Hannahville Indian Community
Indian reservation in Michigan, United States
The Hannahville Indian Community is a federally recognized Potawatomi tribe residing in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, approximately 15 miles (24 km) west of Escanaba on a 8.58-square-mile (22.22 km2) reservation. The reservation, at 45°46′59″N 87°25′23″W, lies mostly in Harris Township in eastern Menominee County; small parts are also located in northeastern Gourley Township in Menominee County and in Bark River Township in adjacent southwestern Delta County.
The 2020 census reported a resident population of 720 persons within its territory, most of whom were of Native American heritage. As of June 3, 2013, the tribe had an enrolled membership of 891 people.
History
The people of Hannahville are descendants of Potawatomi tribespeople who refused to leave Michigan in 1834 for Indian Territory during the great Indian removal. For a period, they moved away from Michigan, living with the Menominee in northern Wisconsin and the Ojibwe and Ottawa peoples in Canada. The Potawatomi, the Ojibwe, and Odawa are part of the Council of the Three Fires. In 1853, some Potawatomie returned to Michigan. It was at this time that they settled along the mouth of the Big Cedar River near Lake Michigan.
According to the United Methodist Church, Peter Marksman was sent to the area as an assistant minister.
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