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Michigan Indian Legal Services
  • About MILS
    • Board of Trustees
    • Staff
    • Open Positions & Pro Bono
    • Newsletters
    • Policies & Procedures
    • Support Us
  • Client Services
    • Legal Areas
      • Indian Child Welfare- ICWA-MIFPA
      • Public Benefits
      • Tribal Housing
      • Estate Planning
      • Health Care
      • School & Education
      • Civil Defense
      • Expungement
      • Treaty & Statutes
      • Discrimination
      • Criminal Defense
      • Domestic Violence
      • Income Eligible Tribes and Non-Profits
    • Programs and Grants
      • Southwest Michigan Tribal Contracts
      • Medical Legal Partnership
    • Eligibility
    • FAQs
  • Self-Help and Education
    • Consumer Law
      • Identity Theft
    • Education & School Law
      • Michigan Indian Tuition Waiver
    • Employment Law
      • Tax Law
    • Family Law
      • Domestic Violence
    • Juveniles
      • Indian Child Welfare
    • Health
    • Housing
      • Security Deposits
    • Income
      • Public Benefits
      • Veterans Benefits
    • Individual Rights
      • Expungement of Criminal Records
      • Stopped by the Police?
    • Federal Indian/Tribal - Misc
      • Jay Treaty
    • Misc
      • Estate Planning
      • Drivers License Restoration
    • Going to Court
  • Other Resources
    • Tribes and tribal resources
    • MI Legal Aid Offices
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      • NAILS Library
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    • About MILS
      • Board of Trustees
      • Staff
      • Open Positions & Pro Bono
      • Newsletters
      • Policies & Procedures
      • Support Us
    • Client Services
      • Legal Areas
        • Indian Child Welfare- ICWA-MIFPA
        • Public Benefits
        • Tribal Housing
        • Estate Planning
        • Health Care
        • School & Education
        • Civil Defense
        • Expungement
        • Treaty & Statutes
        • Discrimination
        • Criminal Defense
        • Domestic Violence
        • Income Eligible Tribes and Non-Profits
      • Programs and Grants
        • Southwest Michigan Tribal Contracts
        • Medical Legal Partnership
      • Eligibility
      • FAQs
    • Self-Help and Education
      • Consumer Law
        • Identity Theft
      • Education & School Law
        • Michigan Indian Tuition Waiver
      • Employment Law
        • Tax Law
      • Family Law
        • Domestic Violence
      • Juveniles
        • Indian Child Welfare
      • Health
      • Housing
        • Security Deposits
      • Income
        • Public Benefits
        • Veterans Benefits
      • Individual Rights
        • Expungement of Criminal Records
        • Stopped by the Police?
      • Federal Indian/Tribal - Misc
        • Jay Treaty
      • Misc
        • Estate Planning
        • Drivers License Restoration
      • Going to Court
    • Other Resources
      • Tribes and tribal resources
      • MI Legal Aid Offices
      • NAILS Programs
        • NAILS Library
        • NAILS Photos
    • Contact Us

Newsletters

  • MILS Fall 2022 Newsletter

  • MILS Spring 2021 Newsletter

  • MILS Spring 2020 Newsletter

  • MILS Spring 2019 Newsletter

  • MILS Spring 2018 Newsletter

  • MILS Spring 2017 Newsletter

  • MILS Spring 2016 Newsletter

  • MILS Fall/Winter 2015 Newsletter

  • MILS Spring/Summer 2015 Newsletter

  • MILS Summer/Fall 2014 Newsletter

  • MILS Winter 2013 Newsletter

  • MILS Fall 2012 Newsletter

  • MILS Winter 2011/2012 Newsletter

  • MILS Spring/Summer 2010 Newsletter

  • MILS Fall 2009 Newsletter

  • MILS Spring 2009 Newsletter

  • MILS Fall/Winter 2008 Newsletter

  • MILS Spring 2008 Newsletter

  • MILS Winter 2000 Newsletter

  • MILS Fall 1993 Newsletter

MILS History in Pictures



(Thank you to Les Van Alstine!!!)


MILS Historical Documents


  • 1975 Governor's Commission on Indian Affairs Report (calling for the creation of MILS)

  • 1980 write up of MILS' early history



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