Roosevelt, the Bay Mills Indian Community (BMIC) created a new form of government under a written constitution, adopted on November 27, 1937. Īfter passage of the federal Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) of 1934, during the administration of President Franklin D. The Bay Mills Indian Community was officially established by an Act of Congress on June 19, 1860. Marys River, and the bluffs overlooking Tahquamenon Bay, all on Lake Superior and southwest of Sault Ste. Nonetheless, they persisted in maintaining their cultural communities.īay Mills people are Ojibwa or Chippewa who have lived for hundreds of years around the Whitefish Bay, the falls of the St. In the 19th century, the Ojibwa/Chippewa bands in Michigan were forced to cede large amounts of territory to the United States, and many bands became landless. A settled community gradually developed around the post, cosmopolitan in its varied cultures of Native American tribes, Métis people, and French and Anglo ethnic Europeans. Mary's River, established first during the colonial era as a French and then British fur trading post. The city developed along both sides of the St. Numerous bands have historically occupied areas around the cities of Sault Ste. Their territories are now divided between the nations of Canada and the United States (where the people are commonly known as the Chippewa). The Ojibwa are a large tribe with numerous bands who have occupied territory for centuries around the Great Lakes, particularly Lake Superior and Lake Michigan.

Marie and encompasses Sugar Island, all contained within the boundaries of Sugar Island Township. A smaller section lies southeast of Sault Ste.

The tribe has land in both Bay Mills and Superior townships. The largest section of the reservation is located in Chippewa County, Michigan, approximately 15 miles (25 km) west-southwest of Sault Ste. 'Place of the Pike'), is an Indian reservation forming the land base of one of the many federally recognized Sault Ste. The Bay Mills Indian Community ( BMIC) ( Ojibwe: Gnoozhekaaning, lit.

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