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- Subject is exactly "Grand Rapids (Mich.)"
Ida's wedding: wedding party
Black and white photograph of a wedding party of 19 people at the wedding of Ida Merrill and Kenneth Hewitt. The group is standing in front of a house.
Up Grand River from substation
Black and white photograph of Robert and Lena Merrill standing in front of the Grand River with a bridge and buildings in the background.
Baby Robert Hubbard, Grand Rapids
Black and white photograph of baby Robert Hubbard in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Water damage is visible on the image, which was scanned from the negative.
East from Phoenix Grand Rapids
Black and white photograph of the Grand Rapids, Michigan cityscape, looking east from Phoenix.
River Walls Grand Rapids looking north
Black and white photograph of river walls in Grand Rapids, Michigan, looking north. A bridge and city skyline are visible in the background.
Christine Marcus Stone interview (video and transcript)
Christine Marcus Stone is a painter of Navajo, Scottish, and English descent, who was born in Tuscon, Arizona and moved to Michigan at a young age. In her interview, she disucsses her arts education, her personal and family history, and the Grand…
Hunter Genia interview (video and transcript)
Hunter Genia is a member of the Saginaw Swan Creek Black River Band of Chippewa. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and holds degrees in criminal justice and social work. In this interview, he discusses his family history, the Grand Rapids Native…
Wag Wheeler interview (audio and transcript)
James Wagner "Wag" Wheeler was born in eastern Oklahoma to Cherokee parents in 1935. In his life in Salisaw, Oklahoma, Wheeler worked as an accountant and administrator until becoming the Executive Director of Oklahoma Indian Opportunity. After the…
Leroy Hall and Jason Quigno interview (audio and transcript)
Leroy Hall is a member of the Saginaw Chippewa tribe, who resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Leroy grew up in a number of Michigan communities, including Merritt, Mount Pleasant, and Grand Rapids. He attended college at Bay de Noc Community Collee…
June Mamagona Fletcher interview (audio and transcript)
June Mamagona Fletcher is a member of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (Gun Lake). She was born in Detroit, Michigan and has lived in Dorr and Grand Rapids, Michigan. She holds an MBA from Grand Valley State Unviersity as…
Jeffrey Chivis interview (audio and transcript)
Jeffrey Chivis is a member of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, and is originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Chivis graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Grand Valley State University (GVSU), and obtained his master’s…