HANNAHVILLE · DELTA & MENOMINEE COUNTIES, MICHIGAN
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- Editions and Prices: A System Built by Tribal Members, Coming November 4
Paperback $14.99, hardcover $24.99, ebook $6.99. My memoir of nearly 40 years inside tribal government and Indian Gaming goes on sale November 4. Read the opening pages free now. - Foundational Story: The Housing Program
How a part-time job in a trailer with no running water turned into a $1.5 million housing program and the tribe’s first trust fund. - Foundational Story: Internal Controls and the Dice Game
A craps table that lost money three months straight, one daily chip report, and how protecting the drop built the deposits that fund tribal operations. - Foundational Story: Paying the Grandmothers
A $32,000 childcare grant written at the library, paid to the grandmothers who watched casino workers’ kids, and how it became the childcare center at the school. - Entrepreneur Grant Watch: October 26, 2026
This week the SBA added Michigan to an expanded HUBZone map for federal contracting and opened low-interest disaster loans for wildfire-hit businesses in eastern Washington and north Idaho. - Your Ballot for November 3: What Hannahville Voters Should Know
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Here’s what’s on the ballot, key voting dates, and how to see your exact ballot.
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