Services Offered

Speaking Presentations

Professional development, cultural competency and more.

Are you looking to add diversity to your professional development? Would you like your staff to understand and meeting the cultural needs of Indigenous peoples? Would you like your staff or classroom to be more culturally responsive? We provide a variety of educational presentations that we can cater for your needs. Available topics include but are not limited to: +Indigenous People’s 101 +Anishinaabe History and Culture +Anti-racist workshops +Implicit bias trainings

Tours: Walking Tours & Driving Tours

Join us for a cultural tour around Waganakising

(Little Traverse Bay).

Our walking and driving tours focus on the traditional lands of the Waganakising Odawa, the People of the Crooked Trees (Emmet and Charlevoix Counties). We explore the Serpent's Back, Nokomis and Mishomis Hills, Crooked Trees of old US 131, Chief Blackbird Trail, ThunderBird and Water Panther Washouts, and many more historical areas. Each location is rich with cultural meaning and explained from personal lived experiences. Please contact us or use the booking tool for availability.

Storytelling

For those interested in local Indigenous tales and folklore.

For those interested in local Indigenous takes and folklore, we provide enriching storytelling experiences that will fill you with wonder and appreciation for the Anishinaabek people. Have you always been interested in local Indigenous tales and folklore? Do you know why we call North America Turtle Island? Have you ever wondered why the possum has a bald tail? Why is a strawberry shaped like a heart? Let us come and share our rich traditions of oral storytelling. We have stories for every topic and occasion. We can come to you, you can come sit by our night time fire, or we can meet you at a local place of interest. Just like all of our other services, storytelling is provided by local Odawa.

Reclaiming Who We Are—No Barrier Tour

This service is for Anishinaabek only

Native North Tours and Storytelling is committed to provide any Anishinaabek who requests a tour of our community for free. We believe that no Waganakising should ever have to pay to learn about their people. By providing an in-person or digital tour, our goal is to guide those who want to reclaim who we are as Waganakising Anishinaabe on our ancestors’ lands.

Mitten Mommas

Creating Systems Change for Michigan's Parent Leaders

Are you really ready to make the change your organization needs to include authentic parent voice? We provide consultation, workshops, panels and more to help you work towards systems change. Our collective has been in advocating for the children in Michigan for over 20 years, in all areas. We have also designed and co-created a nation parent leadership program.