Michigan tribes issue instructions on how to respond to ICE encounters

The leaders of two Native American tribes based in Michigan have taken steps to inform their citizens how to respond if ICE agents approach them.
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U.P. tribal members advised to carry proof of U.S. citizenship after ICE detains Native Americans

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – Members of at least one tribe in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are being urged to always carry proof of U.S. citizenship after ICE reportedly detained as least five Native Americans in Minnesota, according to reports. Native Americans are U.S. citizens under the Snyder Act, also known as the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.

Tribal leaders say ICE is detaining American Indians during immigration sweeps

ICE detained a Red Lake descendant, 20-year-old Jose Roberto Ramirez, after pulling him out of a car at the Robbinsdale Hy-Vee early Thursday. Roberto Ramirez was released after his mother, a Red Lake tribal member, provided his birth certificate.
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Tribal courts can't prosecute non-Native drug suspects. Tribes say it's a problem

As fentanyl addiction and overdose deaths ravage Native American communities, some tribal leaders want Native law enforcement to take drug enforcement more into their own hands. "We can't wait anymore," Jamie Azure, chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of ...
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Michigan tribal leader condemns ICE for ‘intimidation and racial profiling’

A second tribe in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is condemning recent ICE actions and encouraging members to carry their proof of U.S. citizenship. Austin Lowe, chair of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians,

Bureau of Indian Education Graduation Rates Increase as Agency Reforms Fold into Interior and Labor Departments

More students graduated in 2025 from schools in tribal communities that are operated under the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education, according to new federal data released Thursday. The announcement from the Department of the Interior that 79% of students in BIE schools graduated,
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