- Fact 2 - Michigan - The Indians of
Michigan were the Huron, Menominee, Chippewa, Potawatomi,
Kickapoo, Miami, Noquet and Fox tribes
- Fact 3 - Names of Border States:
Illinois Indiana Minnesota (water border) Ohio Wisconsin
- Fact 4 - Origin of the name of the
state: Based on Chippewa Indian word "meicigama" meaning "great
water" and refers to the Great Lakes.
- Fact 5 - Features of the area: Low
rolling hills, level land
with swampy areas, the western region is higher and more rugged.
- Fact 6 - Huron, also called Wyandot,
are known in their native language of the Iroquoian family as
the Wendat. Their culture was substantially that of the area of
the Eastern woodlands. They lived in palisaded villages,
cultivated tobacco and were strong allies of the French. The
tribe were the mortal enemies of the Iroquois who eventually
fled to Quebec
- Fact 7 - The
Menominee tribe, also called the Menomini, lived in villages of
dome-shaped houses and collected wild plants including wild
rice. The Algonquian name for wild rice is manomin. They were a
war-like tribe and bitter enemies of the Algonquian tribes. Some
of the Menominee supported the British in the American
Revolution and the War of 1812, they were generally peaceful
toward the American settlers
- Fact 8 - The Chippewa people were
members of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior.
The people's name, is given as Ojibwe in Canada but as Chippewa
in the United States. The Chippewa waged extremely violent war
on their enemies - they were so feared that the French
considered the complete annihilation of this tribe.
- Fact 9 - The Potawatomi closely related to the
Ojibwa and Ottawa tribes and adopted a Woodlands culture living
in wigwams or longhouses. closely related to the Ojibwa and
Ottawa tribes and adopted a Woodlands culture living in wigwams
or longhouses. The Potawatomi supported Pontiac's Rebellion,
fought against the United States were friendly to the French and
aided them against the English
- Fact 10 - The Kickapoo adopted a Woodlands
culture living in wigwams or longhouses but also hunted buffalo
which they adopted from the neighboring tribes in the Plains
area. Their name is derived from the Algonquin word 'kiwegapawa'
meaning “he stands about” or “he moves about.”
- Fact 11 - The Miami tribe was
originally found in what is now Indiana, southwest Michigan, and
western Ohio. The name Miami derives from the Algonquian term
meaning "downstream people."
- Fact 12 - The Noquet a small,
obscure, Algonquian tribe whose name meant 'bear foot who lived
on the coast of Lake Michigan, but principally at Noquet Bay off
Green Bay. In 1761 they were said to dwell on islands at the
mouth of Green Bay, presumably the Noquet Islands. They
eventually merged with the Menominee.
- Fact 13 - The Fox tribe (Mesquaki) were a powerful
Algonquian tribe, also known as the Outagamies who spread
through southern Wisconsin, and the Iowa / Illinois border after
constant battles with the French-backed Huron tribe. They call
themselves Mesquakie, which means "Red Earth People". They lived
in grassland areas where they built lodges of bark which could
be carried with them during the winter buffalo hunts
- Fact 14 - History: 1819 - The
Treaty of Saginaw ceded nearly 6 million acres of Indian lands
to Michigan settlers.
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