Monday we’ll take a break from our consideration of urban planning for a special guest speaker — Frank Cloutier of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe’s public relations staff.
Topics he might address are the tribe’s status as a sovereign nation and what that means for reporters in regard to open meetings, freedom of information and other issues; as well as the tribe’s 2 percent revenue sharing payments, law enforcement by tribal police, and the history and culture of the tribe.
Cloutier has a bachelor’s in business administration and political science from Wayne State University. With the tribe he has held positions ranging from Gaming Commission chair to public relations director and manager. He was appointed by the governor to the Council of Economic Growth and Development, and is a member of the Mt. Pleasant Chamber of Commerce and executive member of the Anishinabec Language Revitalization Committee for the Tribe.

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