History of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe

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    10,000 B.C. years ago

    Anishianbek lived along the Atlantic seaboard from Canada all the way to the Carolinas
  • Dec 1, 900

    900 A.D.

    Anishiinabek began the Great Walk to the Great Lakes area and beyond.
  • Feb 3, 1200

    1200-1300

    The Anishinabek established the Three Fires Confederacy throughout the regin.

  • 1640

    First European visitors make contact in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
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    U.S Government Treaties

    The U.S. Government began making treaties with the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe. By the very end the tribe had lost all of its land to the U.S
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    Mount Pleasant Boarding School Operations

    Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School operates in Mount Pleasant, MI.

  • Boarding School taken over by MI

    State of Michigan takes over the boarding school and turns it into a mental hospital for men.

  • IRC

    Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe is reorganized under the Indian Reorganization Act.

  • SCA Opens

    Saginaw Chippewa Academy opens up in Mount Pleasant, MI.

  • Cub begins to teach

    Matthew J. Sprague leaves treatment and bgins to teach at camps.

  • Sprague begins to teach

    Matthew J. Sprague becomes a Anishinaabe Bimaadziwin Teacher at Saginaw Chippewa Academy.

  • Soaring Eagle

    Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort opens in Mount Pleasant, MI.