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Sault Tribe is a 44,000-strong federally recognized Indian tribe that is an economic, social and cultural force in its community across the eastern Upper Peninsula counties of Chippewa, Luce, Mackinac, Schoolcraft, Alger, Delta and Marquette.
Sault Tribe’s membership services help improve the quality of life for tribal members and their families. Numerous programs are implemented under each of the major divisions: Education, Housing, Natural Resources, Recreation, Anishnaabek Community and Family Services, Culture, Elder Services, Enrollment and Health.
The Sault Tribe has worked hard to become the largest employer and employer of choice in Michigan's Upper Peninsula by constantly striving to improve upon our success. It's our intention to recruit, hire, and retain the best possible individuals for our vacancies and foster a TEAM environment.
To be eligible for membership with the Sault Tribe, applicants must meet the criteria as outlined in the tribe’s membership ordinance. (Tribal Code Chapter 11 can be read at www.saulttribe.com/government/tribal-code .)
The roots of today’s Sault Tribe go back to the 1940s, when a group of Sugar Island residents gathered to talk about their common history. Discussions turned into action plans and meetings grew larger and more formal.
Based in Sault Ste. Marie on the St. Marys River between Lake Superior and Lake Huron, members of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians are descended from the Anishinaabeg people who have lived in the Great Lakes Basin for millennia, traveled from coast to coast in migrations and trading.
The Language & Culture Division works to provide meaningful programming that promotes Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin and our Anishinaabemowin language to tribal members and interested community members in order to protect and preserve the lifeways that were handed down to us by our Ancestors.
Tribal elders named the Sault Tribe’s newspaper, now in its 37th year, Win Awenen Nisitotung, which means “One Who Understands.” Its role is to inform and educate tribal members and the public about Sault Tribe and important local, state and national issues that could affect the tribe or its members.
The Education Division is dedicated to the concept that all students, from earliest childhood to adulthood, can learn and master basic educational skills. Students can succeed regardless of previous academic history, family background, socio-economic status, gender or ethnic identity.