Our afternoon was spent at Newberry Pow-wow, small but interesting. Each time we go to a Pow-wow we learn a little bit more about the history of the different tribes - Sioux this time.
Just before leaving this stunning place we walked the boardwalk to see the lower falls, not as high but just as impressive.
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| lower falls Our final journey in Michigan took us to Point Iroquois Light Station. The area around Sault Saint Marie(The Soo) including Whitefish Bay, has been called the "Heartland" of the Chippewa Indians. This tribe also called Ojibwa and sometimes refer to themselves as "Anishinabeg" which is their word for "original people" The Iroquois lived about 400 miles away, mostly what is now western New York. In the 1600's these nations were at war, at least in part because of European influence and fur trade competition. The Iroquois often sent expeditions far from their homeland and attempted to control the trade routes leading east from the Great Lakes. Accounts of an important battle at Point Iroquois in 1662 tell how an Iroquois war party camped near the point where the lighthouse now stands, and how the Chippewa secretly watched their movements and mounted a surprise attack near dawn, killing all but two, who were put in a canoe and sent back to tell the rest of their tribe.   |
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