“It’s critically important to share the stories of Native Americans and their culture when we’re telling the history of Michigan,” says Dave Lorenz, vice president of Travel Michigan, who planned to attend a dedication in Manistee. The sculpture display, Origins Walk, features 20 statuesque silhouettes of the most influential people who made Manistee, along with five sculptural elements and corresponding colonnade with informational plaques that tell the community’s story about water, life, settlement, industry and sustainability. The northern Michigan city this week dedicates a series of sculptures that tell the story of Manistee from its roots, beginning with the Anishnaabek people of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians to the arrival of European settlers and beyond.
