Member’s Only Event: Meet & Greet Reception Eric Hemenway

River Raisin National Battlefield Park Foundation Member’s Only Event October 18, 2023 at 6:00PM

Foundation members are invited to a Meet & Greet Members Reception on October 18, 2023 with Eric Hemenway, Director of Repatriation, Archives and Records of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of the Odawa Indian, will provide a program on The System of Civilization: The creation and impacts of the Indian Boarding Schools. Eric is a featured speaker in the “Untold Legacy of the War of 1812” film shown in the Visitor Center. Light refreshments will be served at the reception prior to the program.

Eric Hemenway is an Anishnaabe/Odawa from Cross Village, Michigan. He is the Director of Repatriation, Archives and Records for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indian, a federally recognized tribe in northern Michigan. Eric works to collect and preserve historical information for LTBB Odawa.  Eric has worked on numerous repatriations of native, human remains under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). He is a former member of the NAGPRA Review Committee and currently sits on boards for the Michigan Historical Commission, Michigan Historical Society, Michigan Humanities Council and Little Traverse Conservancy.