Culture Camp: Sault Ste. Marie, represents the Sault Tribe at the Spring Fasting & Release When you call our department, (906) 635-5604 Beginner Class, Ojibwe Learning Michigan Anishinaabek Cultural Camp, May 7-11—55 attendees the phone will be answered Director of Language & Center & Library Preservation and Repatriation with 10 fasters and three releas- “Aaniin, Language & Culture.” Culture: (906) 632-1347 or (906) Sault Ste. Marie, Alliance (MACPRA) quarterly ers. The department is also actively 203-6085 Nokomis-Mishomis Center meetings. Director of Language Warrior Camp, July 10-13— trying to use Anishinaabemowin Follow us on: Livestream Delivery & Culture is currently the 22 youth attended. in all of its emails, flyers, memos Facebook at There were a total of 909 vice-chairperson for MACPRA. Ogichidaa Kwe Camp, July and other correspondence. This is SaultTribeLanguageandCulture language learners who attended Eleven of our Ancestors were 25-27—10 youth attended. part of our efforts to place more Instagram at saulttribelan- in-person classes across the sev- returned to our homelands in Young Environmentalist importance on language. guageculture en-county service area. 2019. Camp, Aug. 21-22—14 youth Ninth Annual Baawting Livestream at https://lives- There were a total of 45 Repatriation works with the attended. Anishinaabemowin Conference, tream.com/saulttribelanguage Livestream language lessons Wequayoc Cemetery Committee Anishinaabe Miikaans June 6-8 Aug. 26, 2020 • Win Awenen Nisitotung 2019 Annual Report Page 11 Sault Tribe Elder Services highlights for 2019 The mission of the Elder for eyeglasses, telemergency (life Service Division is to provide lines), arch replacements, denture high quality in-home, access and relines, denture repairs, crowns/ community based services for caps and guards. tribal elders assuring maximum Elder Sub-Committees health and independence. Elder Services also has 10 These services are comprised elder sub-committees made up of of in-home care services for per- area elders who provide a forum sonal care, light housekeeping, for elders in their respective shopping and errands; congregate areas to meet and discuss needs meals served at meal sites; home and concerns of tribal elders. delivered meals for homebound The sub-committees also provide elders and their caregivers; recommendations to the tribe’s non-emergency medical transpor- board of directors regarding tation to get elders to their doctor elderly programs. Elders meet appointments; ramp installations monthly in Sault Ste. Marie, to assist elders with mobility St. Ignace, Hessel, Newberry, issues; and services provided Naubinway, Munising, through the Elder Health Fund to Marquette, Manistique and help elders pay for dentures, eye- Escanaba. glasses and other needed items. Events There are currently 19 employees Elder Services also assists providing these services daily. with annual events for elders Meal Programs throughout the tribe’s service Daily meal programs operate area. The tribe provides holiday in Sault Ste. Marie, St. Ignace, dinners and picnics along with Hessel and Manistique. Three organization to attend casino sites provide home delivered shows and events. Conferences meals (sometimes called Meals- are also attended by elders with on-Wheels) to homebound elders. the Michigan Indian Elders In 2019, Elder Services provided Association. a grand total of 28,822 meals to Goals for 2020 elders. The Sault meal site served Elders celebrate the holiday season at a luncheon in their honor. — Establish an Outreach 14,545 meals, Hessel served of appointments from routine 2,504 care visits to elders, which Finally, Homemaking is Worker Program to help elders 6,269 meals, St. Ignace served medical care to chemo therapy translates to over 5,000 hours of our highest demanded ser- get access to programs and ser- 4,779 meals, between both con- and radiation therapy for cancer assisting elders in their homes. vice with 2,504 visits in 2019. vices they may be missing. gregate and home deliveries, and patients and scheduled dialysis In-home services consist mainly Homemaking services help elders — Expand core services such Manistique meal program served for those requiring on-going of personal care, homemaking with light household tasks to as meal-on-wheels for elders in 3,229 meals. care. Rides are provided to tribal and respite care. Personal care in maintain a safe and clean living rural, isolated areas. Transportation health clinics, hospitals, medical 2019 totaled 356 visits to assist environment for older individuals — Update food service pack- The Non-Emergency Medical buildings in a number of areas elders with activities of daily with functional limitations. aging to provide better and safer Transportation Program provides including Petoskey and Gaylord, living. Respite care provides Elder Health Fund meal delivery. rides to medical appointments. Michigan. companionship, supervision and The Elder Health Fund is a — Explore all grant oppor- In 2019, the program provided In-Home Services assistance for mentally or phys- program established to assist tunities to give elders more pro- 871 rides. This program is to The homecare objective is to ically disabled and frail elderly elders in paying for glasses, den- gram options. assist elders who, for a variety of provide services which give frail persons to allow caregivers to tal labs and procedures, life lines — Continue to provide tribal factors, have difficulty using con- and homebound elders the ability receive a needed break from and durable medical equipment. elders with best possible pro- ventional means of transportation to stay in their homes, maintain caregiving duties. Elder Service In 2019, Elder Services programming to meet their needs to reach medical health care ser- a good quality of life and age in staff provided 583 respite care cessed 164 applications and some promote healthy living opportuni- vices. There are many varieties place. This program provided visits. of the requested services were ties and improve their daily lives. Environmental program highlights for 2019 The Environmental Program nium. Line 5. You may have seen had another successful year pro- Environmental was also suc- these signs. Environmental had tecting Aki (Mother Earth) and cessful with the Volkswagen help from Language & Culture helping tribal members to stay NO TUNNEL Trust. This is a fund based on Department and numerous folks healthy and strong. the fines and fees that VW was at the Culture Camp in devel- The water program diligently assessed when it falsified air oping the design. If you want sampled all tribal drinking water pollution testing for its small a sign, call us and we’ll ensure systems to ensure water was safe diesel cars. A trust fund was you get yours! Or just swing by and healthy, and added testing set up to help states and tribes the Environmental office at 206 the community well for PFAs to take actions to reduce diesel Greenough Street in the Sault, if — a “forever chemical” that has ShUT DOwN emissions in hopes of balancing you’re in the neighborhood, and recently been in the news. The out the excess pollution those take one from our lawn. surface water program sampled cars created. The trust money The second visible project streams flowing through tribal can be used to replace high- was the WaterMonster. If you lands to make sure they continue LiNE 5 er-polluting equipment with were at the employee apprecia- to meet all appropriate water new cleaner-burning units, so tion day held at Sherman Park quality standards and mapped our department gathered infor- in the Sault, or if you made it wetlands for various tribal enti- mation about every diesel unit to the Hessel Powwow, you ties to help them plan their proj- the tribe operates, checked saw this in action. Perhaps you ects. that list against the allowable enjoyed a cold drink of safe, Environmental supported a spill. Environmental also did quite replacement specifications, and healthful water from this big MidJim with its compliance The Air Program continued a bit of planning and acquiring found four units that qualified. blue tank! Environmental pur- monitoring for its underground to provide indoor air quality funding for projects to be carried We applied for the funds and chased this to avoid water bottle storage tanks and fuel dispens- assessment to tribal members out in 2020 and 2021. Work on were awarded almost $200,000 waste, and to ensure the tribal ers, and helped Sault Tribe in the service area and began tribal invasive species education to replace one of Sault Tribe community has a source of safe Construction and Kewadin working to comment on air and outreach and removal of tar- Construction’s existing trucks, water at events. Once events Casinos with proper han- emissions permitting applica- geted species from tribal lands taking the old truck out of ser- start up again in the service area, dling of various wastes. And, tions to the state of Michigan. was planned in collaboration vice. post-COVID, expect to see more Environmental answered tribal The Air Program applied for and with the Wildlife Department. Environmental had two high- of this unit! members’ phone calls about a was awarded funding to oper- Funding was obtained for two ly visible projects that tribal As always, if you have whole range of environmental ate a National Air Deposition projects from Indian Health members might have noticed. any questions about any issues. The program continued Program site with air pollutant Service that are going ahead First, owing to some funds that Environmental issue, please to map Brownfields (previously collection equipment. The Air in 2020. One will clean up the tribal board set aside for call Environmental at (906) developed land not currently in Program plans to bring the dumping at four properties in outreach and public relations 632-5575 or check out the Sault use) and ensure they were not equipment to Chippewa County Chippewa and Mackinac coun- regarding natural resources Tribe Environmental Facebook contaminated by activities of and is working with Lake ties and the other will offer test- issues, we designed a lawn sign page and send a message. Staff previous landowners and work Superior State University scien- ing of tribal members’ private displaying the tribe’s opposition at Environmental love to hear with the Coast Guard to practice tists on a project to monitor air drinking water wells to find out to the tunnel project and con- from tribal members and will do our skills to help in the event of deposition of mercury. whether the water contains ura- tinued operation of Enbridge’s all they can to help. Page 12 2019 Annual Report Aug. 26, 2020 • Win Awenen Nisitotung Sault Tribe Health Division overview for 2019 The Sault Tribe Health review, revision and update of Division is comprised of four the NDP policy and procedure large ambulatory care facilities manual was completed and a and four smaller nursing stations new evaluation program initiated. throughout the Upper Peninsula NDP staff designed, printed and and the Fitness Club in Big Bear dispersed two palm cards on the Arena. harms of vaping (one for adults The larger health facilities are and one for youth). in Sault Ste. Marie, St. Ignace, Community Health Education Manistique and Munising. The Physical Activity Referral four nursing stations are in Program was launched in 2019. Hessel, Newberry, Escanaba and The PA Program, designed for Marquette. The tribal service patients with serious medical area covers 8,500 square miles, conditions, provides medical which encompasses the tribe’s fitness prescription to patients service area in the seven east- referred to the program by Sault ernmost counties in the Eastern dispensing services were expand- Tribe medical providers. The Upper Peninsula of Michigan: ed to include a full time staff program follows the American Alger, Chippewa, Delta, Luce, pharmacist position located at the College of Sports Medicine's Mackinac, Marquette and Munising Tribal Health Center. (ACSM) Exercise Is Medicine Schoolcraft. Maternal/Child Health (EIM) guidelines. Trained and The Health Division currently Education and Promotion ser- certified staff use these crite- has over 19,500 active users of vices through the Healthy Start/ ria to develop individualized our Health facilities. It is com- Family Spirit Program were pro- exercise prescriptions for each prised of over 274 health staff. vided for many young families patient in order to improve their Based on data collection from all by Community Health nurse and overall fitness level. All patients Health Division sites, the Sault Community Health technician referred to the program receive Tribe Health Division produced staff located across all tribal one on one initial consultations 31,733 medical visits, 9,126 den- health center sites. and fitness assessments from our tal visits and 4,604 optical visits. Monthly immunization clinics trained exercise specialists. From Behavioral Health were established at the Newberry January to December 2019, the The Behavioral Health Tribal Community Health Center PA Referral Program received a Program received the highest by Community Health nurse, total of 126 consults and PA staff level of accreditation awarded technician and clerical staff. Rural Health office staff. provided over 1,000 visits for Clinical Services - St. Ignace by CARF in 2019. Referrals fits, Disability and Affordable This group engages females in physical activity interventions. to the Behavioral Health pro- The St. Ignace site saw new Community Health Education staff additions in 2019. Staff Health Care Insurance that fits learning and sharing knowledge gram resulted in 1,072 client their individual budget. The of traditional medicines, bead manages several grant projects screenings being completed in dentist, Dr. Jill Perry, and Staff designed to provide healthy life- FNP, Jasjit Pataria, were hired clinic has an ongoing partner- work and other traditional crafts 2019. The Behavioral Health ship with the American Legion while gaining skills, support and style education and health pro- program provided 6,698 sessions in August. Michigan State gramming in our tribal communi- University, Central Michigan that provides an onsite Tribal mutual aid in their recovery from in 2019 including outpatient Veterans Service Officer on substance abuse and co-occurring ties. 2019 was the fifth and final therapy sessions, Employee University, Grand Valley State year of the CDC funded Good University and Ferris State a regular basis to assist our disorders. Assistance Program (EAP) ses- Veterans. It also partnered Community Health Health and Wellness in Indian sions and Urgent Care sessions. University medical, nursing, Country (GHWIC 1421) project. pharmacy and leadership interns with Mackinaw Straits Health Education Psychological evaluation ser- System on developing a video Community Health Education Over the course of the five-year vices and psychiatric services successfully completed clinical grant project, many successes rotations. and promoting “Hand Washing” provides health education pro- included over 200 visits through and “Vaccination Week” that gram, services and activities to were realized. Highlights in 2019 the Behavioral Health program The Mailed Rx program is include a media campaign that going very well. Texting appoint- received excellent reviews by community and tribal members in 2019. The Road To Wellness patients and staff. throughout the Sault Tribe’s sev- resulted in the development of program assisted clients with 685 ment reminders to patients several commercials, overview has also been implemented. Substance abuse treatment en-county service area. transports in 2019. that is culturally based in Native Community Health Education videos, billboards, monthly In 2019, the Behavioral Educational programming newsletters and articles in the through Good Health TV Health American traditions with the Nicotine Dependence program Health Program participated “Red Road to Wellbriety” con- (NDP) provided tobacco educa- tribal paper. Youth programming in community outreach across & Wellness in waiting areas is included many fitness activi- ongoing. tinues. This has been a successful tion and cessation serves to the the service area with involve- program at the St. Ignace Health tribal community throughout the ties including the new kayak ment in annual Recovery Walk Also during 2019, the St. program. In collaboration with Ignace site collaborated with and Human Services site since seven-county service area. Over events, the Domestic Violence 2014. The Women’s Recovery 300 referrals were received for the Tribal Food Sovereignty Awareness Walk, Culture Camps several groups and organizations Coalitions, our GHWIC project to increase services to member- Therapy Treatment Group cessation services. NDP staff for adolescents (in collabora- continues to grow in size and developed and delivered numer- supported canning and preserv- tion with Traditional Medicine), ship. The continued partnership ing classes, as well as other with Community Health Access popularity due to the emphasis ous tobacco and e-cigarette/ health fairs, drug courts, mental on crafting such as beading and vaping educational programs family-centric activities like the health courts, recovery coach Coalition encourages and pro- “Chopped” cooking challenge. motes patients enrolling into practicing Native American cul- to community members and events, recovery support groups, ture within the treatment group. area schools. A comprehensive Through the CDC funded Communities That Care coalition Medicaid, Medicare, VA bene- Tribal Practices for Wellness in meetings and Suicide Prevention Indian Country (TPWIC) grant, Committee meetings. numerous cultural and traditional Clinical Services - Rural programs were offered to tribal Health members. Health Education staff The Manistique Tribal Health presented TPWIC success at the Center expanded the Dental Tribal Public Heath Summit and Department services in 2019. TPWIC Awardee meeting in This includes a second dentist Albuquerque, N.M. hired in December with dental Through funding from technician support services. the National Indian Health Audiology services were also Board (NIHB) Tribal Health expanded to include monthly Systems Enhancement for in-house Audiology clinics pro- Cancer Screening grant project, vided by on-site audiologists Community Health Education at both the Manistique and participated in a colorectal Munising Tribal Health Centers. screening education project The Telemedicine Program undertaken to improve colorec- services located at the Escanaba tal screen rates among tribal Tribal Community Health Center members. Staff developed and continues to expand primary printed an educational brochure. care services for tribal members Approximately 4,400 educa- residing in the Escanaba area. tional brochures and response Medication distribution services cards were sent to tribal mem- were expanded to five days bers between the ages of 50-75. per week at the Escanaba and Colorectal cancer screening Marquette Tribal Community commercials were developed and Health Center sites. aired throughout the seven-coun- Prescription consultation and Tobacco Cessation Program display booth. ty service area Aug. 26, 2020 • Win Awenen Nisitotung 2019 Annual Report Page 13 Health Division 2019 overview — continued Community Health Nursing November 2019. the healers and the elders could (Sault, St. Ignace, Hessel) New dental therapist legisla- get to know each other and ques- The Community Health staff tion passed in Michigan in late tions could be asked. increased its outreach numbers 2018. This allows for dental The Traditional Medicine again this year to promote its therapists to be used for the Program held many in-services services and provide valuable delivery of dental care in our throughout the winter months health education and screenings state. During 2019, preliminary including fire teachings, name to tribal members, families and discussions were ongoing with and clan teachings, fasting the community. Community Bay Mills Community College teachings and self-care teach- Health nurses and technicians to potentially begin a program ings. These teachings were held increased home and office visit to train these providers local- throughout the seven-county ser- numbers for 2019. ly. This would be a wonderful vice area. The annual spring and Health Fairs were held in St. addition to dental care for Sault fall fasting ceremonies were held Ignace, Sault, Hessel, DeTour Tribe. in May and October. and, for the first year, Kinross, Work has been ongoing to Traditional Medicine col- with over 1,000 attendees. plan for a renovation of the den- laborated with the Language Community Health planned tal clinic in Sault Ste. Marie. The and Culture Division on many and implemented a community dental clinic was 24 years old in different occasions through- presentation on the opioid epi- 2019 and there is a lot of support out the year. They held Tea demic. In addition, they coordi- and enthusiasm for upgrading and Teachings and Lunch and nated blood drives at the STHC the space and obtaining the lat- Learning throughout Native and Hessel Health Centers. est equipment to provide dental American Heritage Month. They These blood drives met and care. collaborated on the planning, exceeded set goals of total pints Total dental visits (A patient coordination and implementa- received. visit is recorded each time a tion of Ogichidaa Kwe Camp Community Health pro- patient visits the clinic): Sault and Warrior Camp that are held vides CPR certification for the Ste. Marie – 4,439, St. Ignace – annually for our youth. In 2019, Health Division, Housing, Elder 2,324 and Manistique – 2,363. Traditional Ojibwa Practitioners Joe Syrette and Gerard Sagassige (L-R). 22 young men and nine young Health, EHS/HS, YEA and Law Medical Department women participated. In addition, Enforcement. There were many changes at Traditional Medicine Supervisor From September through the Sault Tribe Health Center in Laura Collins-Downwind and December, 22 flu clinics in var- 2019. Long time Clinic Manager Language and Culture Director ious locations throughout the Tony Abramson retired in April, Colleen Medicine spoke to Sault, St. Ignace, Hessel, DeTour with Carrie Horton from War ACFS and Tribal Court about and Mackinac Island were pro- Memorial Hospital taking over. self-care while working with vided. A Health Division recruiter was people in trauma. Dental hired to help fill open medical Additional outreach to During 2019, the Dental staff positions. programs included Collins- Department focused on sever- The MAT/Vivitrol program Downwind attending Sault al areas to continue to expand began in 2019. Vivitrol, for adult Tribe Child Care/EHS/HS staff services to the membership. use only, is a non-addicting med- meetings to share teachings Dental implemented the use of ication lasting 30 days that curbs throughout the year. Also, the silver nitrate at all three dental urges to use opiates and alcohol. Traditional Medicine Program clinics for crowns. This is a less Injected, it last 30 days. In tablet reestablished services with the invasive treatment for pediatric form, it does not last 30 days. Juvenile Detention Center with dental care that does not require The program is still growing. teachings being provided to the a local anesthetic. The goal is to Pharmacy youth twice a month. minimize emotional trauma by The Sault Tribe Pharmacy Traditional Medicine contin- arresting decay and minimizing Department continued to assist ues to play an active role in Drug the occasions that local anes- the Health Division in the crit- Court, Domestic Violence Court thesia is used and the number ical area of appropriate use of and within Behavioral Health of patients that are referred to antimicrobials. Health Division and the services for addictions. receive treatment under general pharmacists remain active in In October, Collin-Downwind anesthesia. the Antimicrobial Stewardship Manistique Health Fair. and Traditional Practitioner Dental has seen much need- Committee by developing and The Pharmacy Department standing orders for the ordering Assistant Lori Gambardella ed new staff come aboard. updating multiple medication has been instrumental in assuring and processing of diabetes test attended the Gathering of Native In Manistique, Dr. Mark selection menus for prescrib- the continued effectiveness of strips and lancets. Americans (GONA) facilita- Madion started at the end of ers to use, which promotes the the Health Division’s Controlled Traditional Medicine tor train the trainer. They are December 2019. He is a grad- appropriate and judicious use of Substance Committee. The Traditional Medicine looking forward to bringing the uate of University of Detroit antimicrobials. Sault Tribe Health Division Program had a very robust GONA program and objectives Mercy School of Dentistry. Dr. Sault Tribe pharmacists com- pharmacies reviewed, processed 2019. Traditional Ojibwa to the Sault Tribe community. Steve Obreiter was promot- pleted a drug utilization review and filled over 176,000 prescrip- Practitioner Joe Syrette started in In 2019, Traditional Medicine ed to Deputy Dental Director. of antibiotics used in urinary tion orders in 2019. February and Traditional Ojibwa saw 524 tribal members, 151 Recruiting is ongoing for the tract infections and presented the The Pharmacy Department Practitioner Gerard Sagassige other Native and 15 non-Native staff dentist position in Sault results to the Health Division’s developed and implemented poli- started in April. They went to patients. There were 202 patients Ste. Marie. Dental Hygienist Pharmacy and Therapeutics cies concerning the safe handling the Elders meetings in some of seen for pain management, 73 Sharon Libich RDH was a great Committee to educate pharma- of hazardous drugs and creating the areas for a meet-and-greet so for sweat lodges and 48 refills addition to the St. Ignace team in cists and prescribers. provided.

Community Health Education booth at Fall Health Fair. Youth Drum at Manistique Health Fair. Page 14 2019 Annual Report Aug. 26, 2020 • Win Awenen Nisitotung Sault Tribe ACFS Division 2019 highlights Anishnaabek Community and — ARC staff facilitated 147 Information, or TAP, allows Family Services has three pri- shelter group talking circles to tribes to more effectively serve mary components providing an 83 adult and child residents. and protect their nation’s citi- umbrella of Social Services: — ARC staff participated in zens by ensuring the exchange of — Direct Services provides 48 community events reaching critical data across the Criminal assistance to tribal members a total of 8,375 individuals and Justice Information Services experiencing financial and other had a Facebook reach of 405,811 (CJIS) systems and other nation- difficulties. people. al crime information systems. — Child Placement includes Child Placement This allows Child Placement to several programs which Program Director Melissa take fingerprints for background improves outcomes for safety, VanLuven attended numerous checks, which are required for permanency and well-being of conferences throughout the year foster and adoptive parents as children and families which consulting with tribal, county, well as licensed day care pro- includes Adult Protective state and federal partners to viders. In the past, the program Services. advocate children and families relied on the state for the back- — The Advocacy Resource with the tribe’s child welfare ground checks, which was a very Center provides supportive ser- system. Her advocacy has result- cumbersome process. In 2019, vices to victims of crime in a ed in policy changes within the the program completed its first culturally honoring manner. Michigan Department of Health background check. ACFS manages 30 grant and Human Services (MDHHS) The program also provides contracts, with funding from Above, Advocacy Resource Center staff with teens. to ensure protections for not critical safety measures to field Sault Tribe, BIA, IHS, U.S. only Sault Tribe’s children but staff when they are called out to Department of Health and all tribal children within the investigate Protective Services Human Services, the Department state. complaints on trust land. Staff of Justice, USDA and the state Parenting Awareness Month are able to review the back- of Michigan. The contracts are in March is highlighted through- grounds of individuals to assess used to provide the most effi- out the community by the ACFS for any possible threat when cient services within three pri- team with positive parenting going into homes. mary components. activities and information shar- Staff have continued to PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS ing. The culmination of the provide mandatory reporter Below are major accomplish- months events are the annual training to tribal partners. Per ments achieved in 2019. parent celebrations that take Tribal Code, specific positions Advocacy Resource Center place in Sault Ste. Marie, St. within the tribe are mandated to ARC Program Director Jami Ignace and Manistique. The report suspected child abuse and Moran attended numerous con- event requires a great deal of neglect. Training for new staff is ferences throughout the year coordination with other partners critical to ensure they are aware providing oral and written tes- within the tribe and local com- of their role to protect our tribal timony to advocate for victims munities. This year marked the children. of domestic violence not only 22nd annual event with over The program has been very in our community but across the 1,000 participants. active with community partners nation. She also provided testi- Sault Tribe is the only tribe throughout the year to provide mony to advocate for tribal set in Michigan that holds a Child ongoing staff training a devel- aside funding for tribes through- Placing Agency License with opment. Following is a list of out the country. Vice President of Michigan’s Workshop on Dec. 25-27 at the the MDHHS. The license allows co-sponsored trainings: During 2019, the ARC’s Coalition to End Domestic and Cultural Library in Sault Ste. the tribe to manage cases for all — Co-sponsored the EUP comprehensive and culturally Sexual Violence (MCEDSV) Marie. children placed out of the home Foster Parent Coalition Annual honoring victim service program Board of Directors. The ARC’s FVPSA grant within the tribe’s seven-county Foster Parent Training and was selected by the National The ARC’s Annual Domestic award increased from $166,797 service area. The Sault Tribe Appreciation Banquet Indigenous Women’s Resource Violence Awareness Walk took to $213,093 for fiscal year 2019- Binogii Placement Agency — Co-sponsored and host- Center (NIWRC) to be the site place during October. The walk 20. The funding is used to sup- has been providing culturally ed a Courtroom Confidence location for the third ever Peer- sheds light on the critical issues port the Lodge of Bravery and responsive service to children training with the State Court to-Peer Mentoring event that of Domestic Violence that face assist with supportive housing in foster care for over 35 years. Administrators Office (SCAO) took place during June. our community and the services for victims. Additional program- Sault Tribe Executive Director — Co-sponsored and hosted May 5 is Missing and that are available for victims. ming through the ARC com- Christine McPherson was instru- a Parenting Nurturing Training Murdered Indigenous Women The ARC partnered with the ponent is anticipated for 2020 mental in the development of with Chippewa County MDHHS (MMIW) Awareness Day. Lake Superior State University through grant funding anticipat- the agency. As a result of the — Co-sponsored and Though awareness for MMIW Native American Center to ed from the Michigan DHHS program’s existence, the tribe is staff attended UP Children’s has increased in recent years, provide a community Orange DVS to fund the ARC’s pro- able to keep children within its Conference Training in it remains very much a crisis. Shirt Day event; however, it was posed Sexual Violence Services communities with a priority of Marquette According to the U.S. Justice cancelled due to a power outage (SVS) Pilot Project. This proj- keeping them within their fam- — CP staff participated in a Department, the murder rate at LSSU. A small event with 50 ect will provide a community ily unit. The license requires an Technical Assistant Process with of Native females is more than community members was led based culturally honoring sexual annual inspection of the agency, the Capacity Building Center 10 times the national average by Chairperson Payment. The assault nurse examinations and which successfully passed for (CBC) for Tribes. The short on some reservations. To bring orange shirt is a tribute to the conduct community education 2019. term project included a program awareness to the community, lives affected and lost through and outreach to combat dispro- Historically, relative foster assessment, initial practice map- the ARC displayed red dress- the residential school system, portionate rates of sexual vio- care providers needed to be ping, and assistance with review- es throughout the reservation which saw more than 150,000 lence. licensed to receive payment ing and revising the program in Sault Ste. Marie and pub- Indigenous youth sent away Program Statistics for 2019: for the children placed in their strategic goals and reviewing lished articles in Win Awenen from their parents beginning in — ARC case managers (vic- homes. Payment is critical for and drafting updated licensing Nisitotung. the 19th century. tim advocates) provided 2,960 some relatives to be able to pro- rules. CP staff also attended During July 2019, the ARC During December 2019, the advocacy support units to 223 vide care. The licensing process the CBC Tribal Leadership Aakdehewin Gaamig – Lodge of ARC received a $15,000 gift survivors who had 145 minor has often been seen as intrusive Conference in Minneapolis, MN. Bravery – Emergency Domestic from the DTE Foundation. The children as secondary beneficia- by relatives. In 2019, the state of — CP staff participated in Violence Shelter became donation is being used for care ries. Michigan made a policy change the EUP Foster Parent Coalition. the first shelter in the Upper packages for victims. When vic- — The ARC’s annual num- which no longer requires a rel- The annual training was con- Peninsula of Michigan to be able tims arrive at the Aakdehewin ber of advocacy clients served ative to be licensed to receive ducted for 79 foster parents to accommodate the pets of a Gaamig – Lodge of Bravery they increased 61 percent during payment. This is significant and agency staff. The presenter domestic violence survivor who often arrive or leave with limited 2019 and additionally reflected for families that do not want to was Kim Seidel. The topic was: is seeking safety from intimate supplies. a 300 percent increase in sexual undergo the licensing process. Become your foster/adoptive partner violence. During 2019, the ARC assist- assault survivors seeking sup- Foster parent recruitment child’s EXPERT and learn how ARC staff participated in ed with the revision to the tribal portive services. activities continue to be a priori- self-compassion can create OVW Consultation Shawl court rules leading to the imple- — ARC staff provided 2,079 ty for the Child Placement com- patience and understanding lead- Ceremony Aug. 21, 2019, in mentation of privileged commu- advocacy support units through ponent. An activity that allows ing to a more loving and peace- New Buffalo, Mich. The shawl nication protections for victim the delivery of direct financial the team to reach a large number ful home. ceremony highlights silent advocates. assistance to 141 survivors who of members has been the annual Program Statistics 2019: witnesses and represent the ARC Created a “Culture – had 132 minor children as sec- Halloween Goody Bag Foster — Child Placement (CP) murdered, the missing, and the The Key to Healing” logo to ondary beneficiaries. Home Recruitment events across Program staff provided family unborn children of women who be used specifically for cultur- — The ARC’s Aakdehewin the service area. This year the support services to 222 families are no longer with us because of al healing community events Gaamig - Lodge of Bravery – team distributed 1,130 bags. within the seven-county service domestic violence. sponsored by the ARC that are Emergency Domestic Violence The program successfully area. During October 2019, ARC funded with the OVC Tribal Set Shelter provided 2,636 shelter participated in the Tribal Access — CP staff provided foster Program Director Jami Moran Aside Grant funds. advocacy units during the 2,634 Program Implementation and home placement and licensing was nominated and unani- ARC organized and offered a shelter nights that were provided Launch. The Tribal Access services to 141 families within mously voted to become the three-day Ojibwe Leather Mitten to 40 adults and 27 children. Program for National Crime the seven-county service area. Aug. 26, 2020 • Win Awenen Nisitotung 2019 Annual Report Page 15 ACFS Division 2019 highlights — continued — CP staff provided foster pleted the design of a program Team care case management services postcard that was mass mailed Sexual Violence to 84 children within the sev- during April 2019 to all head of Comprehensive Culturally en-county service area. households in the tribal service Honoring Grant Planning — CP staff provided ICWA area. Superior Child Advocacy monitoring services to 543 tribal ARC reorganized the shelter Center Workgroup children across the country. resident transportation process to Northern Michigan Child — CP staff provided ICWA improve efficiency. Advocacy Center legal services to 392 cases across ARC completed online surveys Jami Moran Uniting Three the country. for MiVine Service Directory and Fires Against Violence Board — CP staff provided adoption the National Survey of Victim Member services to 19 children within the Service Providers to ensure pro- Upper Peninsula Human seven-county service area. gram information is available to Trafficking Taskforce — CP staff conducted 186 survivors seeking supportive ser- Upper Peninsula Sexual protective services investigations vices. Assault Nurse Examiner U.S. on Sault Tribe trust lands. CP provided cultural resource Attorney Annual Meeting — CP staff processed 1,186 folders to children, families and EUP CAC Workgroup ICWA notices across the country. workers to share tribal informa- Sexual Assault Response Tea — CP Case Aide staff pro- tion. Child Welfare Committee vided 719 supervised parenting USDA Commodity Foods Cultural items from local tra- Tribal Justice Systems visits, 386 client transports for a ditional craftsman to provide as Meeting total of 39,316 miles travelled. giveaways. Child Protection Team (CPT) — CP staff with the support of Cedar oil vials to provide to Multi-Disciplinary Team many tribal programs continued staff and others for easy access to (MDT) the Foster Child/Dress Down Gift medicines. Family Preservation Court Program. Each office was provided a Steering Committee Direct Services smudge kit. Customary Adoption USDA Program Director Tony The agency partnered with the Workgroup Nertoli has continued to consult Traditional Medicine Program NAA Policy Workgroup with our federal and tribal part- to create a small written cedar MDHHS SRM Policy ners providing information for teaching and shared the vials Workgroup testimony. Tribal Chairperson of cedar oil and teaching at our MDHHS CSA/Tribal Directors Aaron Payment submitted written community foster parent train- Monthly Call testimony on the various compo- ing. The agency also purchased Tribal Social Services nents of the Farm Bill and former a large volume of medicine and Director’s Group Unit I Representative Jennifer mirrored the ARC medicine bags. Tribal State Partnership McLeod participated as chair The agency worked to devel- PAFC/BSC1 Directors Group of the committee on the Food op an informational brochure Tribal State Consultation Distribution Program on Indian to include with the medicines. Sessions Reservations. McLeod attended Cultural training was provided at EUP Foster Parent Coalition an elected leader consultation the ACFS full staff meeting and TAP Grant Implementation with the USDA in Las Vegas, ongoing cultural discussions hap- Team Nev., and chaired this committee. ACFS Director Juanita Bye handing out cookies to a crowd. pen at staffing and staff meetings. CBC Program Assessment It is the USDA’s initial govern- The Cultural Program and the Neo-natal Substance Abuse complete in January 2020. Total Produce Cost 2019: ment-to government consultation Traditional Medicine Program Committee ACFS Director Juanita Bye $144,646.00 on the entire department. have been very open and helpful Mackinac SCAN continued to consult with the 2019 Combined Total: The Department of Agriculture in assisting the agency to con- Chippewa SCAN state of Michigan along with $886,821.00 conducted a listening session tinue to create opportunities for Luce SCAN assistance from Planner Larry Average of 900 members for FDPIR Tribes in Petoskey, learning and increasing cultural Domestic Violence Task Jacques, Legislative Director served per month Mich. ACFS attended and offered knowledge and awareness. Force-Chippewa County Mike McCoy, Executive Director Cultural Sensitivity/Awareness suggestions for program changes The agency and court have Christine McPherson and Tribal enhanced for Team and Members: and additions to the food pack- continued to work together to Contacts Chairperson Aaron Payment for a ARC has created Healing age. This fiscal year the Midwest implement blanket ceremonies ACFS Main Office tribal-state agreement to increase Medicine Kits. Region is promoting a traditional into the permanency planning 2218 Shunk Rd., funding for the the ACFS ARC has created Cedar Bath food buy using the Great Lakes hearings. Staff, children and fam- Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 Community Services Block Grant Kits. fish market. Hopefully Sault ilies have all thoroughly enjoyed 632‑5250, (800) 726‑0093 Program (emergency assistance). ARC has made available Tribe commercial fisherman will the inclusion of this cultural prac- The program has been signifi- cedar, sweetgrass and lavender oil take advantage of this economic tice into the court process. The USDA cantly underfunded. Over two to both clients and employees. opportunity. agency staff have also continued 3601 Mackinaw Trail years of consultation resulted in ARC has displayed in their Nertoli’s goal has been to have to share the various cultural activ- Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 an agreement and the funding will office a releasing vase filled a storefront so members can do ities via the Facebook page and 635‑6076 or (888) 448‑8732 more than double annually. This with water that has dissolving their own shopping. He has advo- support and encourage families to Child Advocacy Center will allow the program to assist paper next to it to write negative cated with the funders for the past take part in activities that interest 2163 Migisa Ct. more families facing critical crisis thoughts or feelings upon that are several years and was approved them. Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 situations. released as it is dissolved within in 2019 for a major renovation Tribal/County/State/Federal (906) 632‑4001 ACFS implemented an Early the water. project. The Commod Store is Committees Staff Participation: Learning Lending Library for Some ARC office spaces have the most significant change in Michigan Coalition to End Advocacy Resource Center families participating in its CCDF been rearranged to promote a less the program since its inception in Domestic and Sexual Violence 2769 Ashmun St., Program. The library has several clinical power divide between 1980. Tribal members can now (MCEDSV) Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 age appropriate cultural learning ARC staff and their clients. shop and choose their own food. Michigan VOCA Tribal (906) 632‑1808 or books, puzzles and games. The ARC received grant fund- The total remodel and function Victim Advocate Coalition (800) 726‑0093 Direct Services 2019 ing to purchase culturally honor- was not scheduled to be complete (MTVAC) Statistics ing craft and activity supplies to until Spring 2020 but due to staff Praxis International – Child Placement Program 193 Families CSBG promote healing in a traditional diligence and work the store was Advocacy Learning Center (ALC) 2218 Shunk Rd. Emergency Assistance way. The shelter resident feed- in operation. Cohort Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 100 Families Employee back to this improvement has ACFS Direct Services Praxis International – (906) 632‑5250, (800) 726‑0093 Emergency Assistance been exceptional. receive additional funding from Technical Assistance 427 Tribal Emergency ARC removed office wall Administration of Children and SC3 Schoolcraft County St. Ignace Office Assistance displays that may be triggering Families Health and Human Communities that Care - 1140 N State St., 62 Families Elder Heating to survivors and are working on Services Child Care Bureau Executive Sub-Committee St. Ignace, MI 49781 250 Families Emergency replacing them with culturally CCDF Program. Consultation Schoolcraft County (906) 643‑8689 Housing honoring prints. with the board resulted in approv- Community Prevention 905 Families LIHEAP Heating ARC purchased culturally al for construction of an Early Subcommittee Manistique Office Assistance honoring domestic violence, Education Child Care Center. Schoolcraft County Child 5698 W HWY US-2 119 Families Native Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, The funding will come from a Death Review Committee Manistique, MI 49854 Employment Works Elder Abuse, Safety Planning, combination of tribal and federal Schoolcraft County Domestic (906) 341‑6993 or (800) 176 Funeral Assistance Strangulation Education, funding. This is an extremely Violence Task Force Meeting (906) 347‑7137 129 Families and Children Respecting our Native Women exciting project for the tribe. The Schoolcraft County Friends Child Care Development Fund and Children Displays to be new building will be located next Helping Friends Munising Office (Child Care Subsidies). utilized during education and to the Big Bear Arena and with Schoolcraft County Suicide 622 W Superior St., 100 General Assistance outreach events that the ARC is be the new home for both Head Prevention Workgroup Munising, MI 49862 USDA either sponsoring or is participat- Start and Child Care Services. Subcommittee (906) 387‑3906, (800) 236‑4705 Total Commodities Cost 2019: ing in. The building is scheduled to be Schoolcraft County Trauma $742,175.00 ARC staff successfully com- Page 16 2019 Annual Report Aug. 26, 2020 • Win Awenen Nisitotung Housing Authority 2019 Highlights, 2020 goals The Sault Tribe Housing The Lease to Purchase the housing emergency. Services Authority (STHA) is a “Tribally Program gives eligible appli- can include first month’s rent, Designated Housing Entity” cants a chance at leasing with security deposit and payments to (TDHE). The TDHE was offi- the option to purchase. This prevent an eviction up to $750 cially established via tribal board program is designated to have annually. resolution May 5, 1998. the home paid off in 15-30 years. The Housing Authority has The Sault Tribe Housing Payments are based on the value five hundred and fourteen (514) Authority’s mission is to of the home and amortized over units across the service area. “Improve the quality of life for the period of years chosen by the Escanaba has 25 units. tribal members through afford- homebuyer. Marquette has 10 units. able and unique housing oppor- The homeownership spe- Kincheloe has 105 units. tunities.” Its vision is to “Create cialists at Sault Tribe Housing Wetmore has 19 units. and sustain housing programs specialize in home ownership Manistique has 38 units. that promote improved quality counseling services for Sault Hessel has 23 units. of life, economic self-sufficiency Tribe members. The specialists St. Ignace has 90 units. and future growth for members can assist members in gaining a Newberry has 23 units. of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa better understanding of how to Sault Ste. Marie has 183 units. Indians.” become financially stable to help Housing Authority Employee 2019 HIGHLIGHTS prepare for homeownership by Recognition IHBG Competitive Grant offering personal finance, credit 2019 Crew of the Year In December 2019, the repair and advanced budgeting. David Shields and Dan Housing Authority opened an The Resident Services Maleport, Force Account early Christmas gift. It received Department consists of four Laborers notification that its applica- Escanaba playground Resident Service Specialists who 2019 Team Member of the tion was approved and it were cover all nine housing sites. The Year awarded $5 million for new family were able to move back pleted are roof replacements, Specialists assist residents with Kim Huskey, Project Assistant housing construction. The grant into the new home just in time to new windows, exterior doors their individual needs and con- 2019 Manager of the Year through the U.S. Department of celebrate the holidays. and insulation. Each eligible cerns while also ensuring their Mariea Mongene, Housing Housing and Urban Development Escanaba Expansion member selected could receive continued occupancy. Specialists Authority Assistant Director (HUD), along with $1.6 million On Nov. 15, 2019, STHA held up to $7,500: eligible applicants provide training and counseling Financial Assistance of leveraged funds, will allow a ground breaking ceremony for may receive assistance no more curriculum to enhance their qual- Payment in Lieu of Taxes 2019 for approximately 40 more four elder units being placed on than every 5 years. This program ity of life to promote self-suf- Sault $17,300.44 housing units to be placed at the the Escanaba Housing site. The opens in the spring of each year ficiency while building strong Soo Township $9,300 Odenaang housing site in Sault HA partnered with Gitchi Auto, and runs until all funds have communities. They execute home Schoolcraft $5,700 Ste. Marie. Home & RV Sales to make this been exhausted. Applicants are visits, perform annual safety Alger County $2,850 The homes will be a combina- project a reality. Each manu- served based on a point system in inspections in every home, and Escanaba $3,750 tion of two- and three-bedroom factured, stand-alone home will which income and need for repair collaborate with outside agencies, City of St. Ignace $1,650 have two bedrooms and two are taken into consideration. modular and stick built homes tribal entities and programs to Marquette $1,500 bathrooms. The housing units Owner Occupied Rehab assist- going up from 2020-2023. Of hold community events. Resident Pentland TWP $3,600 will be ready for occupancy in ed 18 Sault Tribe members living those, eight units are planned Service Specialists moved 67 Kinross Charter $15,750 the summer of 2020. in the seven-county service area for elders, three units will be families into tribal Housing units, Total $61,400.44 Playground Upgrades to provide energy conservation completely handicap accessible conducted 1,919 home visits to 2020 GOALS – All housing site playgrounds and moderate rehabilitation to and two for transitional recovery residents, encompassing every- The Housing Authority is are repaired and checked reg- home owners faced with costly housing. thing from move-in to move- excited to share the goals for ularly for safety issues by our repairs and replacement of sub- All homes will be furnished out, collections, safety checks, 2020: Maintenance department. The standard heating systems and with Energy Star appliances. sharing resources and compli- — STHA is planning con- Sault Tribe Housing Authority water heaters. Each eligible trib- LED lighting and high efficiency ance. The Housing Authority struction of a large cold storage has completed upgrades al member could receive up to water conservation plumbing fix- Occupancy Specialist processed warehouse at the Kincheloe and repairs to the Wetmore, $6,500; this program can only be tures. 417 housing applications for low Office Building. This cold stor- Marquette and Manistique. utilized once in a lifetime. This As the Housng Authority rent and home ownership units. age warehouse will house the Newberry and Escanaba play- program opens during the first of was one of 52 tribes to share in Some of the community Housing Authority’s assets. grounds will be complete by fall the year and runs until all funds the $200 million available grant of 2020. are exhausted on a first come events offered by the Housing — All bathrooms and kitch- funds it is very fortunate. This Halloween – Community first serve basis. Authority are: ens located in Newberry will be will provide a much needed Outreach The Home Rehabilitation — Annual Fire Safety Fair receiving updates. All kitchens influx of tribal housing to benefit The Housing Authority dec- Program assisted four Sault — Site Beatification Clean-Up will receive new cabinetry, floor- our Sault Tribe members. orated the entire office for the Tribe members living in the — Annual Fire Safety Poster ing, sinks and faucets. All bath- Natural Gas Conversion month of October! The Kinross seven-county service area with Contest rooms will receive new vanities, In the fall of 2019, residents at Headstart full-day class was home rehabilitation assistance for — Christmas snow sculpture flooring, sinks, faucets and show- the Odenaang Housing site saw invited to participate in trick or homes that are privately owned or snowman contest er/tub combination. the arrival of the DTE crew for treating within the office. The by members. Each eligible mem- — Community Gardens — The Sault Tribe Housing the start of the site-wide conver- preschoolers walked the ghostly ber may receive a grant within Some of the Services include: Authority will finish the play- sion from propane to natural gas. decorated hallways that were approved budget amounts for the — Money Management ground equipment upgrades for All 70 existing housing units will filled with spiders, webs, tomb- weatherization or rehabilitation Training the Newberry and Escanaba sites. be converted by the fall of 2020. stones, zombies, witches and services. Applicants are selected — Care and Maintenance — The Escanaba housing site This will provide a savings of pumpkins! by usng a point system based training will complete the construction of almost 50 percent to each utility Children collected a treat at with the highest points being ser- — Tenant Referrals four brand new elder designated paying resident. There are main each office door and a majority viced first. This service can only — Dispute Resolutions units featuring two bedrooms and gas lines running to the rest of of staff dressed up to get in on be used once in a lifetime. The Rental Assistance one bathroom. the housing site that will provide the fun. Sanitation services assist Program provides rent subsidies — The IHBG Competitive ease of access to future devel- Due to allergies within the Sault Tribe members living in for income qualified working Grant project will place 12 units opment. In addition to the cost class room all treats needed to be the seven-county-service area families within the seven-coun- at the Odenaang housing site in savings for residents, this is defi- nonedible for the 17 students that with individual water and sewer ty-service area. Participants are 2020. Eight of these units will be nitely a positive improvement to participated. Due to confidenti- services. This program is a once required to pay 27.5 percent of two-bedroom manufactured units attract building expansion ality, no photos of the students in a lifetime service and does not their adjusted income to the land- and four units will be three-bed- Unit Rebuild could be recorded, but photos of have emergency funding because lord and the Housing Authority room stick built units. When a tribal family suddenly the office and staff are below. start to finish periods can be very will pay the remainder up to — Implement electronic pay- lost their home due to a summer DEPARTMENT UPDATES long. This year, eight members the fair market rent rate of the ment options for housing authori- fire, the STHA Force Account Homeownership Department received a new well, eight mem- rental. The rental units must pass ty residents. stepped into action. At the end The Housing Authority’s bers received a new septic sys- a Housing Quality Standards CONTACTS of August, the crew poured the Homeownership programs are tem and three members received Inspection prior to leasing. Administration, (906) 495- foundation and then progressed funded by NAHASDA grant a new water treatment system. The Emergency Housing 1450 to framing, roofing, siding, inte- funding. These programs consist Down Payment Assistance Assistance Program is funded Maintenance, (906) 495-5555 rior finishes, cabinet installation of the Weatherization Program, assisted seven Sault Tribe mem- by the Housing Authority and Homeownership, (906) 495- and final project punch list. The Owner Occupied Rehabilitation, bers living in the seven-coun- administered by Anishnaabek 1450 construction crew is made up of Home Rehabilitation Program ty-service area to become first- Community and Family Services. Resident Services (East), eight Sault Tribe members who and Sanitation Services. time homeowners of a structur- This program provided financial (906) 495-1450 were able to handle the major- Weatherization assisted 13 ally sound home. Each member assistance to 14 families. These Resident Services (West), ity of tasks from start to finish. Sault Tribe members living in selected could receive up to families received assistance with (906) 341-8157 This is also the first house in the the seven-county service area $9,500 or 20 percent of the pur- obstacles considered of an emer- Maintenance Emergency, Odenaang sub-division to totally to provide energy conservation chase price. Thorough homebuy- gency in nature and the house- 1-855-205-2840 make the switch from propane to improvements to make their er education classes are required hold is not able to resolve with East Toll Free, (800) 794-4072 natural gas for their appliances homes more energy efficient. of all participants prior to closing their own funds. Assistance may West Toll Free, (888) 353- and heat. The home’s owner and Some examples of work com- on the purchase of the home. be provided to prevent or remedy 9502 Aug. 26, 2020 • Win Awenen Nisitotung 2019 Annual Report Page 17 Sault Tribe Education Division 2019 Highlights The Education Division pro- Activities (YEA) The 10th annual health and training services to assist them in Sault Tribe, in partnership vides academic, work training Sault Ste. Marie fitness event took place June 20 obtaining and keeping productive with Consolidated Community and early development services Sault YEA took two teams to where students from four sites employment. Sault Tribe has School Services, provides alter- to tribal youth from infancy to the inter-tribal basketball tourna- biked over 46 miles from Sault operated very similar programs native high school and adult adulthood. The division’s purpose ment hosted by Bay Mills Indian Ste. Marie to St. Ignace to edu- throughout the years. Training education programs to residents is to instill all students with high Community. Both 14 U and 18 U cate youth on childhood obesity Services provided through in Chippewa, Luce and Mackinac expectations of academic success teams finished as runners-up. The WIOA: counties. Regardless of a stu- and competent thinking skills teams have already assembled for On-the-job Training (OJT) dent’s prior experience with while fostering growth in social the 2020 tournament and can’t provides opportunities for both education, these programs offer and emotional behaviors and pos- wait to go back and compete for employer and adult participants welcoming learning environments itive attitudes. the championship! by reimbursing 50 percent of the with individualized instruction, Rudyard trainee’s wages during a specified caring instructors and support Every year Rudyard TYC training period. staff and collaborations with the helps their school with the annual Work Experience Program is Intermediate School District and haunted trail. The students are short-term, temporary employ- outside agencies. in charge of creating their own ment for youth, often referred to TED Grant themed section, costumes, and as after-school employment. Through the TED grant, the make-up. This year they were Summer Youth Employment Education Division was able to zombies. and the importance of exercise. provides up to 10 weeks of sum- provide a wealth of equipment, Hessel There were 30 participants with mer youth employment to eligible books and cultural craft materials YEA Coordinator Lisa 16 bikes and 14 helpers, which applicants. to several Sault Tribe Programs Early Childhood Programs Burnside worked with AFT included five bikers completing Classroom training provides and local schools. Receipients – Head Start, Early Head Start, Michigan and First Book to create every mile. One young man from skills training to adults in an insti- included the Sault Tribe Early Child Care Center great community libraries through Manistique has participated in the tutional setting to obtain a license Childhood Programs, YEA Sault, In 2019, Sault Tribe Early Unit II. This included the creation last six Bike the Sites events and or certificate. (nurse’s aide train- YEA Rudyard, YEA St. Ignace, Childhood Programs served a of reading circles in a number of never missed a mile, completing ing, heavy equipment, CDL, etc.) YEA Hessel, YEA Manistique, total of 140 children including community were they not only over 280 miles with YEA. Senior Employment Program YEA Munising, YEA Escanaba, 85 preschoolers from 79 families focus on reading, but also on 16th Annual Youth and 55 infants/toddlers from 49 using the stories or lessons from Empowerment Powwow provides part-time employment to Ojibwe Library and Learning families. Head Start provides books to apply to other activities, 2019 marked the 16th annual Sault Tribe elders residing in the Center, Mary Murray Culture 40 part-day, part-year slots in including crafts and inter-person- Youth Empowerment Powwow service area who are 60 or over. Camp and Malcolm High School. Sault Ste. Marie; 20 full-day, al skill development. held in Rexton. Roughly 60 Higher Education Programs Some of the resources included full-year slots through its Child St. Ignace people attended the event with Every year, the Higher expandable bead looms, sinew, Care Center Partnership and 20 Every year, YEA Coordinator 25 dancers showcased before Education Division releases its jingle dress cones, pine needle slots that were funded through an Sue St. Onge puts one two pro- the event was called for rain and annual application packet and basket kits, porcupine quill ear- Extended Duration grant allowing duction with St. Ignace Middle lightning. scholarship essay topic. Students ring kits, ribbon, fabric, flute kits, full day, school year services in and High School students. So MSU Extension event who are Sault Tribe members regalia pattern booklets, dream St. Ignace. Head Start and Early many students want to be part of MSU Native American and interested in receiving funding catcher kits, beaded medallion Head Start programs are federally Ms. Sue’s production she writes Hispanic Business Students for the school year are required kits, beeswax, cultural language funded through the Department extra parts so every student has a and YEA co-hosted the annual to submit a complete application flash cards, books, and a wide of Health and Human Services, chance to speak or play a critical Native American Community packet, which is posted on the variety of beading supplies Administration for Children and role in the production. Roughly Outreach Program at the Big Bear Sault Tribe website saulttribe. including a large assortments of Families, Office of Head Start 90 percent of the students in her Arena. First there was the annual com. beads, beading needles, storage and American Indian and Alaskan drama program are Sault Tribe Thursday night culture exchange The program offers a variety containers, thread, drum kits, Natives Program Branch. Its members. and potluck, then a showing of of scholarships, most of which many book titles and teaching centers participate in the State Manistique Kalvin Hartwig’s film, “This is are $1,000, with various eligibil- aides, laptops, projectors and of Michigan’s Early Childhood YEA Manistique was request- Who I Am,” with discussion, ity requirements each academic other technology related accesso- Quality Rating System (five stars ed by their county fair to provide and lastly, drumming and danc- year. Students are required to ries. being the highest). The St. Ignace a cultural enrichment exhibition ing. The next day activities on submit an essay based on an Youth Development Fund Center is a four-star center. The leadership activities and life-skill assigned essay topic. 2019 Updates center in the Sault is a five-star preparation were led by the MSU Grant funding is available There were a total of 352 center. students and their advisor, Kevin for full-time (12 credit hours or Youth Development Fund appli- The Child Care Center pro- Leonard. more) undergraduate students cations approved in 2019 totaling vides full-day, full-year services Munising Youth Flute who attend a Michigan state $42,486.73. Approved applica- for 45 families in Sault Ste. Workshop supported public college. The tions per unit included 213 in Marie. The Child Care Center YEA Coordinator Cindy student must be a resident of Unit I, 43 in Unit II, 30 in Unit partners with Head Start and Reimer worked with Mather Michigan. Students are required III, 49 in Unit IV, and 17 in Unit Early Head Start providing before Elementary to use TED supplies to complete their FAFSA by the V. Applications can be requested and after care services to chil- March 1 deadline. Students must for a wide variety of extracurric- dren enrolled in the partnership. with stories, drumming and danc- have their FAFSA information on ular activities. Expenditures total- The Child Care Center is funded ing in July 2019. The group was file with their college by August ling $42,486.73 for 2019 were as through the tribe and receives asked to return in 2020 for anoth- if they are going to enroll for follows: funding through ACFS Childcare er exhibition. Since the group Fall semester. Grants are based Camps/Trips - $5,375 Development Fund grant, Head has been requested within their on unmet financial need. Grants Senior Pictures - $828 Start, Early Head Start and parent community including a presenta- are only available for Fall and Book Deposits - $10 fees. All three centers participated tion at Emerald High and Middle Winter semester. Grant deadline School Supplies - $1123 and are rated in Michigan’s Early school with other local schools is always July 1. Testing Fees - $249 Childhood Star Rating System. contacting YEA Manistique for Self-sufficiency incentive Instrument Purchase - $269 Two centers are rated at four stars the display for Native American awards are available for FALL Instrument Rental - $150 and one center at five stars. culture and enrichment. semester only. All required paper- Dance - $9,189 The Sault Tribe Board of Escanaba work and grade reports must be Driver’s Education - $4400 Directors approved the construc- Every Tuesday, the Tribal submitted between Dec. 1 and Music - $818 tion for a new Early Childhood Youth Council donates its time Jan. 31 for the Fall semester that Miscellaneous -$463 Programs Facility in Sault Ste. at the local Delta Animal Shelter, just ended. The available funding Sports Registration - $16,014 Marie. The new facility will taking care of animals before house all Early Childhood they reach their forever home. is divided by the number of credit Sporting Equipment - $3,599 Programs under one roof and it Coordinator Kelly Constantino hours taken by all students who Education Contacts and provide cultural teaching will be attached to the existing travels over an hour before and submitted their fall grades. This Education director: vacant, 635- about Native American flutes Big Bear Arena. ACFS received after to pick up local students is not a need based program. The 7010 to all 5th grade students. Dan a $1.3 million grant for the facil- from multiple schools so they can program only pays for C or better Cody Jodoin, executive assistant, Gareacu came to the school for ity and the board will secure give back to their community and grades and will not pay for repeat 632-6797 six sessions in December 2019 funding for the remaining cost. make a difference. courses. Early Childhood Programs to provide teachings and hands Construction for this new facility Munising In 2019, there were a total of Manager, 635-7722 will begin in the spring of 2020. YEA Munising is a very on instruction for making flutes. 80 essays submitted for scholar- Dawn Fegan, Child Care Center Youth Education and lucky program with Mather’s These students will continue to ships and 6,786.75 credit hours supervisor, 632-5258 Elementary one of only a few work with their constructed flutes were submitted by 532 students Kaylynn Cairns, YEA manager, schools that offers a specific in music class in preparation for for the Self-Sufficiency Incentive 635-4944 Native American Enhancement a flute performance during the Award. Brenda Cadreau, WIOA Program class. Coordinator Cindy Reimer school’s spring 2020 concert. The BIA grant awards students manager, 635-4767 and Title VI Cooridnator Jennifer Workforce Innovation and who have an unmet need as deter- Higher Education Program, 635- Meyer work seamlessly to contin- Opportunity Act (WIOA) mined by their college’s financial 7784 ue their student’s education inside WIOA is a federally-funded aid office. Winter 2019, the grant Tanya Pages, adult and alterna- and outside the classroom all year program designed to help Native awarded $39,878. The Fall 2019 tive education coordinator, 495- long. American job seekers access grant awarded $28,556. 5343 Bike the Sites employment, education and Adult Education Page 18 2019 Annual Report Aug. 26, 2020 • Win Awenen Nisitotung Recreation Division 2019 highlights, 2020 goals The Recreation Division Secured multi-year contracts provides recreational opportu- with various businesses for adver- nities for tribal members in the tisements on the Zamboni, in-ice, seven-county service area and lobby and rink view-thrus. for community members in Sault Implemented on-line ice and Ste. Marie and surrounding area space scheduling platform for through recreation agreements customer and staff efficiency and and tribally owned facilities. convenience. Recreation Agreements Refreshed the facility’s road To supplement tribal facili- sign with current graphics and ties and programming, the Sault energy efficient lighting. Tribe has established recreation Added new items to the agreements in the following areas Concession Stand menu including at minimal or no charge to tribal poutine, breakfast sandwiches, members: chili dogs and healthy beverages. Escanaba-YMCA and Replaced existing hand dryers Sullivan’s Health and Fitness and flush valves with high effi- Kinross and Kincheloe- ciency touchless models. Recreation Fitness Center Replaced counter tops and Manistique-High school pool sinks in the main level restrooms and Little Bear West ice arena The Youth Color Run a Sault Tribe Wellness Collaborative event. The Sault Tribe Wellness Collaborative and fitness locker rooms. Marquette-Northern Michigan planned a Youth Color Run for tribal youth departments including the Big Bear’s Summer Recreation 2020 Goals University (NMU) Program, YEA’s Circle of Life Program and Community Health’s Shkode-Fit 4 Life Program. Youngsters run- Collaborate with Education, Munising-Alger Parks and ning in white T-shirts ran one-mile or 5K circuits in which they passed coloring stations where they were YEA, Community Health, Fitness Recreation Center splashed with pink, orange, blue and green powders. The event was held on July 22, 2019. Additional youth Center and the Cultural depart- Negaunee-YMCA of departments will be included in future events. ments to develop new events and Marquette County activities for the community. Newberry & Curtis-Helen and community programs to col- Drop-In Figure Skating Tournament with over 120 com- Collaborate with Sault Tribe Newberry Joy Hospital and laborate on programming. Drop-In Basketball and petitors and 300 spectators. Transportation department and Healthcare Center The Youth Program depart- Volleyball United Way’s Project other agencies to implement way Sault Ste. Marie-Lake ment develops and coordinates Summer Recreation Program Backpack with 567 backpacks finding signs throughout the city Superior State University (LSSU) the Summer Recreation Program Pickleball distributed and over 1,500 attend- and upgrade current parking lot and U.P. North Nutrition and 906 for tribal and community youth, Dance Program ees. signage. Gym age 5-10 years old. The program Fitness Classes Feeding America Mobile Food Develop an extensive training St. Ignace-Little Bear East is recreation-based and includes Totzones Distribution with 15,800 pounds course as well as implement a Arena sports, arts and crafts, organized Baby and Bridal Showers of food distributed to 722 people Counselor in Training program Most recreation agreements games, field trips, water fun Team Meals in 260 households. for the Summer Recreation include full fitness centers with days, nutritional programming Birthday Parties Northern Ontario Junior Program staff to ensure adequate some facilities having swim- and much more. School Fun Days Hockey League Showcase with preparation to work with the ming pool access as well as ice The Concessions Department Adult Volleyball Leagues 12 teams, 300 players, 600 spec- youth participants. skating. In addition to a fitness provides over-the-counter Adult Hockey League tators and 2,131 streaming spec- I ncrease enrollment in the center at LSSU, there are vari- food and beverage services for Hockey Tournaments tators. Summer Recreation Program by ous athletic camps available at activities and events held at the Hockey Leagues, Clinics and Sault College Cougars and 15 percent. no charge to tribal youth as well facility. The department also Tryouts NMU Wildcats women’s hockey Explore new ice activities as free tickets to LSSU hockey, fulfills small food and beverage Meetings and Trainings games with over 150 attendees. including bumper cars, ice bikes basketball and volleyball games. needs for trainings and seminars. Special Events Collaborated with Sault Tribe and rideable skate aids including Detailed information about rec- Vending machines are also avail- Private Ice and Space Rentals Community Health Nutrition and associated grant funding opportu- reation agreements throughout able throughout the facility. 2019 Accomplishments Diabetes, YEA and the All In nities. the seven county service areas The Pro Shop offers hockey There were: One Fitness Club to develop and Explore new programming can be found on www.bigbear- and figure skating equipment, 1,813 tribal member visits to implement the Elder and Youth ideas for the Summer Recreation arena.com, under the Tribal skates, apparel and accessories as NMU in Marquette. Social with 73 in attendance and Program including culture, educa- Departments tab, listed under well as skate repair and sharpen- 1,500 tribal member visits to the Youth Color Run with 142 tion, health and eSports. Recreation. ing. Custom and team orders are the YMCA in Escanaba. participants. Implement digital locker room Tribally Operated Facilities also available. 90 tribal member visits to Developed the 23rd annual assignments and concessions The Sault Tribe owns and The Administration the pool at the high school in Summer Recreation Program with menus. operates the Big Bear Arena in Department oversees business Manistique. 144 participants. Continue to research new Sault Ste. Marie. This 150,000 operations, marketing, customer 3,055 tribal member visits to Developed the 23rd annual menu items such as flavored pop- square foot facility features two service strategies as well as safe- the Little Bear East in St. Ignace. Youth Spring Hockey League corn, ice cream, smoothies and ice surfaces, a 4,500 square foot ty and security of personnel and 2,847 tribal member visits to with 254 players, including 22 other healthy food choices. fitness center, basketball and customers. the LSSU SAC and 471 to the teams and 80 games. Implement vending services volleyball courts, aerobic room, The Operations Department LSSU pool. More than 175 community for Pro Shop items such as meeting rooms, dance room, ensures facility equipment is 85 tribal youth enrolled in the youth team practices were held in tape, laces and mouth guards to indoor track, playground, nature operational, maintaining the ice LSSU athletic camps. the courts. enhance customer service. trail, Pro Shop and Concessions. and dry floor surfaces, facility 14,644 tribal member visits to More than 200 fitness classes Collaborate with the Training The facility is home of the cleanliness and a safe environ- the All-In-One Fitness Club. were held at the facility. department to institute e-learning Sault High Blue Devils Hockey ment. 141 YEA/Big Bear open More than 4,150 patrons par- and training videos. Club, Soo Michigan Hockey The All-In-One Fitness Club, gym and skating sessions, 39 ticipated in Public Skating. Collaborate with the MIS Association, the Academy of which is owned and operated by YEA intramural sessions and 4 Rented over 2,400 Rental Department to implement an Performing Arts, Superior Storm the Sault Tribe Health Center, YEA Three on Three Basketball Skates and over 525 Skate Aids. app for smart phones for use in Volleyball Club, International is located inside the Big Bear Tournaments. More than 675 patrons partic- communicating with customers Volleyball League and Sault Arena and offers free access to 206 in attendance at the YEA/ ipated in Drop-In Basketball and and promoting the Recreation Women’s Volleyball League. tribal members. The expanded Big Bear Halloween Party and Volleyball. Division. The courts and rinks also serve fitness center includes state- Spooky Skate. More than 875 patrons par- Continue to perform routine as a training center for the Soo of-the-art weight and cardio 791 in attendance at the YEA ticipated in Drop-In Hockey and maintenance through facility and Eagles Hockey Club, Lake equipment, locker rooms, saunas, Children’s Christmas Party. Stick N Puck. renovate as necessary. Superior State Lakers, Soo indoor walking track, person- More than 200 attended the Held six Totzones with 343 in Contact Information Indians AAA Midgets Hockey al training and fitness classes. New Year’s Eve Sobriety Pow attendance. Big Bear Arena Club, Sault Area Little League Detailed club information can Wow. Hosted 206 birthday parties Two Ice Circle and Sault Area Lacrosse. be found on www.bigbeararena. Hosted: and celebrations and 46 meetings Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 Purpose Statement com, under the Fitness tab. Sault Tribe Anishinabek and trainings. (906) 635-RINK The Recreation Division is Additionally, the facility Community and Family Services Hosted two adult hockey (800) 588-RINK dedicated to promoting wellness, houses the Youth Education and (ACFS) Family Fun Night with tournaments and six youth tour- www.bigbeararena.com athletic excellence, high princi- Activities (YEA), Education 482 participants. naments with a total of 164 teams Recreation Agreements ples and values and to creating Departments, the Workforce ACFS and Sault Tribe Tribal and 22,260 players and specta- (906) 635-4758 bonds of mutual respect between Innovation and Opportunity Act Court Recovery Walk with 220 tors. Events Management individuals and communities. (WIOA), Community Health and participants. Hosted 22 high school hockey (906) 635-4903 Division Departments Physical Therapy departments. Sault Tribe Community Health games and 17 clinics and tryouts. Youth Programs The Events Management Big Bear Services and Fair with 301 participants and Hosted 17 school fun days (906) 635-6509 department develops and coordi- Programs Smoke Pigs, Not Cigs with 84 including schools from across the Operations nates facility events and activities Public Skating participants. EUP. (906) 635-4982 for tribal and community families Learn To Skate Advocacy Resource Center’s Developed the Bear Buck$ Concessions as well as coordinate customer Drop-In Hockey Domestic Violence walk with 200 program with Sault Tribe Tribal (906) 635-7465 ice and space rentals. The depart- Stick N Puck participants. Court as an incentive program to Pro Shop ment works closely with tribal Senior Skate Black Dragon Martial Arts reward positive behavior. (906) 635-4906 Aug. 26, 2020 • Win Awenen Nisitotung 2019 Annual Report Page 19 2019 Sault Tribe’s EDC Non-Gaming Growth and Future Outlook for 2020 and beyond Overseeing the Sault Tribe’s has become routine. The board In a learning year, revenues are non-gaming businesses is the of directors saw the potential expected to exceed $1 million Sault Tribe’s EDC (Economic for growth within the developed and many new opportunities have Development Corporation). With structure and incorporated the presented themselves. The board growing support from the leader- acquisition of Riverside Village looks forward to another year of ship of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe and Shunk Properties into growth in 2020 and will explore of Chippewa Indians Board of DeMawating deliverables. This ways to diversify Gitchi’s offer- Directors, the EDC had a very foresight has DeMawating reve- ings. busy 2019. The EDC bolstered its nues up 68.52 percent year over Sault Tribe Inc. business development efforts by year, now operating nearly 200 Sault Tribe Incorporated is an adding a new divisional branch, rental units in the Kincheloe foot effort that began 10 years ago. securing additional funding print, and 120 sites at Riverside sources, developing new profes- Village. DeMawating is posi- sional space, managing increasing tioned to be a profitable entity for White Pine Lodge profits and investment across all our tribe for years to come. into place. The five-member cor- forms. enterprises, and continuing to Commercial Development porate board is already looking 2020 support the efforts of the Sault (Enterprises) to secure business development With continued support and Tribe as a whole. Gitchi Enterprises was created opportunities in the government guidance from the Sault Tribe Business Development at the end of 2018, and completed contracting arena. Moving into Board of Directors, the non-gam- With strategic direction from its first full year of operation in 2020, Sault Tribe Inc. has its ing business structure of the EDC the board of directors, the EDC 2019. Gitchi Auto, Home and sights set on startups in industries will continue to show growth was able to secure a $485,000 RV is located on Shunk Road Under current board leadership, including hazardous materials across the three branches of oper- Minority Business Development in Sault Ste. Marie, selling used the Section 17 federally chartered abatement, commercial janitorial ation, and continue to grow sup- Agency (MBDA) grant that led autos, new Fairmont homes, used entity has been fully enacted and services and instructional design port for our Sault Tribe member to the creation of a Business ATVs, trailers, RVs and scooters. a corporate board of directors put and learning technology plat- owned businesses and members. Development branch of the EDC. The Sault Tribe Thrive Office is dedicated to the tribal member owned businesses, giving full support through business consult- cars! suVs! Trucks! ing, providing education on doing business on trust lands and the tax agreement with the state of Michigan, sharing capital access opportunities, networking opportunities with other tribal businesses and providing assistance in government contracting. The Tamarack Business Center (TBC) was constructed with the help of a $250,000 MEDC

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enterprise for the Sault Tribe. Over time, revenues have been steady, and the management of over 100 residential rental units Page 20 2019 Annual Report Aug. 26, 2020 • Win Awenen Nisitotung Tribal Buildings across the 7-County Service Area Sault Area Buildings 10 Ice Circle Youth Education and Activities 4935 Zeez ba tik Lane Youth Education and Activities Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 Program - Rudyard/Kinross (906) 293-8181 Program - Manistique Nokomis/Mishomis Building Rudyard Schools (Facility not Fax (906) 293-3001 174 Zhigag Kewadin Casino Hotel & 2076 Shunk Rd. owned by Sault Tribe) Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (closed (906) 341-3362 Convention Center Eldercare Services (906) 635-4971, 11185 2nd Street for lunch) 2186 Shunk Rd. (888) 711-7356 Rudyard, MI 49780 Membership Liaison- (906) 643- Marquette Area 1-800-KEWADIN Sault Tribe Head Start/ Early Head (906) 487-3471, ext. 228 2124 Community Gathering Space Buildings (906) 632-0530 Start, (906) 635-7722 Community Health Program Sawyer Village Sault Ste. Marie Employment Office St. Ignace Area Buildings Services- Main Reception, 250 Voodoo Ave. (906) 635-4937 or (866) 635-7032 Enrollment Department St. Ignace MI 49781 Traditional Medicine, Nursing, Gwinn, MI 49841 2428 Shunk Rd. Health Education, Nutrition, (906) 346-3919 Sault Tribe Administration Mailing address: Kewadin St. Ignace Immunization Clinics, Medication Building PO Box 1628 3015 Mackinac Trail Pick-Up, Anishnaabek Community Escanaba Area Buildings 523 & 531 Ashmun Street (906) 635-3396, (906) 632-8552 (906) 643-7071 and Family Services-second Youth Education Activities - (906) 635-6050 (800) 251-6597 1-800-KEWADIN Wednesday of month 10 a.m.-3:30 Escanaba Area (800) 793-0660 St. Ignace Employment Office (906) p.m. (906) 632-5250, Veterans 1226 Wigob Executive Director’s Office, Sault Tribe Natural Resource 643-4176 Administration Services Escanaba, MI 49829 Administrative Manager, Efficiency Department -Wildlife Sault Ste. Marie Employment Office (906) 789-0972 Analyst/Trainer, Legal Department, 2428 Shunk Rd. (906) 635-4937 or (866) 635-7032 Munising Area Buildings Tax Office, Budget Department, (906) 632-6132 Kewadin Christmas Sault Tribe Satellite Economic Development, St. Ignace Tribal Health Clinic & N7761 Candy Cane Lane Health Clinics Chairperson’s Office, Assistant Sault Tribe Natural Resource Human Services Center Christmas, MI 49862 Hessel Community Tribal Center Executive Director’s Office and Department - Fisheries 1140 N. State Street, Suite 2805 (906) 387-5475 3355 N 3 Mile Road Membership Liaison-Unit I, 916 Ashmun Street (906) 643-8689 or (877) 256-0135 1-800-KEWADIN Hessel, MI 49745 Board of Directors, IT Security, (906) 632-6132 Services: ACFS, Acupuncture (start- (906) 484-2727 Facilities, Accounting, CFO Office, ing soon), Administration, Audiology Grand Island Chippewa Center Community Health Payroll Department, Insurance George K. Nolan Judicial Building Case Management, Clinical Victor Matson, Sr. Community Elder Meals Department, Northern Travel, 2175 Shunk Road Medical Care, Clinical Nursing Center Veterans Services Officer Legislative Department, Planning Sault Tribe Law Enforcement/ Care, Community Health Nursing, 622 W. Superior St. ACFS: every other Thursday begin- and Development, Transportation Conservation (906) 635-6065 Dental Clinic, Diabetes Care, Munising, MI 49862 ning with the first Thursday of the Department, Communications Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa Tribal Health Education, Hygienist, (906) 387-4721, (800) 236-4705 month. Hours very. Department (906) 632-6398, MIS, Court (906) 635-4963 Immunizations, Laboratory Services, Fax (906) 387-4727 (906) 643-8689 Telecommunications, Language Sault Tribe Prosecuting Attorney Mental Health, Nutrition Services, Administration, Board of Director’s Youth Education and Activities and Culture Division, Gaming (906) 635-4749 Optical clinic, Pharmacy, Smoking Office, Membership Liaison (906) Program Commission (906) 635-7042 Cessation, Substance Abuse, 450-7011, Veterans Administration (906) 484-2298 MidJim Sault Traditional Medicine, Wellness Services, Elder Meals, Community The Dawn M. Eavou Child 2205 Shunk Road Programs Gathering Spaces, Maintenance, Newberry Tribal Community Advocacy Center (906) 635-4782 Health and Human Service Health Center 2163 Migisa Ct. St. Ignace Elder Housing Programs-Main Reception/Patient 4935 Zeez ba tik Lane (906) 632-4001 Sault Tribe Construction 3017 Mackinac Trail Registration, Medical, Traditional (906) 293-8181 3375 South M-129 Elder Meals Medicine, Nursing, Medical Fax (906) 293-3001 Big Bear Arena (906) 635-0556 (906) 643-6484 Records, Medical Referrals, Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 2 Ice Circle, (906) 635-RINK (7465) Pharmacist, Audiology, Community (Closed for Lunch) www.bigbeararena.com USDA/Food Distribution Lambert Center Health, Nutrition, Health Education Membership Liaison (906) 643-2124 Administration, Youth Programs, 3601 Mackinaw Trail 225 WaSeh Drive and Behavioral Health Community Gathering Space Events Management, Operations (906) 635-6076 Head Start (906) 643-9733 Anishnaabek Community and Family Community Health Program Pro Shop, Concessions Membership Liaison (906) 643-2124 Services- Main Reception, Services (906) 387-3906 TENANTS: Advocacy Resource Center Traditional Medicine, Nursing, **After Hours Urgent Medical Care All-In-One Fitness Club: (906) 635- 2769 Ashmun Street Enji Maawanji’ Iding Health Education, Nutrition, (906) 387-4721 4935, Physical Therapy: (906) 635- P.O. Box 1576 (Former McCann School) Immunization Clinics, Medication 4905, Community Health: (906) 635- (906) 632-1808 or (877) 639-7820 399 McCann Street Pick-Up, Anishnaabek Community White Pine Lodge & Convenience 4994, Education Division Main Line: Lodge of Bravery, Advocacy (906) 643-3189 and Family Services-second Store (906) 635-7010, Higher Education Services, Legal Aid Wednesday of month 10 a.m.-3:30 E7889 W. State Hwy M-28 (906) 635-7784, Adult Education Sault Tribe Youth Facility and p.m. (906) 632-5250, Veterans Christmas, MI 49862 (906) 495-5343, Workforce Shedawin Building - Empty Sault Tribe Law Enforcement Administration Services (906) 387-1111 Innovation and Opportunities Act: 2158 Shunk Road 1130 N. State Street (906) 635-4767, YEA Admin Office: Behavioral Health uses Sault Tribe Youth Facility Escanaba Tribal Community Youth Education and Activities (906) 635-4944 (906) 643-0941 Health Center Program - Munising Maintenance and Motorpool Sault Tribe Law Enforcement (Not owned by Sault Tribe) Mather Middle School (Facility not Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting 2151 Shunk Road (906) 635-6065 Penstar Office Building owned by Sault Tribe) School Public School Academy For emergencies, dial 911 1401 North 26th Street, Suite 105 1301 Marquette Ave. Riverside Village 411 Elm Street, Munising, MI 49862 (906) 341-1836 (906) 635-5055 2210 Riverside Drive MidJim St. Ignace (906) 387-2251 Ext. 180 Fax (906) 786-0944 (906) 495-2800 3045 Mackinac Trail Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (closed Fred Hatch Building (906) 643-9906 Manistique Area BLDGS for lunch) 206 Greenough Street Odenaang Storage Manistique, MI 49854 Membership Liaison- (906) 450- Environmental Department (906) 1288 E. Bobcat Ct, Mackinac Trail Storage 7011 632-5575 (906) 495-2800 5104 Mackinac Trail, Kewadin Manistique Community Health Program (906) 495-2800 5630 W US 2 Services-Main Reception, Traditional Sault Tribe Health and Human Chippewa Storage (906) 341-5510 Medicine, Nursing, Telemedicine Services Building 732 W. Spruce St, Youth Education and Activities 1-800-KEWADIN Clinics, Health Education, Nutrition, 2864 Ashmun Street (906) 495-2800 Program - St. Ignace Immunization Clinics, Medication (906) 632-5200, (877) 256-0009 LaSalle Middle School (Facility not Manistique Tribal Community Pick-Up, Anishnaabek Community Laboratory, Medical, Medical Gitchi Auto, Home, and Recreation owned by Sault Tribe) Center and Family Services-Every Thursday Billing, Medical Records, Radiology, 2270 Shunk Rd, 860 Portage Street 5698W US Highway 2 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (906) 341-6993 Administration, Dental, Patient (906) 203-4491 (906) 643-7262 (906) 341-8469, (866) 401-0043 or (800) 347-7137 Registration, Optical, Pharmacy, Fax (906) 341-1321 Veterans Administration Services Behavioral Health, Community Storage Hessel Area Buildings Administration, Sault Tribe Law Health, Audiology, Traditional 199 Three Mile Road Hessel, MI 49745 Enforcement-For emergencies dial Marquette Tribal Community Medicine, Nutrition, Home Health 911, (906) 635-6065, (906) 341-8317 Health Center Aide, Diabetes Coordinator, Kincheloe Area Buildings Kewadin Hessel Board of Director’s Office, (Not owned by Sault Tribe) Occupation Health Nurses, Kincheloe, MI 49752 3395 3 Mile Road Membership Liaison (906) 341- 1229 West Washington Street Suite 1 Purchased Referred Care 632-5220 (906) 484-2903 8469, Veterans Administration (906) 225-1616 or (800) 922-0582 ACFS Kincheloe Office - Child 1-800-KEWADIN Services, Elder Meals (906) 341- Fax (906) 225-1633 Placement 9564, Community Gathering Spaces Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Niigaanagiizhik Building 60 Kincheloe, (906) 495-1232 Hessel Community Tribal Center Maintenance, Health and Human (Closed for lunch) 11 Ice Circle, 3355 N 3 Mile Road Service Programs- Main Reception/ Membership Liaison (906) 450-7011 (906) 632-0239 Sault Tribe Housing Authority (906) 484-2727 Patient Registration, Medical, Community Health Program 154 Parkside Drive Community Health, Elder Meals, Traditional Medicine, Nursing, Services- Main Reception, Mary Murray Building/Bonnie Kincheloe, MI 49788 Veterans Services Officer, ACFS: Medical Records, Medical Referrals, Traditional Medicine, Nursing, McKerchie Building (906) 495-1450, (906) 495-5598 every other Thursday beginning Pharmacy, Dental, Optical, Health Education, Nutrition, 2218 Shunk Rd. (800) 794-4072 with the first Thursday of the month. Audiology, Community Health, Immunizations, Medication Pick-Up Child Care Center (906) 632-5258, Administrative Office, Public Works Hours vary, (906) 643-8689 Nutrition, Health Education and Anishnnabek Community and ACFS (906) 632-5250 or (800) 726- Home Improvement/Weatherization Youth Education and Activities Behavioral Health, Anishnaabek Family Services-second Monday of 0093 Program, Sanitation Program, Program, (906) 484-2298 Community and Family Services month 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (906) 387- Rental Programs, Home Ownership (906) 341-6993 or (800) 347-7137 4721 Northern Hospitality Programs , Resident Services Wequayoc Cemetery /Vacant Bldg. Veterans Administration Services 827 Ashmun Street Maintenance (855) 205-2840 2354 E M-134 Housing Authority: Escanaba, (See unabridged “Facilities (906) 635-4800 (906) 484-2727 Newberry, Manistique, Wetmore, Listing” at saulttribe.com under “Their Home of Hope” Marquette About Us. List provided by the Sault Mary Murray Culture Camp (906) 635-6075 Newberry Area Buildings 1176 North Chitoma Drive Tribe Communications Department. 266 Homestead Road Newberry, MI 49868 (906) 341-5145 To correct or update location infor- (906) 635-5604 DeMawating Development (888) 353-9502 mation, please call (906) 632-6398 42 Woodlake Newberry Tribal Community Maintenance-Eastern and Western or e-mail your request to slucas@ Powwow Grounds (906) 495-2800 Health Center End, (855) 205-2840 saulttribe.net)