Native American Relations (Other Keyword)
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Thirty-five miles northeast of Charlevoix in Lake Michigan lies a pleasant archipelago, "The Beavers". They were considered an outlying part of old Michillimackinac by the early French and seem to have been a haven for canoe Indians of the past who have left their mark in the form of low mounds and numerous stone-age relics scattered about the islands to be plowed up by farmers or gardeners. Irish today, a Mormon colony yesterday, a Chippewa garden in the past and a refuge for stone-age people...
Historic Indians of the Thumb and Saginaw Areas (2014)
According to the accounts of the early French explorers and missioners the important Saginaw area and the adjacent Thumb were formerly inhabited by the Sauk and the related Fox tribes. Farther west in Michigan were the related Kickapoo and Mascoutin and the great Pottawatoni people whose name means Fire People. Southern Michigan was occupied by the Miami with the Wea branch of that tribe in the Detroit area. This resource goes on to give an overview of the historical Native American tribes...
Native American Tribalism: Indian Survivals and Renewals (1993)
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