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As of 2024, the Kapanoka reservation had a land area of 2.35 square miles (1,504 acres; 6.09.1 km2), most of which is in the swampland known as [[the Bordeaux]]. The population living on the reservation was 34 in the 2024 census. | As of 2024, the Kapanoka reservation had a land area of 2.35 square miles (1,504 acres; 6.09.1 km2), most of which is in the swampland known as [[the Bordeaux]]. The population living on the reservation was 34 in the 2024 census. | ||
| − | The original reservation stretched to the shores of Lake Huron. In 1924-1926, the tribe sold off large portions of its land to the Dierdorf Lumber Company. | + | The original reservation stretched to the shores of Lake Huron. In 1924-1926, the tribe sold off large portions of its land to the Dierdorf Lumber Company. Tribal representatives claim these sales were made under duress. Seventeen tribe members were murdered during the two-year period. |
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| + | The remaining land was further reduced during the Termination Era following the 1953 Termination Act. All shoreline land was taken away from the tribe and sold to private investors. | ||
==Former Organizations== | ==Former Organizations== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:40, 7 December 2024
The Kapanoka Reservation is in the greater Perish, MI area.
As of 2024, the Kapanoka reservation had a land area of 2.35 square miles (1,504 acres; 6.09.1 km2), most of which is in the swampland known as the Bordeaux. The population living on the reservation was 34 in the 2024 census.
The original reservation stretched to the shores of Lake Huron. In 1924-1926, the tribe sold off large portions of its land to the Dierdorf Lumber Company. Tribal representatives claim these sales were made under duress. Seventeen tribe members were murdered during the two-year period.
The remaining land was further reduced during the Termination Era following the 1953 Termination Act. All shoreline land was taken away from the tribe and sold to private investors.
Former Organizations
The Jesus Holy Childhood School (JSCS) was established in 1829 as a mission school to educate Native American children. It later became a boarding school, operating as part of the federal Indian boarding school system. The school eventually closed in 1983, marking the end of its operation as one of the last such institutions in Michigan.
Tribal Associations
That Kapanoka are the only federally recognized tribe Michigan's Northeast region. While that region is proximal to Odawa and Chippewa tribes, which are located in the Northwest region, and the Saginaw Chippewa tribes in the East Central Michigan region, the Kapanoka have no formal relations with those tribes. The official stance from other tribes is that the Kapanoka are not a "real" Michigan tribe, but rather they are a fabricated group that immigrated from the Kentucky region in the 1760s.
Source Material
The Jesus Holy Childhood School is based on the Holy Childhood of Jesus School in Harbor Springs, MI.
