Director's Message

Boozhoo!

Serving as the Tribal Librarian for the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, it is my honor to manage the day to day operations of the three Tribal Libraries and do my best to ensure that we provide quality library services to the community.

The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe provides library services at three locations: the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Library, the Saginaw Chippewa Academy, and the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College. We also manage satellite collections, available to use on the honor system, at Andahwod Continuing Care Community, Nimkee Memorial Wellness Center, Elijah Elk Cultural Center for Living Culture and Traditions Seventh Generation Program, Soaring Eagle Hideaway RV Park, Behavioral Health, Anishinaabeg Child and Family Services, and the Saganing Tribal Center. We also administer the Little Free Library at Cardinal Pharmacy and a second Little Free Library at the Tribal Center in Saganing.

The Tribal Libraries are a partner of the Chippewa River District Library System and participate in the local shared catalog system. This means that resources from all CRDL and partner libraries are available to SCIT library cardholders.

The Tribal Libraries are a member of the Mideastern Michigan Library Cooperative, a resource-sharing group that provides our patrons with access to Overdrive ebooks and other services.

The Tribal Libraries are a member of the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services, a library membership group that provides group purchasing, training, and other services. This means that SCIT library cardholders can borrow items from libraries all over the state via MeLCat interlibrary loan.

The Tribal Libraries are part of the Tribal Education Department and as such are under the advisement of the Tribal Education Advisory Board and the governance of the Tribal Council.

Thank you for your time and we hope that you will be in touch whenever we can help!

Miigwetch,

Anne Heidemann, Tribal Librarian