Odawa Stories of the Water - History Talk

Join the Harbor Springs Area Historical Society for an educational evening with local tribal community members Mae Wright, Emily Proctor and Jacob Keshick. All three will share stories and traditions related to water.

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Mae Wright - Mae is a member of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians. She grew up in the northern parts of Michigan and now lives in Harbor Springs where she works for her sovereign nation’s government as their Tribal Historic Preservation Officer and NAGPRA Representative. This role holds many responsibilities including caring for ancestral burials and preserving cultural resources for future generations through collaborative work and education.

Emily Proctor - Emily, MSW, BASW, earned her degrees from Michigan State University - School of Social Work. She is a citizen of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (LTBB) Harbor Springs, Michigan, and serves as a Tribal Extension Educator, Community, Food & Environment Institute for Michigan Tribal Nations, Tribal Communities, schools, community partners and various level government with her home office located in LTBB's homelands, Emmet County, Michigan State University Extension. 

Jacob Keshick - Jacob is an Anishinaabe artist and enrolled member of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians. He is a master of traditional birch bark and porcupine quill work, carrying on a generational cultural practice that he learned from his mother, National Heritage Fellow Yvonne Walker Keshick.