GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A 6.4-acre park in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids was once the site of an Indigenous village.
Ah-Nab-Awen Park (pronounced ah-nob’-wen) translates to “resting place” in Ojibwe. It was named in 1979 by the Three Fires Council of Chippewa (Ojibwe), Ottawa (Odawa) and Potawatomi Indians (Bodewadomi).
The park at 220 Front Ave. NW along the Grand River, which began as a bicentennial project, now honors these three major West Michigan tribes…