cycle. They purse to get in touch with the spirits and get protection from evil. In their religion, everything in the universe has a soul, no matter animate or inanimate, and they all should be respected. Every child experienced a fasting period in a sacred place to seek a vision and spirit, which became the child's lifelong guardian. In their opinion, land and water should be shared for common use, not privately owned. They do not have the conception of the land ownership because of their religious views. In May 2021, the Kateri Tekakwitha church in Bay Mills, Michigan, was destroyed by a fire. It was the second time that the same church had been burned, which had been built in her honor. Law Legalization of Marijuana After Michigan legalized the recreational use and sale of marijuana, the Bay Mills Indian Community voted to approve the legalization as well. They officially adopted the ordinance allowing individuals to cultivate, possess, and use marijuana on April 8, 2019. The Bay Mills Indian Community became the first tribe in the State of Michigan to legalize the recreational use of marijuana on the reservation. And under the tribe's law, tribal members who have previous convictions in the tribal court for marijuana-based offenses can move to have those convictions vacated. References Michigan, Bureau of Employment and Training, and Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan. Bay Mills Indian Community Comprehensive Plan. The Bureau, 1977. Web. External links Bay Mills Indian Community Bay Mills News Constitution and Bylaws, Bay Mills Official Website, dead link EPA information (a portion of this article is based on this public domain information) Bay Mills Indian Community: Historical background, ITCMI "The Case for Land Claims Settlement:" Testimony before House Resources Committee, June 2004 Native Americans in Michigan Databases, Mainly Michigan website, includes "Durant Roll of 1908" and "Mt. Pleasant Indian School Register (1893 to 1932)" American Indian reservations in Michigan Anishinaabe communities in the United States Anishinaabe reservations and tribal-areas in the United States Chippewa County, Michigan Federally recognized tribes in the United States Native American tribes in Michigan Ojibwe in the United States