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=== Tribes and Bands of Michigan  ===
=== Tribes and Bands of Michigan  ===
The name Michigan comes from a Chippewan Indian word "Michigana" meaning "great or large lake"  
The name Michigan comes from a Chippewan word "Michigana" meaning "great or large lake"  
The following list of tribes and bands of American Indians who have lived in Michigan has been compiled from Hodge's ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico...<ref>Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico.'' Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. [https://archive.org/details/handbookamindians02hodgrich Available online.]</ref>'' and Swanton's ''Indian Tribes of North America''<ref>Swanton, John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America.'' Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology, Bulletin #145 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/michigan/index.htm Available online.].</ref>.  
The following list of tribes and bands of American Indians who have lived in Michigan has been compiled from Hodge's ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico...<ref>Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico.'' Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. [https://archive.org/details/handbookamindians02hodgrich Available online.]</ref>'' and Swanton's ''Indian Tribes of North America''<ref>Swanton, John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America.'' Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology, Bulletin #145 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/michigan/index.htm Available online.].</ref>.  


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==== Tribes Recognized by the State of Michigan  ====
==== Tribes Recognized by the State of Michigan  ====


Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians, Gun Lake Village Band of Grand Lake Ottawa Indians, (Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians United Nations of Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi), Swan Creek Black River Confederated Ojibwa Tribe, and Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan,  
Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians, Gun Lake Village Band of Grand Lake Ottawa Indians, (Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians United Nations of Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi), Swan Creek Black River Confederated Ojibwa Tribe, and Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan,  


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=== Indian Schools  ===
=== Indian Schools  ===


The Office of Indian Affairs (now the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|Bureau of Indian Affairs]]) established a network of schools throughout the United States, beginning with Carlisle Indian School, established in 1879. Some of these schools were day schools, usually focusing on Indian children of a single tribe or reservation. Some were boarding schools which served Indian children from a number of tribes and reservations.  
The Office of Indian Affairs (now the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|Bureau of Indian Affairs]]) established a network of schools throughout the United States, beginning with Carlisle Indian School, established in 1879. Some of these schools were day schools, usually focusing on children of a single tribe or reservation. Some were boarding schools that served Native American children from a number of tribes and reservations.  


In addition, other groups such as various church denominations established schools specifically focusing on American Indian children. ([[American Indian School Records|read more...]])  
In addition, other groups such as various church denominations established schools specifically focusing on American Indian children. ([[American Indian School Records|read more...]])  
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