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In 1855, the Ottawa signed another treaty with the U.S. government at which time reserves were created in [[Leelanau County, Michigan Genealogy|Leelanau]] and [[Antrim County, Michigan Genealogy|Antrim]] Counties. The Bureau of Indian Affairs considered the tribe "terminated" with the signing of that treaty and they were not considered an official tribe from 1855 to 1980. After several petitions for recognition over nearly 50 years, the Bureau of Indian Affairs again officially recognized the tribe in 1980.<ref>"History of the Ottawa Tribe", Grand Traverse Band website http://www.gtbindians.org/.</ref> Other groups of Ottawa were re-recognized in 1994.<br>  
In 1855, the Ottawa signed another treaty with the U.S. government at which time reserves were created in [[Leelanau County, Michigan Genealogy|Leelanau]] and [[Antrim County, Michigan Genealogy|Antrim]] Counties. The Bureau of Indian Affairs considered the tribe "terminated" with the signing of that treaty and they were not considered an official tribe from 1855 to 1980. After several petitions for recognition over nearly 50 years, the Bureau of Indian Affairs again officially recognized the tribe in 1980.<ref>"History of the Ottawa Tribe", Grand Traverse Band website http://www.gtbindians.org/.</ref> Other groups of Ottawa were re-recognized in 1994.<br>  


Another group of Ottawa Indians lived in northwestern [[Indians of Ohio|Ohio]] and participated in the [[Beginning US War of 1812 Research|War of 1812]] under the leadership of Pontiac, who was a well-known chief of the tribe. They were a party to the Treaty of Greenville, signed on August 3, 1795 in Indiana.<ref>The Treaty of Greenville, as it appears in The Laws of the United States, printed by Richard Folwell, Philadelphia, 1796,  http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/greenville/.</ref> Some members of this part of the Ottawa Nation were removed to [[Indians of Kansas|Kansas]] and later to Oklahoma.<ref>"Ottawa Indians", Ohio History Central, https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Ottawa_Indians, accessed 12 March 2023.</ref>
Another group of Ottawa Indians lived in northwestern [[Indians of Ohio|Ohio]] and participated in the [[Beginning US War of 1812 Research|War of 1812]] under the leadership of Pontiac, who was a well-known chief of the tribe. They were a party to the Treaty of Greenville, signed on August 3, 1795 in Indiana.<ref>The Treaty of Greenville, as it appears in The Laws of the United States, printed by Richard Folwell, Philadelphia, 1796,  http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/greenville/.</ref> Some members of this part of the Ottawa Nation were removed to [[Indians of Kansas|Kansas]] and later to Oklahoma.<ref>"Our History", Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma, https://www.ottawatribe.gov/history, accessed 17 May 2025.</ref>


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