Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians

Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians
Regions with significant populations
United States (Michigan)
Languages
English, Ojibwe (Ottawa)
Religion
Midewiwin, Native American Church, Catholicism, Methodism, and Protestantism
Related ethnic groups
Other Ojibwe and Odawa, Potawatomi and other Algonquian peoples

The Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians is a non-profit organization for people who self-identify as being of Ojibwe and Odawa descent, based in the state of Michigan. The organization is headquartered in St. Ignace, Mackinac County and has around 4,000 members. Today most members live in Mackinac, Chippewa, Emmet, Cheboygan, and Presque Isle counties, however many members are also located throughout the state of Michigan and the United States. The organization is not recognized by the State of Michigan or by the US federal government.[1]

  1. ^ "Federal Funding for Non-Federally Recognized Tribes" (PDF). Government Accountability Office. Retrieved 2024-08-06.