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Lansing committee approves $1,000 for Anishinaabe Friendship Center powwow
Summary
The Committee of the Whole voted unanimously Sept. 22 to award $1,000 from the community fund to the Anishinaabe Friendship Center to support its free annual traditional powwow and encouraged council members to explore fee waivers or reimbursements for park rental costs.
The Lansing City Committee of the Whole voted unanimously Sept. 22 to award a $1,000 community fund donation to the Anishinaabe Friendship Center to support its annual traditional powwow.
The powwow is a free, public event that organizers say draws participants from across the upper Midwest and Canada and serves as a cultural gathering for the local Indigenous community. The council’s action amends an initial $500 community-funding request to $1,000 after a councilmember suggested increasing the award.
Organizers Samantha Vave and Asia Washington told the committee the powwow revives a long-standing community…
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