Indigenous Peoples of Michigan

The name Michigan come fro a Chippewan Indian word "Michigana" meaning "great or large lake"

Tribes and Bands of Michigan
The following list of tribes is compiled from:

Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. '' Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institutuion, Bureau of Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907.

Swanton, John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnology, Bulletin #145

Chippewa, Croix Band of Chippewa, Delaware, East Saginaw, Foxes, Huron, Kickapoo, Menominee, Miami, Neutrals, Noquet, Ottawa, Potawatomi, Sauk, Winnebago, Wyandot

Bands: Saginaw - Chippewa, Keweenaw Bay, L'Anse, Ontonagon, Lac Vieux Desert, Lax Vieux, Deseret Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa

Indian Reservations
Bay Mills Reservation

Chippewa Reservation

Grand Traverse Reservation

Hannahville Community

Isabella (Saginaw) Reservation

L'Anse (Keweenaw Bay) Reservation

Michigan Reservation 1837-1848

Ontonagon Reservation 1854

Sault Ste. Marie Reservation

Indian Agencies
Michigan Agency

See Also

Michigan History -- for a calendar giving important dates pertaining to Indians

Michigan Military -- for a list of forts