Tribal Court

Tribal Court Mission

The Mission of the Gun Lake Tribal Court is to provide a justice system based on integrity, fairness and tradition while preserving Tribal Sovereignty.

About the Gun Lake Tribal Court

The judicial power of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (Gun Lake Tribe) is vested in the Gun Lake Tribal Judiciary, which is composed of the Gun Lake Tribal Court and the Gun Lake Supreme Court. The judicial power of the Gun Lake Tribal Judiciary extends to all cases arising under the Gun Lake Tribe’s Constitution, ordinances, regulations or judicial decisions of the Gun Lake Tribe.

Tribal Court Staff

Amanda Sprague, Tribal Court Administrator

Michael Petoskey, Tribal Court Chief Judge

Callie Weick, Tribal Court Clerk II

Ryan TenBrink, Tribal Court Clerk I

Contact Gun Lake Tribal Court

(269) 397-1630

2873 Mno Bmadzewen Dr.

Shelbyville, MI 49344

2020 Tribal Court Holidays

New Year’s Day (January 1)
Memorial Day (May 25)
Chairman, D.K. Sprague, Day, Observed (June 29)
Independence Day, Observed (July 3)

Floating Holiday (July 6)
Tribal Recognition Day, Observed (Aug 24)

Labor Day (September 7)
Indigenous Peoples' Day (October 112)
Veteran’s Day (November 11)
Thanksgiving (November 26 & 27)
Christmas Eve & Day (December 24 & 25)