October 30, 2023
Dear WRPC Member and Friends of the Menominee River,
In June 2023 the National Park Service added Anaem Omot (“The Dog’s Belly”), a Menominee Nation cultural landscape along the Menominee River near Stephenson Michigan, to the National Register of Historic Places. Tribal Historic Preservation Director David Grignon said the listing “has been a long time in coming, but now our sacred sites, mounds and historic sites on the Menominee River at Sixty Islands are recognized.” Menominee tribal chairperson Gena Kakkak added, “Our ancestors can now rest better in their places of burial. Our original spiritual and ceremonial grounds are recognized, and our children can continue to learn and find their heritage in our places of origin.”