WMU continued their affirmation of Indigenous sovereignty and the Native experience through two years of meaningful planning and development of the course with Tribal leaders. The Spring 2022 course, titled “Tribal Governance: Sovereignty through Self-Determination,” was proposed by the Tribes following WMU’s 2019 Land Acknowledgement Statement recognizing the lands on which the campus is located as historically occupied by Ojibwe, Odawa, and Bodéwadmi Nations. “This course is a testament of building collective knowledge and learning like we have done since time immemorial.” “The course will serve not only as an introduction to Tribal governance, but will also allow people to start looking intimately at different aspects within Tribal governance and how they link to federal recognition and nation rebuilding,” said Pokagon Tribal Council Secretary and Course Instructor Sam Morseau. The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians are proud to collectively announce a new pathway for Tribal Members and partners to develop skills in Tribal Administration with the addition of a Tribally-endorsed course to Western Michigan University’s MPA program. Western Michigan University to Offer Grad-Level Course on Tribal Governance
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