United States Attorneyâs Office Western and Eastern Districts of Michigan GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – Federal, State, Local and Tribal leaders jointly announced Michigan’s own Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons pilot project today. United States Attorneys Andrew Birge and Matthew Schneider were joined by Bryan Newland, President of the Bay Mills Indian Community, Dr. Aaron Payment, Tribal Chairperson of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Timothy Waters, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Division of the FBI, Col. Joe Gasper, Director of the Michigan State Pol...