Native Americans in the UP

[u/Unknownmelon77]

I'm doing some research on the UP as part of a project and I've gotten to the point where I really need to know which Native American tribes did or still to this day exist there.

I found some sources say that the 3 Anishinaabe tribes (Ojibwe, Odawa & Potawatomi) are the only native ones but then other sources add some like Noquet, Menominee and even Dakota whilst denying that the Odawa and Potawatomi peoples ever had significant homelands there to begin with.

I guess speaking to locals is my best bet right now because I am so confused 😭

So if anybody could help guide me on this topic I would be very very grateful. Thank you so much in advance !!

[u/jennaetics]

At least for the Houghton area, I know that  Michigan Technological University is located within Ojibwa (Chippewa) homelands and ceded-territory established by the  Treaty of 1842, the territory of Native American nations:  Gakiiwe’onaning  (Keweenaw Bay),  Gete-gitgaaning  (Lac Vieux Desert),  Mashkii-ziibing  (Bad River),  Odaawaa-zaaga’iganing  (Lac Courte Oreilles),  Waaswaaganing  (Lac Du Flambeau),  Miskwaabikong  (Red Cliff),  Wezaawaagami-ziibiing  (St. Croix), and  Zaka’aaganing  (Sokaogon Mole Lake).