Search this site
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
      • Central Registry Expungement
    • Health
    • Housing
      • Tribal Housing
    • Income
      • Public Benefits
      • Veterans Benefits
    • Individual Rights
      • Expungement of Criminal Records
      • Stopped by the Police?
      • Prisoner Resources
    • Federal Indian/Tribal - Misc
      • BIA Probate
      • Eagle Feathers
      • Indian Ancestry/Tribal Enrollment
      • General Welfare Exclusion Act
      • Indian Civil Rights Act
      • Indian Arts and Crafts
      • Jay Treaty
      • MMIP
      • Tribal Court Criminal
      • Tribal Court Jurisdiction
      • UN Declaration
    • Misc
      • Estate Planning
      • Drivers License Restoration
      • Immigration
      • Farmerworker
    • Going to Court
  • Other Resources
    • Tribes and Tribal Resources
    • MI Legal Aid Offices
    • NAILS Programs
      • NAILS Library
      • NAILS Photos
  • Contact Us
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
      • Central Registry Expungement
    • Health
    • Housing
      • Tribal Housing
    • Income
      • Public Benefits
      • Veterans Benefits
    • Individual Rights
      • Expungement of Criminal Records
      • Stopped by the Police?
      • Prisoner Resources
    • Federal Indian/Tribal - Misc
      • BIA Probate
      • Eagle Feathers
      • Indian Ancestry/Tribal Enrollment
      • General Welfare Exclusion Act
      • Indian Civil Rights Act
      • Indian Arts and Crafts
      • Jay Treaty
      • MMIP
      • Tribal Court Criminal
      • Tribal Court Jurisdiction
      • UN Declaration
    • Misc
      • Estate Planning
      • Drivers License Restoration
      • Immigration
      • Farmerworker
    • Going to Court
  • Other Resources
    • Tribes and Tribal Resources
    • MI Legal Aid Offices
    • NAILS Programs
      • NAILS Library
      • NAILS Photos
  • Contact Us
  • More
    • 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
        • Central Registry Expungement
      • Health
      • Housing
        • Tribal Housing
      • Income
        • Public Benefits
        • Veterans Benefits
      • Individual Rights
        • Expungement of Criminal Records
        • Stopped by the Police?
        • Prisoner Resources
      • Federal Indian/Tribal - Misc
        • BIA Probate
        • Eagle Feathers
        • Indian Ancestry/Tribal Enrollment
        • General Welfare Exclusion Act
        • Indian Civil Rights Act
        • Indian Arts and Crafts
        • Jay Treaty
        • MMIP
        • Tribal Court Criminal
        • Tribal Court Jurisdiction
        • UN Declaration
      • Misc
        • Estate Planning
        • Drivers License Restoration
        • Immigration
        • Farmerworker
      • Going to Court
    • Other Resources
      • Tribes and Tribal Resources
      • MI Legal Aid Offices
      • NAILS Programs
        • NAILS Library
        • NAILS Photos
    • Contact Us

Tribes in Michigan

photo of baby in bee jumper

The Federally Recognized Tribes in Michigan


Bay Mills Indian Community

Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians

Hannahville Indian Community

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community 

Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians

Little River Band of Ottawa Indians

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Ottawa Indians 

Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians  (Gun Lake)

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians 

Other Resources 

Map of Tribal Headquarters in Michigan 

Tribal Service Area Map

Michigan Indian Directory

American Indian Law Section, State Bar of Michigan

Native American Bar Association 

Turtle Talk Blog 

Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan 

United Tribes of Michigan

American Indian Health and Family Services 

Uniting Three Fires - Against Violence 

photo of tribal court room

Michigan Indian Legal Services, Inc.

814 S. Garfield Ave., Suite A, Traverse City, MI 49686  *  231-947-0122



This Web site is funded in whole or in part through a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Neither the U.S. Department of Justice nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse, this Web site (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided).

Report abuse
Page details
Page updated
Report abuse