A fraught and violent history for centuries disrupted Indigenous people’s lives in the Upper Midwest, barring them from traditional food gathering practices like spearfishing, hunting and harvesting wild rice.

NOVI, Mich. – Nursing home patients across Michigan are receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. READ: Michigan COVID-19 vaccinations: How to find appointments, info on phasesBaker is the first resident at Brookdale Nursing home in Novi to receive the vaccine. This is the second pandemic Baker has experienced. Spent six years in World War II,” Baker said. After serving in World War II, Baker went into the Navy for another 8 years until finally serving in the Coast Guard.