Name: Frank Ettawageshik wins reelection as Little Traverse Bay Bands chair, August 2005
Start: 2005-08
End: 2005-08
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2005-08
Kind: Election
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: governancegovernanceanishinaabe-odawacommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

In a mid-August 2005 election, former Beaver Island guest pottery instructor and Museum Week speaker Frank Ettawageshik won reelection as chairman of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians by a reported 753–344 vote, with a four-year term.

Evidence limits

The newspaper identifies Ettawageshik’s Island connections as context; it does not establish institutional participation by the bands in Beaver Island programs.

Sources

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Sources

Beaver Beacon, September 2005, "Former Island Potter Reelected."
Reports Frank Ettawageshik's reelection as chairman of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, with a 753-to-344 vote and a four-year term. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, September 2005, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the election report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Frank Ettawageshik wins reelection as Little Traverse Bay Bands chair, August 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-frank-ettawageshik-reelected-ltbb-chair-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2005, "Former Island Potter Reelected." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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