MMIP day highlights missing, murdered GTB members

  • People are pictured gathered around the drum circle at the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians’ third annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) Day of Awareness event last Friday in Traverse City. Enterprise photos by Meakalia Previch-Liu
    People are pictured gathered around the drum circle at the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians’ third annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) Day of Awareness event last Friday in Traverse City. Enterprise photos by Meakalia Previch-Liu
  • Misheka Floyd (center), brother of Augustine “Auggie” Floyd, a GTB member and Leelanau County resident who has been missing since the fall of 2007, spoke at the MMIP event Friday to talk about his experience dealing with his family’s loss.
    Misheka Floyd (center), brother of Augustine “Auggie” Floyd, a GTB member and Leelanau County resident who has been missing since the fall of 2007, spoke at the MMIP event Friday to talk about his experience dealing with his family’s loss.
Dozens gathered at Cross Creek Friday afternoon to attend the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (GTB) 3rd annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) Day of Awareness.May 5 is national day of awareness for MMIP and serves as an opportunity to not only educate others, but to honor the lives that have been lost and to address the violence against indigenous communities.GTB…

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