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Title To all whom it may concern the chiefs of the Ottawa Tribe of Indians at L'Arbre-Croche, Little Traverse and elsewhere & of the Chippewas residing...

Creator Ottawa Tribe

Date 1835

Place Michigan, Michigan--Little Traverse

Subjects Chippewa Tribe, Indian councils, Indians of North America, Ottawa Indians, Ottawa Tribe

Description Title taken from beginning of text.
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Text on p. [1]-[3]
Pencilled at head of p. [1]: For Mr Pilling.
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.

Summary Contemporary copy of a document appointing Augustin Hamelin, Jr., head chief, done May 3, 1835, at a council of Ottawa and Ojibwa chiefs at Little Traverse Michigan. The document contains the totems and names of the chiefs sanctioning the appointment.

Biographical/Historical Note Augustin Hamelin, Jr., also known as Kanapima, was one of three Ottawa children selected in 1825 to attend Catholic school in Cincinnati, Ohio. After continuing his studies at Urban College in Rome, Italy, Hamelin returned in 1835 to teach and to negotiate with the U.S. government to prevent the removal of the Ottawas across the Mississippi. At that time the Ottawas and Ojibwas appointed Hamelin head chief for the tribes of the lower Michigan peninsula, the straits of Mackinac, and the Manistique River.

Extent 1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 25 cm

Format Appointments, Records

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection

Link to Catalog View record

Call Number Ayer MS 669

BibID 145334

Projects Tag Digital Collections for the Classroom, Indigenous Chicago Curriculum

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

Newberry Open Access Policy The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to these terms and conditions.

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2209px × 2749px 17.40 MB

File Created 9/8/2023 9:48:28 PM

Filename 991453348805867_Ayer_MS_669_00002-0.tif

Unique Identifier NL11ON0U

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