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History of Michigan

Historical resources and archives about Michigan

Indigenous Land

Native Land Digital
A searchable map of Native territories, languages, and treaties in North America. Native Land Digital is a Canadian Indigenous-led not-for-profit organization.

Native American History - Selected Resources

History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan; a grammar of their language, and personal and family history of the author (Andrew J. Blackbird, 1887)

Archaeological Atlas of Michigan (Wilbert B. Hinsdale, 1931)
Special Collections F568 .H63 (oversize) and online.
Hinsdale was responsible for the first systematic attempts to identify, organize, and record Native American history of the state of Michigan. (UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology). See other works by Hinsdale.

The first people of Michigan (Wilbert B. Hinsdale, 1930)
Online

Indian Boarding Schools (Eric Hemenway, Michigania)

A brief overview of Indian boarding schools in Michigan by a member of the

Michigan Odawa History Project
Academic articles, legal materials, and other documents in conjunction with the Center’s ongoing project to collect materials related to the histories of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, and the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.

American Encounters: Native American History at the Clements Library
Online exhibits presenting collections from the Clements Library (University of Michigan)

Visiting Assistant Professor in Archives

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Emily Ruth Benoit