Members of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Odawa Indians of Michigan ousted their incumbent chairman and vice chairman on Monday.
Ken Harrington, 51, and Dexter McNamara, 63, defeated chairman Frank Ettawageshik and vice chairman Bill Denemy. Ettawageshik had served as chairman for 14 years.
“The new generation is coming in — we’re the younger people,” Harrington told The Petoskey News-Review “The ‘good old boy’ system is going to change — I think it’s good.”
Tribal members also filled five council seats.
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(The Petoskey News-Review 7/1)
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