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M. Mascouten. Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan. Menominee. Meskwaki. Michigan Heritage Park. Mitchigamea.
In the early 21st century, the tribe opened a new Elders' Center. The tribe operates the Saginaw Chippewa Academy (an elementary school). They also have Native American advocates and tutors who work with students in the local public schools. In 1993, the tribe elected their first female Tribal Chief, Gail George, who served until 1995. [3] In ...
Language. Bodwéwadmimwen. (Neshnabémwen) The Potawatomi / pɒtəˈwɒtəmi /, [1][2] also spelled Pottawatomi and Pottawatomie (among many variations), are a Native American people of the Great Plains, upper Mississippi River, and western Great Lakes region. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language, a member of the Algonquian family.
The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (pronounced "Soo Saint Marie", Ojibwe: Baawiting Anishinaabeg), commonly shortened to Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians or the more colloquial Soo Tribe, is a federally recognized Native American tribe in what is now known as Michigan 's Upper Peninsula. The tribal headquarters is located within ...
The primary Native American languages in Michigan are Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi, all of which are dialects of Algonquin. Some other places names in Michigan are found to be derived from Sauk, Oneida, Wyandot, Abenaki, Shawnee, Mohawk, Seneca, Seminole, Iroquois, and Delaware, although many of these tribes are not found in Michigan.
Isabella Indian Reservation. The Isabella Indian Reservation is the primary land base of the federally recognized Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation, located in Isabella County in the central part of the U.S. state of Michigan. The tribe also has some small parcels of off-reservation trust land in Standish Township, Arenac County, near Saginaw Bay ...
Michigan: The name of Saginaw is believed to mean "where the Sauk were" in Ojibwe; and the Saginaw Trail is said to follow an ancient Native American trail. [14] US Route 12 in Michigan is said to follow the Sauk Native American trail. [15] Minnesota: City of Sauk Centre, Le Sauk and Little Sauk townships, Lake Osakis, Sauk River, Sauk Rapids.
The Hannahville Indian Community is a federally recognized Potawatomi tribe residing in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, approximately 15 miles (24 km) west of Escanaba on a 8.5755-square-mile (22.210 km 2) reservation. The reservation, at 45°46′59″N 87°25′23″W, lies mostly in Harris Township in eastern Menominee County, but small parts ...