1842 – Return to the Nottawasippe Prairie

1842 – Return to the Nottawasippe Prairie

Figure 29. Map Demonstrating the Potawatomi Routes of Forced Removal, Migration to Avoid Removal, and Return from Removal. Reprinted from “Potawatomi Removals,” by Kalamazoo Public Library Staff (Ed.), 2020...
1840 – Forced Relocation

1840 – Forced Relocation

Figure 27. Map Demonstrating the Potawatomi Routes of Forced Removal, Migration to Avoid Removal, and Return from Removal. Reprinted from “Potawatomi Removals,” by Kalamazoo Public Library Staff (Ed.), 2020...
1839 – John Moguago Becomes Chief

1839 – John Moguago Becomes Chief

Figure 26. Photograph of Chief Moguago. Reprinted from “Chief John Moguago,” ca. 1860. “Young John” Moguago, son of “Old” Moguago and grandson of Mogoagon, emerged as the head chief of the band upon the death of Sau-au-quett (Leatherbury, 1977, p. 100;...
1833 Treaty of Chicago | 1838 Trail of Death

1833 Treaty of Chicago | 1838 Trail of Death

Unfortunately, the Nottawaseppi Reservation was a momentary home in Michigan. In the 1833 Treaty of Chicago, signed September 26, 1833, the Potawatomi (including the Nottawaseppi Huron Band) ceded the Nottawaseppi Reservation and other lands located in Michigan to the...
1830 – The Indian Removal Act

1830 – The Indian Removal Act

Figure 24. Results of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Reprinted from “Native American Land Cessions, 1829-1850,” by Pearson Education, 2003 (https://wps.pearsoncustom.com/wps/media/objects/5407/5537171/atlas/Resources/ah3_m002.jpg).  While the Huron Potawatomi,...
1827 Treaty of St. Joseph

1827 Treaty of St. Joseph

Figure 23. Potawatomi Villages on the River Rouge Ceded in the 1827 Treaty of St. Joseph. Reprinted from “Detroit Urbanism: Indian Villages, Reservations, and Removal,” by P. Sewick, 2016...
1821 Treaty of Chicago

1821 Treaty of Chicago

Figure 21. Michigan Treaties. Reprinted from “People of the Three Fires: The Ottawa, Potawatomi, and Ojibway of Michigan,” by J. Clifton, G. Cornell, and J. McClurken, 1986, p. 36.  The Potawatomi signed the first Treaty of Chicago on August 29th, 1821, ceding...
1821 Treaty of Chicago

1807 Treaty of Detroit

Figure 17. Michigan Treaties. Reprinted from “People of the Three Fires: The Ottawa, Potawatomi, and Ojibway of Michigan,” by J. Clifton, G. Cornell, and J. McClurken, 1986, p. 36. Following its independence from Britain, the rapidly increasing population of the...