Fifty-seven participants, representing diverse Anishinaabe, additional tribal, and U-M perspectives, visited Matthaei for a day-long series of working meetings on August 29, 2016. The strengthened relationships, years in the making, are allowing us to plan collaborative projects at the intersections of stewardship, sustainability, and survival. As funding allows, look for updates on projects like Heritage Seeds, Anishinaabe-based interpretation of Michigan Native Plants, and more.
See below image for a list of individuals appearing in photo.
Participants at the Anishinaabe, Tribal & UM partners meeting at the
UM Matthaei Botanical Gardens, August 29, 2016
UM Matthaei Botanical Gardens, August 29, 2016
57 participants were present through the day-long meeting. 31 were present for the group photo. Left to right (regardless of row):
Dr. Ben Secunda UM NAGPRA Office
Dr. Stephanie Rowley, Professor UM School of Education and UM Office of Research
Kevin Finney Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomie Indians / Intertribal Food Summit (meeting co-chair)
Judy Nowack Associate Vice President for Research, UM, retired
Andy Sell UM SNRE graduate student
Elspeth Geiger UM LSA graduate student
Dr. David C. Michener, UM Matthaei-Nichols (meeting co-chair)
Anita Heard Research Center Coordinator, Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways– Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan
Debbie Taylor UM College of Engineering
Joe Reilly Cherokee, American Indian Health & Family Services
George Martin Head Veteran, Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomie Indians
Bob Grese Director, UM Matthaei-Nichols, Professor SNRE
Shannon Martin Executive Director, Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways– Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan
Sydney Martin NAGPRA Representative, Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomie Indians
Dr. James Penner-Hahn, Interim Director, UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
Dr. Phil Deloria Professor, UM-LSA American Culture: Native American Studies; History
Dr. Scott M. Herron Professor of Biology – Ferris State University, Visiting Professor – UM LSA- Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (formerly)
Dr. Sonya Atalay Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst (Anishinaabe-Ojibwe)
Kristy Phillips Citizen Potawatomie Nation
Dr. Kyle White Professor, Michigan State University,Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Dr. Lisa Young Lecturer and Research Associate, UM – LSA Anthropology
Mike Kost UM Matthaei-Nichols
Brad Kasberg UM SNRE
Dr. Robin Kimmerer Professor, SUNY-Syracuse; Citizen Pottawatomie Nation
Steward King Wasauksing First Nation (Ontario)
Barbara Wall Trent University Indigenous Studies PhD Candidate (Ontario), Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Carla May Dhillon UM SNRE graduate student,
Ron Yob, Lecturer, Acquinas College, Tribal Chairman – Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians
Dr. Nastassia Vlasova, Central Botanical Gardens – Minsk, Belarus; UM – Matthaei Nichols Visiting Scholar
Catriona Mortell-Windecker, UM Matthaei-Nichols
Dr. Maria Ferria-Pontes, Fulbright Scholar (previously Wayne State University)
