United Tribes of Michigan Executive Director to be Keynote at Great Lakes Week

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Protection and Restoration

Native Brief: DETROIT - Frank Ettawageshik, Executive Director, United Tribes of Michigan, is scheduled to give a keynote presentation at the opening of the Great Lakes Week at Wayne State University in Detroit at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, October 12.

The US Environmental Protection Agency and Great Lakes Week Sponsors organized a week of activities focused on highlighting Great Lakes protection and restoration, identifying emerging issues, and charting a path forward for further progress. Gathering the annual meetings and conferences of various organizations in one place, makes this one of the most wide-ranging Great Lakes summits in history.

The week's activities will bring representatives of the United States and Canadian governments together with a broad coalition of public and private groups to highlight efforts to implement solutions for the Great Lakes' most pressing problems.

Ettawageshik previously served as the tribal chairman of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of the Odawa Indians and a strong advocate for environmental concerns of the Great Lakes.

Former Vice President Al Gore will develop the keynote address on Wednesday. For a complete list of Great Lakes activities, go to: glri.us »

Detroit Public Television will broadcast the week's events live at www.greatlakesnow.org »

updated 3:30 pm edt; posted October 10, 2011 6:00 am edt