Eligibility: Sault Tribe member and one non-member; non-members must sign up with the Sault Tribe member. For ages 60 and above.

This six-week class begins Friday, Nov. 8 and ends Friday, Dec. 20. It runs from 1 - 1:50 p.m.

Location: The St. Ignace Elder Care Center at 3017 Mackinac Trail.

Registration: Sign up at the St. Ignace Elder Center or call Krista at: 906‑203‑6788. The deadline to register is Nov. 8.

Wear loose comfortable clothing and athletic style shoes. Maximum class size is 12.

Brought to you by Sault Tribe Community Health educators and exercise physiologists.

Supported by the Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country with funding from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.

St. Ignace Elder Center Class 2024 Flyer

Units 1, 2 and 3 Christmas Luncheon
Tuesday, Dec. 10, 11:30 a.m.
Kewadin Casino Sault Ballroom
RSVP no later than Nov. 25 by calling Elder Services at 906‑635‑4971.

Unit 4 – Manistique Elders Christmas Dinner
Thursday, Dec. 5, 5 p.m.
Manistique Tribal Center. RSVP no later than Nov. 21 at the tribal center, or call Jenna at 906‑259‑3244.

Unit 4 – Escanaba Elders Christmas Dinner
Wednesday, Dec. 4, 5 p.m.
Island Resort and Casino, Harris, Mich. RSVP no later than Nov. 13 by calling Elder Services at 906‑635‑4971.

Unit 5 – Munising Thanksgiving Luncheon
Thursday, Nov. 21, 12 p.m.
Munising Tribal Center. RSVP no later than Nov. 14 by calling Janae at 906‑420‑1710.

Unit 4/5 – Marquette Thanksgiving Dinner
Thursday, Nov. 21, 6 p.m., Holiday Inn of Marquette
RSVP no later than Nov. 15 by calling Kevin, 906‑235‑0959, or Marquette Tribal Center, 906‑225‑1616.

Tickets on sale now

HYPROV (pronounced hip-rawv), the hit show that has sold out venues across Canada, America and the United Kingdom, is returning with the "Yes, It’s Real” Tour, including a stop at Kewadin Casino Sault Ste Marie on Nov. 23.

Stunning audiences throughout North America and Europe and making them ask “Is this real?” the duo is set to prove it with their latest tour. The live show, which has been called “hilarious and fascinating" by Time Out New York, combines hypnosis and improv for a one-of-a-kind comedy experience.

"We are so excited to launch this new tour and return to some of our favourite cities and visit some new ones," Asad Mecci said. "It’s been an incredible journey.” “And we just want to remind everyone, YES! It’s real,” exclaims Colin Mochrie.

HYPROV has been acclaimed by prestigious publications, with The New York Times declaring, “The audience erupted in laughter. It killed” The Wall Street Journal praised it as "catnip for those who relish spontaneity and informality," and The New Yorker advised, "Say yes to HYPROV."

The 90-minute show combines hypnosis and improv—two art forms that have mystified and entertained fans, skeptics and everyone in between. The evening begins with Mecci welcoming 20 volunteers on stage to be hypnotized. The most receptive to hypnosis then join Mochrie to improvise the rest of the show, while hypnotized. In the hands of two experts and solely crafted from the volunteers’ and audiences uninhibited, unconscious minds, each show is an entirely original and completely unforgettable theatrical experience.

HYPROV was created in 2016 at Toronto’s Second City. After working it out on stage, they took the show on the road to Just for Laughs London, Just for Laughs Montreal and the Edinburgh Fringe where it was received with rave reviews in 2016 and 2017. The duo set out on a 100-city tour from 2019-2023, performed 12 weeks Off Broadway in NYC and six months at Harrah’s Las Vegas, and a 16 show residency at the CAA Theatre in Toronto.

Tickets are available now at hyprov.com, tickets.kewadin.com or at the Box Office.

Patrick M. Shannon, JD, EdD, MPH, was recently welcomed by the Sault Tribe’s Chippewa Tribal Court as its new chief judge.

He began working with Michigan tribal communities in August 1980 on the landmark fishing case U.S. v. Michigan, which resulted in the official recognition of tribes’ inherent ability to regulate themselves and have their own courts.

“Wade Teeple called me from the Bay Mills Tribal Community and wanted to know if I would be their prosecutor because they were in the midst of litigation with the state and others, and I was running for the county prosecutor at the time, and I thought yeah, ok.”

He was elected county prosecutor of Michigan’s Chippewa County for five terms while also working as a prosecutor for different tribal courts. “I was elected county prosecutor and was a tribal prosecutor and testified in one hearing in U.S. v. Michigan in front of federal Judge Noel Fox. That’s how it started. It was about sovereignty and the ability to self-regulate,” he said.

On May 7, 1979, Judge Fox affirmed the treaty-guaranteed fishing rights of three Michigan tribes: Sault Tribe, Bay Mills Indian Community and Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Shannon said, “We are unique here in this county – why do they call it Chippewa? You have the feds, the Canadian authorities, tribal, state, and county—there isn’t another jurisdiction like this where you have this overlap. A lot of the things that were developed statewide were developed here.”

Shannon served as a judge for the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan from 1999 until 2022. He holds his Juris Doctorate from the University of Detroit School of Law, bachelors in business and a doctorate in education from Central Michigan University, and master in public health from the University of Michigan.

Shannon also served as a special assistant United States attorney and was elected as the president of the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan in 1992. Currently, Shannon serves as a board member of the Michigan Association of Treatment Court Professionals and is the former chair of the Mackinac Straits Health System and a former member of the American Hospital Association Governance Committee.

He and his wife Mary Anne Shannon RN, MSN, Ph.D. reside in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. They have two grown sons, Thomas and James. After retiring in 2022 and returning home to the Sault, Shannon said he realized he missed his friends and colleagues.

“We had an apartment in Mt. Pleasant and I was sitting on the couch watching Drew Barrymore and I’m asking myself, what’s happening to me! I’m taking advice from Drew Barrymore!”

Shortly after that, he received a call from Judge Allie Maldonado saying they needed a prosecutor in Petoskey. “I was their first prosecutor in 1994 and the first prosecutor for the Grand Traverse Band. So, I accepted that job and was there almost three years and just left there to come here,” he said. “My family said it was time to come home.”

The Sault Tribe Board of Directors’ Workshop Agenda for Oct. 29, 2024, is the following:
Closed Morning Session: Budgets, Compensation Studies—Soaring Bird Casinos/EDC.
Afternoon Session: 1 p.m., Compensation Study - Governmental (Closed); 2:30 p.m., IT Steering Committee Proposed Revisions; 3:30 p.m., Enhanced Tribal Cards Workgroup; 4 p.m., HVAC Project; 4:14 p.m., and Sault Tribe Rx Kids.

To attend the scheduled workshop, except for closed session or items, go to https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84149623333. Those who have already registered to Zoom Board of Directors meetings need not register for workshops.

Workshop agenda

The following Sault Tribe Committees have vacant seats. Sault Tribe members interested in filling these vacancies should submit one letter of intent and three letters of recommendation (forms available online or contact Lona/Ashlee) from other members to Lona Stewart at 523 Ashmun Street, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783, or call 906‑635‑6050 with any questions.

Anishinaabe Cultural Committee - Four vacancies - two males (4-year term), two females (4-year term)
Child Welfare Committee - Two vacancies (4-year term); One vacancy - term expires November 2026; One vacancy - term expires January 2027
Special Needs/Enrollment Committee - (2-year term)
Unit I - One vacancy
Unit II - Two vacancies
Unit III - Two vacancies
Unit IV - One vacancy
Elder Advisory Committee
Unit I - Sault - One alternate vacancy (4-year term)
Unit II - Newberry - One regular vacancy, one alternate vacancy (4-year term)
Unit II - Naubinway - One regular vacancy (4-year term)
Unit III - St. Ignace - One regular vacancy, two alternate vacancies (4-year term)
Unit V - Marquette - One alternate vacancy (4-year term)
Elder Subcommittees
Unit I - Sault - One alternate vacancy - term expiring November 2026
Unit II - Naubinway - Two regular vacancies - both terms expiring May 2027
Unit III - St. Ignace - One regular vacancy - term expiring April 2027
Unit IV - Manistique - One regular vacancy - term expiring November 2026
Unit IV - Escanaba - One regular vacancy (4-year term), one regular vacancy - term expiring May 2026, one alternate vacancy (4-year term)
Unit V - Munising - Two alternate vacancies (4-year term)
Unit V - Marquette - Two alternate vacancies - one 4-year term, one term expiring December 2027
Food Sovereignty Committee - One vacancy - term expiring February 2025
Sault Tribe Election Commission - One vacancy - term expiring January 2026