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The focus is the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe in Michigan. The tribe holds trust land in Michigan’s Great Lakes agricultural corridor but lacks a physical marketplace for cultural enterprise. A standardized land lease template paired with technical assistance clinics would let tribal artisans launch market ventures without years of legal negotiation. This month, a…
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The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians is based near Manistee, Michigan. The tribe’s forested watershed and timber holdings could seed a captive insurance pool that guards against wildfire loss, preserving land assets and fiscal independence. One path forward would be to create a tribal‑run captive insurance entity—named the Heritage Corridor Risk Pool—that could underwrite…