Native American History and Issues - Part 1

GM Baltimore plant manager William Buffalo Tiger spoke at a USA Melting Pot club Lunch and Learn at GM Powertrain Pontiac on Friday, January 30, 2015. Club President Weilou Gao gave a brief introduction of USA Melting Pot. Here are Weilou’s slides.

We had seen Bill Tiger’s post on the GM Fastlane blog regarding Native American issues and invited him to speak.

I knew him from the Northstar engine program, subject of my first GM Fastlane article when the Cadillac DTS went out of production at our Detroit-Hamtramck plant a few years ago. Bill had worked on Northstar engine manufacturing at our Livonia, Michigan plant, and I learned later about his Native background and Miccosukee tribal membership.

Here are the slides from Bill Tiger’s presentation to the USA Melting Pot club on January 30, 2015. Complete article about the meeting to follow soon.

Here is a more detailed bio for Nikki DuPuy, a Navajo software developer at GM’s Arizona IT Center near Phoenix. Recently recognized by GM’s Diversity network, her biography was published in the “Driven” publication last month.

Here is an internally published article about her, shared publicly for the first time on the USA Melting Pot website with permission.

Complete article about the meeting to follow soon.

Dale Murrish writes on history, travel, technology, religion and politics for the Troy Patch and USA Melting Pot club. You can help this non-profit club by making your Amazon purchases through the link on the left side of their website. You can also see over a dozen ethnic presentations from people with firsthand knowledge underCulture & Country (right hand side), and outdoor presentations (Hobby & Fun), including posts on bicycling, skiing and camping.

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