Walter Hinteler wrote:cjhsa wrote:c Geesh, it's even noticable way up here in Michigan - sometimes it looks like a Mayan revival. Where do all these 5'2" tall, dark skinned, dark haired people come from? Obviously not from here, this is the land of 6' tall blonde WOMEN.
Besides that I would look up the history of immigration to Michigan, cjhsa.
The Ottawa are generally considered to be an offshoot of the Ojibwe tribe, with whom they continue to maintain close and friendly relations. They lived on the northern shores of Lake Huron and were known as accomplished traders-- Ottawa means "traders," in fact. Like the Ojibwe, however, the Ottawa usually referred to themselves as Anishinaabe (plural: Anishinabek), meaning "original people." There are 15,000 Ottawas in Michigan, Ontario, and Oklahoma today.
History: The Ojibwe and Ottawa Indians are members of a longstanding alliance also including the Potawatomi tribe. Called the Council of Three Fires, this alliance was a powerful one which clashed with the mighty Iroquois Confederacy and the Sioux. The Ottawa were staunch allies of the French, and it was an Ottawa chief, Pontiac, who led a devastating Indian rebellion against the British after they took over the French colonies in 1763. This rebellion ultimately failed, however, and despite making peace, Pontiac was assassinated by an Illinois Indian the Ottawas suspected of being a British mercenary, sparking the near-destruction of the Illinois at the hands of the angry Three Fires warriors. Though one Ottawa band was relocated to Oklahoma where they remain today, most Ottawa people live on reservations on their traditional lands in Michigan and Ontario.
And operate casinos.