1934 – Leadership by Committee Begins

1934 – Leadership by Committee Begins

Figure 49. Tribal Members Posing at a Home on the Pine Creek Reservation, ca. 1915. Those Pictured Are as Follows from Left to Right: Albert Mackety, Steven Pamp, Elizabeth Mackety, Mary Ann Pamptopee, Charlie Thomas Pamptopee, Agnes Pamptopee, and Guy Mandoka....
1926 – Samuel Mandoka Becomes Chief

1926 – Samuel Mandoka Becomes Chief

Figure 45. Photograph of Samuel Mandoka on the Banks of the St. Joseph River Near Mendon at the Site of an Old Indian Ford, Taken by Dr. C. J. Manby in 1924. Reprinted from “A History of Events Culminating in the Removal of the Nottawa-Sippe Band of Potawatomi...
1914 – Stephen Pamptopee Becomes Chief

1914 – Stephen Pamptopee Becomes Chief

Figure 42. Photograph of Chief Phineas Pamptopee’s Gravestone and Formal Headstone, by F. N. Ruffer, 2018a. Phineas Pamptopee, who had been chief for 50 years, died in 1914. The selected chief for the next ten years was his youngest son, Stephen Pamptopee. Steven...
1904 – Creation of the Taggart Roll

1904 – Creation of the Taggart Roll

Figure 40. Scan of the Last Page of the Taggart Roll, Showing the Signature of Samuel L. Taggart, Special Indian Agent. Reprinted from “Taggart Roll,” by S. L. Taggart, 1904.  During the last two decades of the nineteenth century, Phineas Pamptopee, the chief of...
1889 – Annuity Commutation | Establishment of East Indiantown

1889 – Annuity Commutation | Establishment of East Indiantown

Figure 36. Photograph of the Pine Creek Reservation Along 1 ½ Mile Road, ca. 1910. Reprinted from “Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi: A People in Progress,” by J. Rodwan & V. Anewishki, 2009, p. 30. In 1889, the $400 annual annuity the NHBP had been...